How do I report a black cab, (London)

oldagetraveller

"No professional driver should act in this way surely"
Edit - No driver should act in this way surely.:)
A similar thing happened to my daughter a couple of years ago. Some a r s e in a BMW (it usually is) almost ran into the back of her car at traffic lights, apparently her brake lights weren't working (yes we know they should be!) but he shouldn't have driven so close and should have been watching the light too. He got out, came to her window and started screaming abuse reducing her 4 yr old, in the back, and herself to tears. Nice man!?
It was an intermittently faulty switch on the brake pedal so worked more often than not.

Inactive

oldagetraveller wrote: »

"No professional driver should act in this way surely"
Edit - No driver should act in this way surely.:)

True.. ........

Lum

oldagetraveller wrote: »

A similar thing happened to my daughter a couple of years ago. Some a r s e in a BMW (it usually is) almost ran into the back of her car at traffic lights, apparently her brake lights weren't working (yes we know they should be!) but he shouldn't have driven so close and should have been watching the light too. He got out, came to her window and started screaming abuse reducing her 4 yr old, in the back, and herself to tears. Nice man!?
It was an intermittently faulty switch on the brake pedal so worked more often than not.

To be fair, even when following at a good safe distance, a car with no brake lights can cause quite a scare as your reaction time is much much worse, you initially think oh they've just lifted off, I'll do likewise and by the time you've realised they're actually braking there's a good chance that it's now emergency stop time with all the risks that brings (flatspotted tyres, getting rear ended by the dork behind you etc.)

I've had it done to me by an old git who had no working brake lights and didn't bother to signal for his right turn, didn't run into the back of him, but I did follow him, giving me chance to calm down, and inform him politely that his brake lights and indicators weren't working and he was likely to cause an accident. The result? A load of abuse about how dare a youngster like me (21 at the time, and wearing a suit as I was on my way home from work) tell him how to drive, have some respect now p*** off before I call the police. To which I responded, "That's ok, I'm going to do that now anyway", and did. They didn't care.

The actions of the BMW driver cannot be condoned, but there's a good chance chance he was still in the middle of a "fight or flight" reaction after receiving a nasty scare.

warehouse

neilmcl wrote: »

Why was he being agressive in the first place?

From what I saw it appeared that he was attempting to undercut traffic by using the left hand lane of a 3 lane approach to a roundabout, (left hand lane clearly has an arrow pointing left, the middle lane has an arrow pointing ahead and the right hand lane has an arrow pointing both ahead and right). The lady ahead in the middle lane appeared to cut him up as he went straight ahead, rather than let him carry on undertaking. I don't think it was intentional as she wouldn't have expected him to be there.

On the dual carraigeway he overtook her and slammed on the brakes. I stopped with 1 car between us.

He had no passengers on board.

Lum

Sounds like a typical London taxi driver to me. I would suggest that you could save paper by just reporting the ones that don't drive like idiots.

therevelator

Yea, I had a similar experience several years ago. It's good that you got the taxi # because without it there's little they can do. Report him to the appropriate office - a quick google should get you what you need.

misterspivvy

I'm 100% in favour of reporting crap drivers. I have a "well driven?" sticker on the back of my artic, why should anyone else get away with it. although the only time I've ever been reported is halfwits who don't understand that the trailer of a 50ft long articulated vehicle won't necessarily stay in the same lane whilst on a roundabout

optimus_primera

misterspivvy wrote: »

I'm 100% in favour of reporting crap drivers. I have a "well driven?" sticker on the back of my artic, why should anyone else get away with it. although the only time I've ever been reported is halfwits who don't understand that the trailer of a 50ft long articulated vehicle won't necessarily stay in the same lane whilst on a roundabout

I get that in the works 7.5 tonner ........... stupid car drivers ..... even better in the 18 tonner ........ shame its all sign written up, so i can't give em what for .......

Kilty_2

misterspivvy wrote: »

I'm 100% in favour of reporting crap drivers. I have a "well driven?" sticker on the back of my artic, why should anyone else get away with it. although the only time I've ever been reported is halfwits who don't understand that the trailer of a 50ft long articulated vehicle won't necessarily stay in the same lane whilst on a roundabout

Put this on the back as well :rotfl:

187

In all cases watch out for and give plenty of room to

• pedestrians who may be crossing the approach and exit roads
• traffic crossing in front of you on the roundabout, especially vehicles intending to leave by the next exit
• traffic which may be straddling lanes or positioned incorrectly
• motorcyclists
• cyclists and horse riders who may stay in the left-hand lane and signal right if they intend to continue round the roundabout. Allow them to do so
• long vehicles (including those towing trailers). These might have to take a different course or straddle lanes either approaching or on the roundabout because of their length. Watch out for their signals

Wig

Do you have the females number plate also? That would help immensely to get the taxi driver in the crap.

You have to tell the London PCO, for the taxi you will need his plate number and his reg number so they can be sure it was the right taxi.