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skippy41
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“It’s kind of an unwritten rule that, if you are sick in a taxi, you offer to give the cabbie some money to pay for the mess to be cleaned up.


It would cost punters £75 in the borders and its on the tariff sheet, and you can take them to the nearest police station where they can be charged if they don't pay
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I think JD done a bit about soiling charges last year, they are not legally enforcable was his conclusion, I tend to agree, the charging power of the byelaw is within the act........jockoland might be different.

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skippy41 wrote:
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“It’s kind of an unwritten rule that, if you are sick in a taxi, you offer to give the cabbie some money to pay for the mess to be cleaned up.


It would cost punters £75 in the borders and its on the tariff sheet, and you can take them to the nearest police station where they can be charged if they don't pay


Charged with what Skippy?

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Brummie Cabbie wrote:
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So what would the rest of you do?...... :mrgreen:

The one time this happened to me many years ago, the guy wouldn't pay the soilage charge & wanted to fight me but was hardly able to stand.

So I shouted at him to get out of the cab & take his jacket off & I was going to see to him.

We both got out, he took his jacket off, I grabbed it off him & proceeded to clean the vomit with his very expensive jacket, while he swayed about & when I had finished & pushed his vomit covered jacket straight into his face.

He fell over, I drove off.

Not the best result, but highly satisfying!!


A very close second best though. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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grandad wrote:
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“It’s kind of an unwritten rule that, if you are sick in a taxi, you offer to give the cabbie some money to pay for the mess to be cleaned up.


It would cost punters £75 in the borders and its on the tariff sheet, and you can take them to the nearest police station where they can be charged if they don't pay


Charged with what Skippy?


valeting charge they also have to pay the extra that's on the meter, it does not say what police station so you could take them to the outer Hebrides if you wanted :wink:
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skippy41 wrote:
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“It’s kind of an unwritten rule that, if you are sick in a taxi, you offer to give the cabbie some money to pay for the mess to be cleaned up.


It would cost punters £75 in the borders and its on the tariff sheet, and you can take them to the nearest police station where they can be charged if they don't pay


Charged with what Skippy?


valeting charge they also have to pay the extra that's on the meter, it does not say what police station so you could take them to the outer Hebrides if you wanted :wink:


Are you saying that the police can charge a person for being sick in your car?

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grandad wrote:
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grandad wrote:
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“It’s kind of an unwritten rule that, if you are sick in a taxi, you offer to give the cabbie some money to pay for the mess to be cleaned up.


It would cost punters £75 in the borders and its on the tariff sheet, and you can take them to the nearest police station where they can be charged if they don't pay


Charged with what Skippy?


valeting charge they also have to pay the extra that's on the meter, it does not say what police station so you could take them to the outer Hebrides if you wanted :wink:


Are you saying that the police can charge a person for being sick in your car?


yes up here they can if the punter does not pay :D
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skippy41 wrote:
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grandad wrote:
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“It’s kind of an unwritten rule that, if you are sick in a taxi, you offer to give the cabbie some money to pay for the mess to be cleaned up.


It would cost punters £75 in the borders and its on the tariff sheet, and you can take them to the nearest police station where they can be charged if they don't pay


Charged with what Skippy?


valeting charge they also have to pay the extra that's on the meter, it does not say what police station so you could take them to the outer Hebrides if you wanted :wink:


Are you saying that the police can charge a person for being sick in your car?


yes up here they can if the punter does not pay :D


What law does it come under?

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grandad wrote:
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grandad wrote:
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grandad wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
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“It’s kind of an unwritten rule that, if you are sick in a taxi, you offer to give the cabbie some money to pay for the mess to be cleaned up.


It would cost punters £75 in the borders and its on the tariff sheet, and you can take them to the nearest police station where they can be charged if they don't pay


Charged with what Skippy?


valeting charge they also have to pay the extra that's on the meter, it does not say what police station so you could take them to the outer Hebrides if you wanted :wink:


Are you saying that the police can charge a person for being sick in your car?


yes up here they can if the punter does not pay :D


What law does it come under?

Jock law :D no idea what section but I know the police charge the punter for vehicle misuse as it happened to me 2 years ago
They took the punter to court and he had to pay not only the fare but the cost of cleaning and loss of earnings, got £300 :D
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