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Old 24 July 2009, 11:46 PM
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Well we got a short taxi ride home tonight, which was punctuated by the ping.... ping..... ping..... ping..... ping.... of a seatbelt alarm for almost the entire journey. We asked the driver to turn off the noise, to which he replied "you can't turn it off". I retorted with "Yes you can - you can put your seatbelt on. It's like having tinnitus back here". He retorted with "We don't have to wear them by law". Well, I argued the toss forcefully, absolutely positive that EVERYONE had to wear a seatbelt in this country, only to find when we got home that there is indeed an exemption for taxi drivers. How can this be? I'm outraged. I can't see the reason for the exemption for the life of me.

And in any case, his refusal to wear a seatbelt is causing annoyance to his passengers by the continuous alarm tone. So we reported him to his employers.

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Old 24 July 2009, 11:50 PM
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Yes Bubba.. FFS CHILL MAN.


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Isn't there more important things to be outraged by that a minimum wage earner headbutting the steering wheel in an accident?
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Old 24 July 2009, 11:52 PM
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Should have asked him to turn the stereo up.
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Originally Posted by davyboy
Isn't there more important things to be outraged by that a minimum wage earner headbutting the steering wheel in an accident?
He's deliberately making pings go off in my ear. That's a hanging offence in my book.
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Old 24 July 2009, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
How can this be? I'm outraged.

Any thoughts?
What peeved you more , the fact he wouldnt put the belt on, or the fact he had one over on you as he *was* within the law?
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Taxi drivers, not minicab driving scruffers. They make a damned sight more than NMW though...
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
He's deliberately making pings go off in my ear. That's a hanging offence in my book.
*scribbles another note in the *things to do should I ever meet Bubba * book
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
He's deliberately making pings go off in my ear. That's a hanging offence in my book.
Bubbs, I'm sure some people feel the same way about your music m8...
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What peeved you more , the fact he wouldnt put the belt on, or the fact he had one over on you as he *was* within the law?
Both, absolutely. I hate being wrong.

But as a customer, I'm right. I don't wish to be pinged at relentlessly, no matter how short the journey.
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
He's deliberately making pings go off in my ear. That's a hanging offence in my book.
How hard would it have been for him to just put the seatbelt on? How could he stand the constant pinging?
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Old 24 July 2009, 11:58 PM
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Bubbs, I'm sure some people feel the same way about your music m8...

They can always walk out, though most don't at a tenner a ticket.
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
Both, absolutely. I hate being wrong.

But as a customer, I'm right. I don't wish to be pinged at relentlessly, no matter how short the journey.
Just be thankful he bought you home in a taxi then , not a Submarine
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Originally Posted by oldsplice
How hard would it have been for him to just put the seatbelt on? How could he stand the constant pinging?
He's mutton
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
They can always walk out, though most don't at a tenner a ticket.
We never paid a tenner.
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Old 25 July 2009, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by oldsplice
How hard would it have been for him to just put the seatbelt on? How could he stand the constant pinging?
He was content to tune it out of his hearing until the alarm stopped after two miles' driving.
That's what gets me - he was perfectly happy to give annoyance to his customers for the sake of exercising his rights within the law.
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Old 25 July 2009, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Puff The Magic Wagon!
He's mutton


Aha!.........But he heard what Bubs was saying.
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I'm shocked he spoke English, or even that Bubs is multilingual.

Commendable in either case
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Originally Posted by Lisawrx
We never paid a tenner.
Why?? 'cos it wasn't worth it?

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Originally Posted by Lisawrx
We never paid a tenner.
We have to cut the price in Gateshead, as it's almost the third world.
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Originally Posted by oldsplice
Aha!.........But he heard what Bubs was saying.
Reverse lip reading - all cabbies can do it...
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
We have to cut the price in Gateshead, as it's almost the third world.
Almost??
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never mind the pinging, what watch was he wearing?????
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Originally Posted by Puff The Magic Wagon!
Why?? 'cos it wasn't worth it?

Oh, it's worth it.

Glad we didn't have to though.
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Originally Posted by WRX_Dazza
never mind the pinging, what watch was he wearing?????

You tell me. He was of taxi-driver ethnic background ( ), about twenty-two years old and showed no obvious signs of having won the lottery recently.
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Was he T Ali B an did he wear a scarf? or perhaps one of those table cloths ?
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
We have to cut the price in Gateshead, as it's almost the third world.
It's worse than that.

Puffy would get a nose bleed coming this far north though.
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Isnt James from Norn Iron originally?
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
You tell me. He was of taxi-driver ethnic background ( ), about twenty-two years old and showed no obvious signs of having won the lottery recently.
ah i see, g-shock all the way
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Old 25 July 2009, 01:29 AM
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Most of them have a cut-off seat belt buckle from another scrapped car that they just leave plugged in to stop the noise/alarms/lights.
 
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