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The official publication of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association | www.ltda.co.uk | @TheLTDA No.352 |22 SEPTEMBER 2015 

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TOTAL CROSS 

PARTY SUPPORT 

STEVE MCNAMARA LTDA General Secretary 

For once politicians agree: London taxis are the best and something must be done to save them 

Irecently attended a ‘Black Cab 

Debate’ in the House of 

Commons Westminster Hall 

arranged by Zac Goldsmith MP, the 

prospective Conservative mayoral 

candidate. The debate was chaired 

by Sir Edward Leigh and was 

attended by MPs from all parties 

including Sadiq Khan MP, the 

Labour mayoral candidate, Victoria 

Borwick MP, David Lammy MP, 

Andrew Rosindell MP, Gareth 

Johnson MP and the Parliamentary 

Under-Secretary of State for 

Transport, Andrew Jones MP. 

Our Parliamentary system is 

largely adversarial and on almost 

every subject, MPs from one party 

debate, before disagreeing, with the 

opposite side of the House! This 

debate was almost unique because 

every MP who spoke did nothing 

but praise our trade and call for 

action to support our industry and 

prevent us being wiped out by 

current failures in legislation and 

enforcement. 

At the conclusion of the debate, I 

was able to speak to the Under- 

Secretary who was extremely 

receptive to our cause that had 

been so superbly highlighted by all 

those who took part in the debate, 

and I will be arranging a meeting 

with him in the very near future. 

Victoria Borwick MP 

“As has been said, the black London 

taxi is as iconic to London as red buses 

and red post boxes. As we have heard 

from both sides of the House today, 

black cabs of London are renowned the 

world over for their high standards 

and because of the Knowledge—and of 

course for their full disability access. 

Londoners can be proud of leading the 

world in that. Licensed black taxis can 

take wheelchairs, prams, trolleys and 

heavy suitcases, and get the passenger 

safely to their destination using the 

fastest route. The drivers do not need 

to check the sat-nav to know the back 

streets, and if there is a disruption or 

change in the traffic, as happens 

frequently in London, they have 

alternative routes in their head. They 

do not have to rely on intermittent 

technology. As we have heard, those 

taxi drivers are fully vetted, insured, 

and licensed, and regularly checked; 

and that applies not just to the drivers, 

but the vehicles as well. 

Licensed taxi drivers have invested 

heavily in their profession. Very few 

industries require two to four years’ 

unpaid training, followed by the 

purchase or lease of a vehicle. Our 

black cab drivers are very committed 

to their trade. However, we have to 

appreciate that technology has begun 

to catch up, and TfL, the regulator, has 

seen an enormous increase in requests 

for private hire licences, as we have 

heard; but who are all the applicants, 

and why are there so many requests for 

minicab licences? There are now almost 

90,000 minicabs”. 

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Zac Goldsmith MP 

“The tragedy is that black cabs’ days 

could soon be numbered. If trends 

continue, I do not think that there is 

any doubt that they will be extinct in 

a matter of years. I will briefly 

explain why. Transport for London’s 

rules enforce a two-tier system for 

taxis in London. London’s black cabs 

can ply for hire and wait at ranks. 

Their fares are set by TfL, as are their 

stringent service standards. The 

reason they are licensed to pick up 

anyone from the street is that TfL has 

confidence that the drivers and 

vehicles are safe and the price is fair. 

Private hire vehicles, on the other 

hand, have to be pre-booked, so 

cannot legally ply for hire. Their fares 

are not set by TfL and their drivers 

do not pass the Knowledge or do 

advanced driver courses. PHVs have 

less regulation because customers 

book them in advance and so know 

what deal they are getting and what 

service they can expect. 

That system largely worked fine 

until recently, but the emergence of 

Uber has turned it on its head. The 

speed of the Uber app means that its 

cars are effectively hailed by users, and 

no one can reasonably argue that they 

do not also ply for hire, picking up 

people straight from the street. The one 

key advantage enjoyed by black cabs has 

simply evaporated.”

