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Tram delayed after taxi driver stops off at McDonald’s to get breakfast



Taxi driver parks in front of tram... to go to McDonald's for breakfast

A taxi driver blocked off a tram after stopping to get a McDonald’s (Picture: Deadline News)

A city’s tram network was brought to a standstill after a taxi driver parked her car on tracks and went to get a McDonald’s breakfast.

Angry passengers were kept waiting for ten minutes when the peckish driver stopped to get a morning snack in Edinburgh, the Daily Record reported.

As soon as she realised she had caused a build-up of traffic she quickly moved her car.

But instead of completely rectifying the problem, she parked up on the other side of the road and managed to block a tram travelling in the opposite direction.

A photo of the taxi blocking the tram in front of McDonald’s has been handed to the council, which says it will chase up the matter with the taxi office.

http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/06/tram-dela ... t-4690325/

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How come there were angry passengers kept waiting...I thought the Trams weren't taking passengers until May and were just being safety trialed or was it the Taxis passengers that were kept waiting.

Begging light clearly on. Car stationary. And you think taxi passengers could have been kept waiting.

Proves the old adage, you don't have to be bright to be a cabby

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Is it normal practice up in Edinburgh to fix the plate over the front grill thus restricting the free flow of air to the radiator thus restricting the cooling effect of said air?

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Funny as fook. So who do we report to when our passengers are stuck in the cab on princes st because the lights hold you for near ten mins to let the empty tram pass. WTF do they expect .
We have the brilliant tram plan another great reason to justify independence.

If thats what the lights are doing they need sorted, if the tam is coming they should only change for the time for it to pass

Good to have you back..even if it's only for the abuse

Word on the street is that Terence Higgins, an ex-cop (aren't they all?) summarily called the erstwhile cabbie to a meeting. We all know this is a demand, failing to attend is a breach of licensing conditions.

At no time was this cabbie, believed to be female, advised of any rights she had under the process.

It is understood that while Higgins did claim the decision was not his, there was a possibility this cabbie could lose her licence.

It's a slam dunk you see. The picture says it all.

This female made a mistake. The council COULD take away her licence and her livelihood.

Yet the "political criminal" Councillor Donald Anderson, and his henchmen cronies, who oversaw the inception of this tram project, where we have half the service for twice the cost, has NOT been held to account. He swanned off into the sunset, now in private practice, as a consultant, which couldn't possibly have been made available to him because of the power he wielded as Leader of the Council, could it? Nawh!!!

Now, if an ordinary motorist had been responsible, would there have been a clamour to make him/her a scapegoat? To take THEIR livelihood away? No, of course not. The difference here is that cabbies are routinely rogered by City of Edinburgh Council, and the fascist councillors who are slaves to their unelected masters. Anyone know when any single one of these Stepford councillors EVER went against the instructions given to them (none of them are elected by any more than one in five of their electorate)? Silly me, of course not. These automatons are a disgrace to every fundamental tenet of democracy. Expenses grabbing political opportunists who negate the very notion that we have a democracy at all.

However, if any single councillor would like to really redress the balance, then they could instruct officials to answer the simple question: what are licence holders' rights when confronted by the council's investigative/disciplinary process?

Now, let's all understand what our proud ex-cop Terence Higgins achieved when he confronted the erstwhile cabbie in this tale.

She left his office in tears, all appeals for common sense to prevail ignored. Her apology for her mistake ignored.

Seems Higgins' job is simply to deliver cabbies up to the licensing sub-committee to be publicly rogered.

The council has to be embarrassed that the first objection to having a tram line in the first place has come so early in its use: during the trial itself. The council is embarrassed, and the female cabbie is gonna likely be made an example of to get the council, and councillors, off the hook.

Removing this licence will simply prove our premise right all along. Cabbies have no rights to a fair hearing or equality before the Law.

And this is in the 21st Century, when the Convention on Human Rights has existed for nearly 70, yes 70, years.

Surprise surprise, the Cab Inspector has gone. Possibly Frank Smith's crowning glory. This should ensure that he pound the beat until his retirement. Surely, no more than this operational hermit Inspector of Police deserves.

