Toothless Taxi Watchdog

In February, I had occasion to complain to the Chesterfield Borough Council about the driving and behaviour of one of their taxi driver's.

The blighter had dangerously cut up me and another car at a roundabout, and then given me obscene hand gestures for about a mile, encouraging his school-uniformed passenger to do the same. Call me old fashioned, but I wasn't very happy about that and given that his details were plastered all over his vehicle, thought I'd take the time and effort to do something about it.

So, I dropped all the details to the appropriate person at the Council, and got a swift reply saying that they'd written to the driver and would be following my complaint up.

However, it turns out that he never replied to them, and refused to discuss it when he collected his taxi licence renewal from the Council offices. As such, the council can take absolutely no action against him.

It's An Outrage!!

What a useless way to run a public service! This taxi driver was a danger to other road users, and abusive to members of the public; as such he should be subject to disciplinary action. If I ever find myself in trouble (non-payment of taxes, speeding, criminal damage, that sort of thing) then perhaps I'll try the 'ignore it and it'll go away' approach. In Chesterfield, it certainly seems to work.

By the way, the taxi in question was a black and white Ford Orion, registration F995 UBE, plate number 113. If you see him, give him a smack for me will you...