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On Wed, 04 May 2011 00:44:44 +0100
JNugent wrote:
On 03/05/2011 20:56, Neil Williams wrote:
On Tue, 03 May 2011 19:51:18 +0100, JNugent
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What do you mean?

Taxis often stop to pick up or drop off where they are causing an
obstruction. Is this also legal?

Of course it is.

What's the alternative?

Ooo I know , how about they stop where they DON'T cause an obstruction!

Radical idea but you never know - it might just work.

But when a bus stops doesn't that constitute and obscruction?

Alan



B2003

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On Wed, 04 May 2011 13:40:09 +0100
JNugent wrote:
Relax. The answer is already known: it wouldn't work. There is nowhere one
can stop on the highway without "obstructing" traffic behind. To argue
that
no such obstruction is permissible is to argue that taxi drivers must not
be
allowed to ply their trade and that taxi passengers are not entitled to a
service.

Don't be an ass all your life. Is your dad a taxi driver by any chance?

B2003

I was for 19 years.
Maybe you should try it sometime?
But maybe not, you have not got the guts.

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On Tue, 03 May 2011 19:36:02 +0100
JNugent wrote:
On 03/05/2011 14:56, d wrote:

I'm guessing there isn't one. Or they're exempt. Otherwise how can a
black
cab stop halfway across a signalled junction in the middle of the road,
on a
corner, on double red lines in central london, blocking the traffic
behind to
pick up a passenger and some plods in a van nearby do absolutely bugger
all?

B2003

Do you know what a taxi is for?

I take it you don't complain when a bus stops at a bus-stop?

Bus stops arn't generally sighted on corners in the middle of a traffic
light controlled junction are they you brainless ****wit?

The whole world is a taxi-driver's taxi-stop (or at least, that bit of it
which is within his licensed area). Stopping to pick passengers up is what
taxis do.

Passengers are capable of walking an extra 10 metres if the cap stops up
the road in a safe position.

B2003

Cap?

On Tue, 3 May 2011, GT wrote:

"Adrian" wrote in message
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"GT" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Double red lines? What are they?

They signify "No Stopping" on London's designated "Red Routes".

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/fine...ons/10185.aspx

Oh and whats wrong with the standard double yellow lines - they mean no
stopping too!

FFS... No, they don't.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum...ssets/@dg/@en/
documents/digitalasset/dg_070563.pdf

Lets hope there aren't any traffic jams or traffic lights along those routes
then - only taxis and blue badge holders would avoid prosecution!

And cyclists!

tom

--
Voltan tires of life upon Super Secret Sea-Base Beta. Perhaps this
Holloway Road of which you speak is the solution. Voltan shall investigate
it during Voltans campaign to overrun London. (This is but a part of
Voltans plan for world domination.) -- Voltan

On Tue, 3 May 2011, Mr Pounder wrote:

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I'm guessing there isn't one. Or they're exempt. Otherwise how can a black
cab stop halfway across a signalled junction in the middle of the road, on
a
corner, on double red lines in central london, blocking the traffic behind
to
pick up a passenger and some plods in a van nearby do absolutely bugger
all?

B2003

Because it is a taxi and that is what taxis do?
Was the experience traumatic for you?
Were you all upset?
Did you **** in your pants?
Hot flush?
Get angry?
Wished you lived 250 miles north of the great ******** of London?
Wished you did not live in the great ******** of the south?

Which one?
I'm interested.

Boltar, i knew you were a dickhead, but i didn't realise you were a
dickhead who cross-posts to urd. That really is special. My hat is off to
you.

tom

--
Voltan tires of life upon Super Secret Sea-Base Beta. Perhaps this
Holloway Road of which you speak is the solution. Voltan shall investigate
it during Voltans campaign to overrun London. (This is but a part of
Voltans plan for world domination.) -- Voltan

On Wed, 4 May 2011, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2011\05\04 15:56, d wrote:
On Wed, 04 May 2011 15:38:07 +0100
wrote:
I know you don't mean to be, but you're funny.

Well I'm glad to be of service. The same can't be said about you however -
an object of pity maybe, spouting rubbish and not even realising it.

head in hands

I got the impression from this exchange that Boltar and Nugent had never
crossed swords before. Am i imagining that? That would be incredible if it
was true - they're two of the main ****s on UK usenet, so i'd assume
they'd know each other well. Do they not have some sort of club, with a
newsletter and so on?

tom

--
Voltan tires of life upon Super Secret Sea-Base Beta. Perhaps this
Holloway Road of which you speak is the solution. Voltan shall investigate
it during Voltans campaign to overrun London. (This is but a part of
Voltans plan for world domination.) -- Voltan

On 04/05/2011 22:51, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Wed, 4 May 2011, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2011\05\04 15:56, d wrote:
On Wed, 04 May 2011 15:38:07 +0100
wrote:
I know you don't mean to be, but you're funny.

Well I'm glad to be of service. The same can't be said about you however -
an object of pity maybe, spouting rubbish and not even realising it.

head in hands

I got the impression from this exchange that Boltar and Nugent had never
crossed swords before. Am i imagining that? That would be incredible if it
was true - they're two of the main ****s on UK usenet, so i'd assume they'd
know each other well. Do they not have some sort of club, with a newsletter
and so on?

tom

The weirdest thing about your post is that you imagine it to be witty and
clever. You probably even imagine yourself to be witty and clever.

A very good point. In my experience buses hold up traffic far more than taxis and in general are a far bigger cause of congestion than anyone else.

On 2011-05-04, d wrote:
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Passengers are capable of walking an extra 10 metres if the cap stops up
the road in a safe position.

B2003


Not all of them!

E.

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
rth.li...
On Tue, 3 May 2011, GT wrote:

"Adrian" wrote in message
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"GT" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Double red lines? What are they?

They signify "No Stopping" on London's designated "Red Routes".

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/fine...ons/10185.aspx

Oh and whats wrong with the standard double yellow lines - they mean no
stopping too!

FFS... No, they don't.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum...ssets/@dg/@en/
documents/digitalasset/dg_070563.pdf

Lets hope there aren't any traffic jams or traffic lights along those
routes
then - only taxis and blue badge holders would avoid prosecution!

And cyclists!

Red lights and jams aren't a hold up for them - they just undertake queues
and go through red lights.