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Sadiq Khan MP 

“It is worth reminding ourselves 

of why black cab drivers— 

particularly the London ones— 

are considered some of the most 

qualified in the world. They 

undergo extensive criminal 

checks, including by the 

Disclosure and Barring Service. 

Medical checks are also 

vundertaken. People have to pass a 

Driver and Vehicle Standards 

Agency assessment. 

They also have to receive a 

licence from both TfL, which is 

run by the Mayor of London, and 

the Metropolitan Police Service. 

In addition, as the Hon. 

Gentleman mentioned, they have 

to pass the Knowledge. Hon. 

Members may not fully appreciate 

this, but the test requires drivers 

to learn more than 300 basic 

routes, more than 25,000 streets, 

and approximately 20,000 

landmarks and places of public 

interest. The other requirement is 

that black cab drivers must have 

a high-standard vehicle. 

It is also worth reminding 

ourselves of what has happened 

as a consequence of the failure to 

regulate the change that is taking 

place because of innovation and 

of the failure to adapt. We do not 

have a level playing field, and the 

Minister will need to tell us why, 

over the past five years—indeed, 

the past seven years—TfL and 

the Government have failed to 

enforce existing legislation, or to 

provide new regulations, to 

ensure that new entrants to the 

market operate fairly.” 

David Lammy MP 

“All of us in this room will have 

travelled to cities all over the world, 

and we will have seen in those cities 

how people prize this institution, 

which is the first face that someone 

sees of the city when they arrive at 

Heathrow. That should be preserved 

and the business of plying for trade, 

which we established, is now 

something that, as my right Hon. 

friend said, should be in statute. This 

House could sort that out pretty 

rapidly and it would give that 

institution the reassurance it needs, 

not just in this city, but in other 

cities in the country. That is really 

the centrality of what the minister 

has to come to. 

I am absolutely clear that the 

Government’s slightly relaxed 

attitude to international companies 

that do not pay tax in this country 

must stop. Of course such a company 

can undercut established institutions. 

It is well known across the world that 

people can arrive in London, get a 

second-hand vehicle, jump through 

very few hoops—the bar is so low—go 

to the Uber office, get the 

technology, and for very little 

training, they, too, can be part of 

the explosion that we are seeing 

across the city which is now 

polluting our young people’s 

lungs. Of course the city is 

congested; it is all the private hire 

vehicles that people are picking 

up. In this economy, where one in 

four young people in London is 

still unemployed, we are seeing 

many young students doing this as 

well. Is that right? Is that good? It 

cannot be.” n 

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NEWS 

Chaos erupts at City Hall 

Trade 

Hundreds of cab drivers were 

forced to protest outside City Hall 

after being denied access to a 

public meeting. 

Only limited spaces were 

available in the public gallery after 

TfL had filled the seating with new 

graduate staff members. 

The sheer weight of numbers 

outside led to a crush at the 

entrance doors and some security 

staff were injured. The Mayor 

prompted jeers from the gallery 

when he dubbed taxi drivers 

“luddites” who were against 

technology. 

But it was the pompous deputy 

chair Tony Arbour who, having 

already soured the mood with his 

aggressive approach, caused 

disarray by exclaiming “who are 

these people?” and ordered security 

to “remove these people”. 

Arbour has previously been 

criticised for calling people in need 

of social housing “riff raff”. 

Drivers began to slow hand clap 

and refused to budge, while the 

meeting adjourned to a nearby 

room. 

In a heavy handed attempt to end 

the stand-off, riot police were called 

which escalated the situation, 

prompting scuffles as more drivers 

tried to enter the building. 

Boris criticised the cabbies’ 

behaviour, but Labour’s Assembly 

leader Len Duvall said “it was his 

name calling which in part sparked 

today’s incident.” 

He added: “"City Hall should be a 

forum for debate and discussion about 

the issues, not insults and 

mudslinging." 

London Assembly member Val 

Shawcross expressed dismay that 

the police were called and defended 

the cabbies when Question Time 

resumed in another room. 

She said the meetings can be like a 

“lightning conductor” and that if the 

drivers were a “bit noisy” they were 

“not intending to disrupt the meeting 

but have been very supportive of the 

work we do here.” 