What do you do about an ex-cop, though, who employs the same abuse of fundamental rights, and with impunity.

Are you sleeping well after you made a woman cry, Terence Higgins?

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Much of what you say has elements of truth jasbar.
However could we also examine personal responsibility in respect of the cabbie?
Just look at the picture. The taxi is half in an area designated as TRAM ONLY and also on double yellow lines.
You are making demands of local officials to do the right thing and act with honesty and respect. Surely if the cabbie used similar respect etc and followed the highway code as a professional driver then she would not be called in by the cab office?
Just a thought. Not looking to argue over this.......

It was a stupid thing to do but bad enough to lose your livelihood. I don't think so. I got away with far worse when I was cabby, and I probably should have lost my licence many times over but never got caught. This is just a daft woman with her head full of bubbles and not thinking straight. It's hardly the crime of the century. And I am sure looking back at this photo. She feels a complete airhead. I really can't see what would be gained by suspending her licence. Unless of course, they see this incident as an opportunity, to use as an example of council power, when dealing with cabbies for minor indiscretions.

She's probably suffered enough as it is, IMHO, all that is required is a reprimand.

Jasbar writes:


It's only a pity Terry Higgins didn't pull a stunt like this with someone who couldn't care less about losing their licence, because his conduct deserves a good hard punch in the mouth.

Terry, you must have felt a real hero when this female left your office in tears, what a sad little pri*k of a man you are.

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Agreed skull but remember the source of this info is "word on the street" and also "could" is not the same as "is" in relation to a licence being removed.
Why dont we wait till we get the facts from either the lady concerned or the cab office before making judgements
You more than anyone that us cabbies like to embelish a story........

I agree. However, there is the issue of Terry Higgins and his conduct. Who the f*ck does this insignificant little twerp of a man, think he is, reducing this female to tears over something like this?

Honestly, how some people get their kicks...

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Who knows what the council will do with this woman's licence. They may just discover some compassion and simply hand her a rap on the knuckles.

But it doesn't matter. Because they have already abused her.

Take Frank "What rights?" Smith out of the mix, bring in Terry "the ego" Higgins and the effect is still the same when the subject being investigated isn't advised of their rights.

Of course, brave female cabbie abuser Higgins may well have advised this female she could have a lawyer attend with her during her council rogering.

BUT IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE!!!!

By calling this female to attend before him, without advising her of her rights beforehand, and coercing her to go into the meeting without knowing her rights, she has already been abused. All Higgins did was close the stable door after the horse had bolted.

In Budapest there is a museum called the Terror House. While what happened there WAS more terrifying, and people did die at the hands of fascist interrogators, the initial breach of rights bears a strong resemblance to how CEC conducts itself.

We know the council is flapping. All the incidental policy changes are designed to try and dig itself out of a huge hole. It has been embarrassed because I simply asked what my rights were under their process. They couldn't tell me. They attempted to divert attention away from their obligations under the process to my obligations under their process.

All of a sudden SPSO and FOI can't decide my appeals within the proscribed process and timescale. SPSO even attempted to dismiss my complaint as legal interpretation and therefore incompetent. Both have sought extensions of time. Believe it or not, the council claimed they could not respond in time to the FOI appeal because one of their key employees was "off sick". A pathetic attempt to "buy time" = what councils always do when they're up against it and don't know what to do.. Mickey Mouse CEC comes to mind.

They still can't tell me what my (our) rights are. But sometime they will have to.

Then everyone stiffed by City of Edinburgh Council over the 16 years since the Human Rights Act 1998, and before then under ECHR, can go to Law to show they weren't told what their rights were either and seek compensation for what the council did to them, how it abused them.

It's only a matter of time. When our rights are recognised and advised to us, then its game on.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

BTW I wonder if the arrogant male cop who was playing "Charlie tattie big boy" to his female partner officer realises the stooshie his arrogant Mexican standoff has created.

All the council's current difficulties can be traced to this pr*ck cop, because he created the situation that allowed me to be drawn into the council's illegal investigation process and hold it to account.

Perhaps Tulliallan boys should be trained at this paragon of cop instruction to think with their brains and not their knobs.

And perhaps female cops should assert their equality by insisting that these mindless morons grow up.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"