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No I was referring to the English one because as far as I have been able to ascertain, the French along with Holland and Germany have a very different take on the laws on this sort of thing.
Are Hackney Taxis classed as common carriers in this country, or are we private carriers? or both depending on the way you are hired.

There is some stuff on this website Tony but It is from the year 2000:

http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/Legal.htm#dcare

All that stuff is on here stu you just have to search for it. Type in Common carriers.

Regards

JD

Found it, it might take a while to work it out though.

Hey there,

I thought I should give you all a reply to your forum as it seems you are not aware what happened to my mother that day...

Firstly JD was right in saying the driver did not cause my mother to be in distress. However, he must have been aware of the distress she was in.

As he pulled up outside my mothers house she passed out. My son phoned me and said she wasn't speaking or opening her eyes, she was laying in the back of his cab unconcious. I spoke to the driver and he said "she's fine, she's taken a wee turn". So is it normal practise for a taxi driver to CARRY an unconcious passenger up their stairs and leave them outside their front door with an 8yr old? Because this is what he done. And once he put her down he told my son he had to go and get back to work but that I will be there soon. Surely this isn't normal practise?

Secondly, my mother had suffered a massive brain haemorrage, not a stroke as the paper had put it-although this was corrected on a follow up story....

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/disp ... my_mum.php

I think stroke was used in a general term in this case.
Either way the fact remains that my mother was carried and left on steps to die by the cabbie.

We are not blaming the cabbie for my mothers death in any way. A brain haemorrage is one of these things that can happen at any time. What we want to know is why the cabbie left her there to die on stairs with an 8yr old instead of getting her help-or at least staying for a few minutes more til I got there. Even if an ambulance got there earlier the haemorrage was so massive that she wouldn't have been saved. But as I said, the fact remains that she was dumped on steps to die.

A couple of you stated that you didn't have the drivers version of events so you wouldn't take the story "verbatim". But then I ask why hasn't he came forward? If he had nothing to hide he would have came forward to give his side of the story so I presume he knows he done wrong.

There is no way he could have missed the story. It appeared in the Evening Times and was then followed up about 2weeks later. It is being discussed on here and appeared in Taxi Today's February issue. Along with this I have spoken with Glasgow Wide TOA and they have done what they can to trace him and assure me that there is nothing more that can be done. I have requested that it be brought up at their next AGM and Im still waiting for the outcome of that.

My next thought is to start questioning taxi drivers at their ranks in Glasgow-but then I doubt he has been so stupid to tell anyone of this. If there is anyway any of you taxi drivers out there can think of to get this man to come forward I would really appreciate your help. I know you aren't all bad-I worked for GWTOA when I first left school! Someone must know something, even if he is your best friend. This is my Mother, we just want to know why he left her and what her final moments were.

Also JD you said the police could find this man if they wanted to. There doesn't seem to be anywhere to start such an investigation. My mother picked my son up from school and told him she wasn't feeling well-she flagged the taxi down so there is no record of a phone call and no idea of who this person could have been. All we have is a description of the taxi and the man.

The taxi was a Euro 7 cab and the man silver/grey hair and possibly around 60 as my son had played a guessing of age game in the cab. He knows who he is, I just hope someone out there puts him forward or that he comes forward himself. It's likely he works the Glasgow East End areas, Parkhead, Baillieston, Tollcross etc. Maybe you know of someone that usually works this area but had suddenly changed route or perhaps been off work for a while? Anything would be helpful.

If there's anything else you would like answered post it and i will get back to you.

Thanks for your time

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The Daughter of the woman left dumped by a Glasgow Cabbie

Firstly can I offer my sympathy to your and your family.

If your son would recognise this man why don't you make a request to the Council to view the badge photographs of all male drivers with grey or greying hair aged over 50.

There may well be Data Protection issues to resolve but if its possible it could lead you to this driver, I would imagine that you may have to make a formal complaint questioning this man's fitness and propriety which will force the council to investigate your allegations.

B. Lucky

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Thanks GA, it's worth a thought.

The only problem is that there are so many taxi drivers in Glasgow I fear that doing something like that may just confuse my son. However, maybe finding a way of narrowing it down a bit first may help?

Maybe start off with drivers definatley working that day-radio's or computers on that day?

Thanks again! I'll look into it x

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The Daughter of the woman left dumped by a Glasgow Cabbie

Deepest sympathy from me down on the south coast.

And I wish you well in trying to find the cabby involved.

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Thanks Sussex.

All thoughts & comments are very welcome x

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as the culprit never been found

Unfortunately he hasn't come forward and apparently without a logged phone call he can't be traced.

Glasgow Licensing Authorities have began an investigation-about a month ago. So far nothing...

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The Daughter of the woman left dumped by a Glasgow Cabbie

Annemarie, i understand you wanting to find out about your mum's last moments, and i hope the cabbie comes forward to help you. In the situation you describe i'll bet there aren't many drivers who would leave her in that condition at the side of the road, i know i wouldnt.
Good luck, and sincere condolences.

Whilst on the subject of unwell passengers, we all carry a first aid kit but are we compelled by law to use it to assist a passenger? I was under the impression it's for the drivers own safety and not passengers, as we could easily make things worse and be sued if we tried to treat someone when we're not qualified. Our kits are inspected in depth at test, even to how many safety pins are in the box!

Anyone that compells you to do first aid, if you haven't got a proper first aid certificate, is compelling you to break the law.

And open yourself wide open to be sued.

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Thanks smiffyz. I know that lots of drivers would have done something, unfortunately this one chose not to.

What you were saying about being required by law to use your first aid kit... I know that in Scottish law the driver doesn't have to do anything to help anyone-unless they have caused the distress. Its really up to the individual whether they help. Personally I think this is a disgrace. I don't think they should treat them-they aren't doctors after all. But I think it should be law that they get them help.

I have no idea if the law is the same anywhere else though.

Thanks for your comments though-it just shows that drivers are confused as to what they should do should the situation arise. Something I intend on working on.

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The Daughter of the woman left dumped by a Glasgow Cabbie