Almost 1,000 cab drivers turned 

up for the meeting in City Hall on 

Wednesday, September 16. LTDA 

banners were unfurled urging the 

Mayor not to bow to pressure from 

the minicab trade to water down 

tighter private hire regulation 

proposals. These include lead in 

times, requiring minicab operators to 

have hire and reward insurance and 

fixed fares. 

“Luddites” urging Boris to stand firm” 

Satelite or temporary event 

licences will be scrapped, drivers 

will only be allowed to work for 

one operator at a time and firms 

will not be allowed to show 

vehicles available for immediate 

hire - either visibly or vitually, via 

an app. 

Hundreds of drivers queuing to get in. 

Inset: Tony Arbour


FEATURE 

One spin too many 

An LTDA member wrongly accused of a crime faced losing his livelihood 

and even jail, until our crack legal team stepped in to save the day 

Tony, a London cabbie for 

twelve years, was born and 

brought up on a large 

council estate in the East End. In 

the mid-eighties he moved out of 

the family home and relocated to 

Barkingside. His elderly parents 

continued to reside on the estate 

and Tony made a point of calling 

in to see them two or three times 

a week. On a Tuesday, during last 

Easter’s mid-term, around about 

lunch time, Tony pulled into the 

estate. A group of teenagers were 

riding their bikes on the service 

road. They were performing 

wheelies and spins, and totally 

ignored Tony’s cab as he drove 

towards them. Tony stopped short 

of the youngsters, to give them a 

chance to pull out of the way, but 

they totally ignored him. He tried 

a soft touch of the horn, but was 

greeted by half a dozen one 

finger salutes. 

Abuse 

Not wanting to create any trouble, 

Tony leaned out of his window 

and called “come on guys, let me 

through”. His words prompted a 

few more salutes and a couple of 

“eff offs”. Tony decided to creep 

forward in the hope that the kids 

would move. As he inched 

forward, at less than walking 

pace, the nearest two cyclists 

moved to the side, but another 

continued to spin his bike before 

losing control and falling heavily 

to the ground, badly gashing his 

elbow. At the time when he lost 

control he was at least 12 feet in 

front of Tony’s cab. 

Tony got out to see if the boy 

was all right and was greeted 

with a hail of abuse. One of the 

boys punched Tony hard in his 

back, causing him to stumble 

forward. Tony turned around but 

his assailant 

quickly 

backed off. 

A woman 

then 

started 

shouting 

out from 

one of 

the first 

floor 

balconies that 

Tony had run 

down the cyclist and that she 

was calling the police. Blood was 

pouring from the injured boy’s 

arm and two more residents 

appeared from nowhere and 

accused Tony of causing the 

fracas. It was obvious that Tony 

was not going to win the 

argument, so he got back into his 

cab and u-turned out of the 

estate. 

A few days later Tony was 

contacted by the police and 

interviewed under caution; being 

a member of the LTDA, he had 

arranged to have a legal 

representative in attendance at 

the interview. He was informed 

that the Met was considering 

charging him with dangerous 

driving, or possibly using a 

motor vehicle as a weapon. In the 

meantime, the LTDA’s legal 

department had made enquiries 

with the local authority in an 

effort to secure any CCTV images 

of the alleged event. The council 

was less than helpful. Officials 

said that the video included 

images of minors, which 

prevented them from being 

released. The LTDA persisted and 

finally secured images from a 

more distant camera which didn’t 

provide the best view of events. 

Case closed 

The LTDA then arranged for a 

private investigator to undertake 

the difficult task of knocking on 

the doors of the 18 flats which 

overlooked the service road. A 

young woman said that she had 

seen the whole thing from 

beginning to end and she agreed 

in every detail with Tony’s 

version of events. Unfortunately, 

she said that she would make a 

statement, but there was no way 

that she would give evidence 

in court. 

Armed with this evidence, 

and the CCTV coverage, the 

LTDA was able to convince 

the police not to proceed with 

the case. 

A delighted Tony (not his 

real name), stated: “I know for 

a fact that without the LTDA to 

back me up I would have had no 

chance to clear my name. 

