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Cabbie's Bid For New Licence

25th August 2008

A taxi driver who has been banned from driving in Leyland, barred from the council offices and Runshaw College has re-applied for his taxi licence.

Colin Clemance, 46, who has had shortlived employment with two of Leyland's taxi firms, has been banned from working in South Ribble after complaints about his behaviour.

In February he had both his hackney carriage and private hire licences revoked after being told at a general licensing committee meeting that unless there is a 'substantial or sustained improvement in his behaviour and conduct' any future applications from him will be declined.

In the run-up to the hearing he was accused of being rude and aggressive to staff at the West Paddock Civic Centre and was barred from entering.

Coun Phil Smith, chairman of the licensing committee, said: "It was brought to the attention of the licensing committee in February that Mr Clemance had behaved in an angry, aggressive manner on several occasions.

"As result, Mr Clemance had been dismissed from two local taxi firms and had been banned from the Civic Centre.

"It was due to this behaviour that the committee decided to revoke Mr Clemance's licences. Mr Clemance has not appealed this decision."

However he has submitted another application to become a taxi driver.

The Guardian understands that Mr Clemance has recently been banned from Runshaw College, where he'd stopped to ask about the BTec driving course being run from the adult learning centre.

It's claimed he lost his temper and became aggressive towards a female member of staff.

Mr Clemance spent around a month working for Avacab taxi firm in Leyland, before leaving.

He then spent less than a week at Leyland Taxis, and manager Phil Briggs said: "It is quite a serious measure to revoke both his hackney and private licences.

"We didn't have any complaints about his driving, but it was his attitude that was the problem, it was not a friendly one.

"He came to us from Avacab and we had him for three or four days when he said he wanted to use his own vehicle. I told him he couldn't because the South Ribble guidelines said it was too old."

Paul Tattersall, of Avacabs, confirmed Mr Clemance had worked for him for a short period several months ago.

The Guardian has tried unsuccessfully to contact Mr Clemance.


Source; Leyland Guardian

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You'd be angry and agressive too with his problems

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How can someone get banned from a college for asking about a course?

No...dont answer that!

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On a very serious note, if you know the guy, & after reading the article twice, it reminds me of a cabbie in Birmingham about 15 years ago; he was the same, only violent with it.

Two days before Christmas, we were collecting for our Underprivileged Children's Christmas outing on a rank in New Street, Birmingham & had parked two cabs on the rank that had been suspended for the duration of the collection. These cabs were covered in posters advetising the collection & not for hire.

This erratic cabbie was helping with the collection & as we were rattling our collection tins, two guys came along, well stoned out of their heads, wanting to hire a cab from the rank. These guys were told twice that the cabs were not for hire & were pointed in the direction of the nearest operational cab rank. On the third time of asking to hire a cabs off the collection rank, they were knocked out with two quite magificent punches that 'Our Henry' would have been proud of.

The rest of the collectors just carried on shouting, "Taxi Driver's Fund for Underprilileged Children's Christmas Party."

Quite soon after that he was disagnosed with a brain tumour. And after successful surgery he is still alive today & an owful lot less angry and aggressive.

So if you know him it might be as well if he is checked out.

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