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glad im PH then....lol

who needs a meter?

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Spot on there JD.

I got a right plonker on Staurday night, he said can you take me to Epperstone which is a good run, it clocks about £40. I asked him for the money up front? He said he'll pay when he gets to the other end I thought here we go I've got one here. Off I went all the way there he was on and on and on basically he was out of his head on beer. When we got to Epperstone I said where do you want to be? He only went to the Police training school in Epperstone He was training to be a copper I took £42 off him...a good run to end the night on.

You never can tell.

ON Friday the 23rd of jan i was waiting for a fare at Dundee station ,i had been working for about 9 hours and was having a real pour night when a young lad approached me and ask if i could take him to Edinburgh he had mist the last train. He accepted my Quote but said his mother would pay at other end.As i was having a pour night i broke the golden rule never go out of town till you get the money up front.When we arrived at Edinburgh the young lad said i will phone my mother to come down to pay you.As we sat for a few minutes things began to feel not right.Next 2 hooded youths came out from block of flats,they did not come directly to cab but next thing i see another youth approach from other side at this time i floor it but as i was in a car park had to go out the way the youths were one youth stood in front of exit with shopping trolley over his head.I made a split decision i was not going to stop and drove straight at him he jumped out of the way but throw trolley at taxi causing some damage.The young lad was still in the back,i phoned police and they arrested youth in the back of car as they said he had set me up.They told me his mother did not stay there.The police are still investigating and have cctv of incident.So if like the Taxi drivers in Dundee you are finding it hard to make a living please put your safety first and don,t do what i stupidly done ,broke one of the golden rules.

Leeds cabbie barred after calls on phone stolen from policeman




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06 April 2009
By Richard Edwards
A cabbie has been barred from the roads after costly long distance calls were made on a phone stolen from a DETECTIVE.
Leeds magistrates heard that private hire driver Shajaa Aslam, of Armley, Leeds, ran up a bill of £370 by ringing Pakistan.

The court heard he dialled the numbers using a mobile phone, left in the back of his car by an off-duty detective constable who had been to watch Leeds Rhinos before visiting the team's supporters' club.

Magistrates were told that police used the destination of the calls to trace them back to Aslam.

He was arrested, and, after he admitted taking the handset, was cautioned for theft.

But the 28-year-old breached his private hire licence by failing to tell Leeds City Council of the caution.

The licence was revoked, and, on Friday, Aslam was due to appear before magistrates to appeal for it to be returned.

Minutes before the hearing was due to start, the father-of-three instructed his solicitor, Clive Bergen, to withdraw the appeal.

He cannot now apply for the licence to be returned for at least three years.

Andrew Vickers, representing the council, told the bench that Aslam's brother had admitted the theft, and had planned to give evidence supporting his sibling.

But Mr Vickers said: "He still had not reported the caution."
Mr Bergen said his client had found the phone in the back of his vehicle when he finished work at 4.30am.

"He did not know who it belonged to," Mr Bergen said.

"He took it into his house to take it into the private hire office the following day. Unfortunately a family member took the phone, used it to ring Pakistan and then denied taking it.

"My information is that he was given information by the officers that if he accepted the caution that would be the end of the matter and it would not affect his licence."

Mr Bergen said Aslam, whose wife is expecting the couple's fourth child, had been a private hire driver for six years.

"He has learned a very harsh lesson," he added.

The court ordered Aslam to contribute £250 towards the costs of bringing the case.

There's a saying for that fella, but I won't type it as it would be deemed racist.

Just so everyone knows my take on Asian ppl, I was wandering along the road and low and behold a cab pulls up, it's one of the Asian lads, I explain I'm on limited budget tonight, but that's not accepted, I will get in and I will be delivered where I was going without cost, good and bad in all, all I can add is the bloke in the last post lets the other Asian drivers down big style.