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Who lets taxis out?

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  • tuggy12
    tuggy12 Posts: 1,314 Forumite
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    I let taxi drivers out the same number of times they let me out.

    Haven't let one out yet.:rolleyes:
  • matimage
    matimage Posts: 558 Forumite
    edited 24 November 2009 at 12:53AM
    No
    Nope. Taxi drivers round here are arrogant, selfish twits.

    Case in point yesterday; narrow road, could have pulled over in a double space to wait for fare. Decided to stick hazards on and block the road.

    Stick em in the same bucket as white vans and bmw drivers.

    And yes, I know, there is always the exception that proves the rule.
    Sometimes you get what you deserve... :cool2:

  • Sometimes
    If the car is a taxi or not doesn't affect my decision to let them in. I sometimes let cars in all depending on how the road is, eg awkward junction, traffic, what speed I'm going at ect.

    The only car I would avoid letting in is them big 4x4s!
  • mrian_2
    mrian_2 Posts: 72 Forumite
    No
    I am not talking about black cabs (they seem to be a better class of taxi driver) but I would never ever dream of letting a private taxi driver out of a sideroad, I would be more likely to block them in for as long as possible. They believe that the law does not apply to them. They drive like lunatics, cut everyone up, drive between speed cameras at maximum speed and then slam the brakes on at the last moment.
    They arer not fit to be called drivers.
    I detest them
  • taxi drivers in my opinion are awful
  • steveo3002
    steveo3002 Posts: 2,731 Forumite
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    No
    try not to help taxi drivers when possible , ive been bullied and pushed about by a fair number of them ...shame on the decent polite drivers but hey
  • DKLS
    DKLS Posts: 13,461 Forumite
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    I usually let Taxi drivers out except for when I am in Leeds, unlike most cabbies that drive like psychopaths with a death-wish, Leeds cabbies think their all driving miss daisy. :mad:

    The only group of motorists I never let out are people carriers.
  • Sometimes
    I like it when they get stuck behind a bus in a bus lane and no one will let them back in :P
  • mrian_2
    mrian_2 Posts: 72 Forumite
    No
    And I hate them just pulling up outside a residential house and blowing their horns for attention because they are just a bunch of lazy idle waste of spaces who will not get out of their death traps to knock on a door. They have no regard for the kids who have just got to sleep.
    I love clocking who they are and having them run around all night to pubs on the hillside to pick up Mr Smith and Mr Jones - Bliss
  • matimage
    matimage Posts: 558 Forumite
    No
    DKLS wrote: »
    The only group of motorists I never let out are people carriers.

    Interesting prejudice. Why?
    Sometimes you get what you deserve... :cool2:

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