Taxi drivers...

triggerhappy · 6th October 2008, 5:06pm

Cunts?

Yes. Yes, they are.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7655229.stm

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Originally Posted by BBC News

A Glasgow taxi driver who deliberately ran down a cyclist he thought had made an obscene gesture at him has been convicted of assault.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Alistair Palmer mounted the pavement and swerved into Michael Martin twice on Auchinloch Road in Lenzie on 20 April this year.

He then drove off but was traced after another driver noted his registration.

At least they caught this one.

Rio Ohki · 6th October 2008, 5:09pm

that's really close to where I live too.

I'll be honest, I passionately hate cyclists (having seen one skip a red light, try to turn right but fail, hold up a queue of traffic, then give the finger to the guy who tooted his horn at him, all on the way to work today), but that's well out of order.

triggerhappy · 6th October 2008, 5:10pm

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Originally Posted by Rio Ohki

that's really close to where I live too.

I'll be honest, I passionately hate cyclists (having seen one skip a red light, try to turn right but fail, hold up a queue of traffic, then give the finger to the guy who tooted his horn at him, all on the way to work today), but that's well out of order.

Aye, cyclists are a pain in the arse, but they aren't anywhere near as dangerous, aggressive and antagonistic as taxi drivers.

Rio Ohki · 6th October 2008, 5:12pm

I do hate taxi drivers also.

Particularly that thing they all do at red lights, the thing where they inch forward, bit by bit, inch by inch, till only the tiniest fraction of the back wheel is resting on the line, then wait till it's green. What's the fucking point, if you want to be a wank and run the red light, just do it, so I can call you cunt.

Jaemi · 6th October 2008, 5:13pm

Yea, all taxi drivers are the same!

On that note!
BEWARE! Nurses...

At least they caught this one!
Phew!

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Norris, 32, was yesterday convicted of killing four elderly women patients and attempting to murder a fifth

Zooropa · 6th October 2008, 5:14pm

haha, that's just up the road!

triggerhappy · 6th October 2008, 5:15pm

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Originally Posted by Jaemi

Yea, all taxi drivers are the same!

Your Dad, your mate or even your Mum might be a taxi driver, and might even be a good one - you still won't change my opinion of them.

For every "decent" one out there, there are twenty arseholes slamming their brakes on, cutting corners, going through red lights and running over cyclists after hitting them once already.

Jaemi · 6th October 2008, 5:17pm

There are 20 taxi drivers out there running over cyclists?
You're right, it's an epidemic.

Although, come to think of it...How many cyclists, skip red lights?
Cut corners?
Jump kerbs?
Don't wear enough Hi-Vis clothing?
Don't signal properly?
Run over pedestrians?

triggerhappy · 6th October 2008, 5:20pm

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Originally Posted by Jaemi

There are 20 taxi drivers out there running over cyclists?
You're right, it's an epidemic.

Although, come to think of it...How many cyclists, skip red lights?
Cut corners?
Jump kerbs?
Don't wear enough Hi-Vis clothing?

I was merely using the example from the thread.

I agree that cyclists are also idiots, but as I said above, they aren't anywhere near as dangerous, aggressive and antagonistic as taxi drivers.

broken · 6th October 2008, 5:21pm

I got in a taxi once & he spent the whole journey telling me about how he loves splashing people with puddles & especially girls who are all done up with fake tan on.

Jaemi · 6th October 2008, 5:21pm

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Don't get much interaction with taxi drivers in Bearsden, do you? Shut the fuck up

FYI This is TriggerHappy's "tit-for-tat" neg.

To answer your point, my Dad was a taxi driver for 18 years and now owns a large taxi company.
...And I stay in milngavie.

broken · 6th October 2008, 5:22pm

Is he a gangstaaa?

Jaemi · 6th October 2008, 5:23pm

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Originally Posted by triggerhappy

I was merely using the example from the thread.

Think how much shite cabbies put up with on a daily or nightly basis too...
For the record, the only thing that irks me about cabbies (which I see them do regularly) is pull in without indicating..

cinamon*spider* · 6th October 2008, 5:24pm

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Originally Posted by broken

I got in a taxi once & he spent the whole journey telling me about how he loves splashing people with puddles & especially girls who are all done up with fake tan on.

he's soo cheeky!!
that is kinda funny though

triggerhappy · 6th October 2008, 5:25pm

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Originally Posted by Jaemi

To answer your point, my Dad was a taxi driver for 18 years and now owns a large taxi company.
...And I stay in milngavie.

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Originally Posted by triggerhappy

Your Dad, your mate or even your Mum might be a taxi driver, and might even be a good one - you still won't change my opinion of them.

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