Drivers out there who don’t 

have legal protection, in 

this day and age, must 

be mad”. n 

Tony: “Without the LTDA I would have had no chance” 

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The Massett File 

NOVIKOV RANK 

SOLUTION? 

RICHARD MASSETT LTDA Chairman, Chairman London Cab Ranks Committee 

A new rank in Berkeley Street has caused chaos but a solution could be on the way 

The collection of confusing signs 

Novikov Solution soon? 

The recently introduced rank 

outside Novikov in Berkeley 

Street has been undergoing 

some changes to assist 

enforcement. When the original 

decision was agreed with the 

authorities, problems arose 

because the road space earmarked 

for the rank was already occupied 

by Pay to Park bays. So, with 

kerbside space at a premium, it 

was decided that the bays should 

be put to dual use. Car parking 

would be allowed during the 

day, but it would convert to a 

taxi rank during the evening 

and overnight. 

Pressure 

Following great pressure from the 

trade, the police commenced 

Operation Neon. The purpose of 

which is to disrupt the activities 

of touts and other lawbreakers on 

the streets, primarily in the 

Mayfair area. Westminster 

officials are part of the team 

whose duties include issuing 

PCNs to cars parked on ranks. 

The problem was that without the 

normal rank markings, and only a 

small yellow traffic sign in place, 

some motorists pleaded ignorance 

and appealed parking fines on the 

grounds that the bay was not 

clearly marked and some of these 

succeeded at adjudication. My 

colleagues and I on the Ranks 

Committee argued from the 

outset that the rank should be 

marked in the usual way 

regardless of whether or not the 

bays were shared use. 

Westminster decided that there 

was a need to clearly define how 

the bay works. This led to the 

installation of the signs and 

markings in our photographs, but 

unfortunately this has not 

resolved the problem. I have told 

Westminster that the presence of a 

single yellow line through the 

length of the newly marked bay 

acts as an invitation to motorists 

to park there during the evening. 

The presence of a single yellow 

line means to most drivers that 

there is no restriction on parking 

at night. 

No excuses 

I am pleased to say that the Ranks 

Committee has discussed this 

again with both TfL and 

Westminster and a new proposal 

has been agreed, which should 

provide the best solution. 

It is intended that the parking 

bays outside Novikov should 

change places with the Holiday 

Inn hotel feeder rank on the other 

side of the road. The Novikov 

rank could then be extended to 

accommodate more cabs and the 

prescribed taxi rank markings and 

signage applied. The new rank 

would still serve as a feeder to the 

Holiday Inn hotel during the day, 

while it would be exclusive to 

Novikov at night - leaving touts 

and minicabs no excuse for 

parking on it. n 

Yellow line: a parking free for all 

The two cab feed will convert to parking bays

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NEWS 

Knife-wielding bilker jailed 

Crime 

A thug who waved a knife at a taxi 

driver during a frantic bid to escape 

without paying an £11 cab fare has 

been jailed for 12 months. 

Two bungling thieves tried to flee 

the taxi after travelling from Victoria 

to Battersea, but the woman left her 

handbag and identifying documents 

on the back seat. 

Ian Lythgoe attempted to head the 

pair off in his cab but the ringleader, 

Alfie Arbuckle, waved a knife at 

him during the confrontation on 

May 3. 

Ian, of Herts, said: “I said you are 

not going anywhere without paying the 

£11 fare you owe me. He pulled a knife 

out of his pocket and I backed off at that 

point and called the police. The officers 

said they would have a look around, but 

weren’t expecting to find him. After I 

drove off, I saw him walking along the 

Wandsworth Road and went back to get 

the police.” 

“These people think they can get away with anything” 

The 55-year-old handed the 

officers the handbag which had all 

the information they needed to 

trace both the culprits. He then 

jumped in the back of the police car 

which drove around looking for 

the thief. Ian spotted him easily, 

despite his attempts at disguising 

himself by removing his hoodie. 

Arbuckle, who was already 

known to detectives in the area, 

was arrested and searched by 

police who did not find the 

weapon on him. 

He appeared in court and 

pleaded guilty to one count of 

making threats with a bladed 

article in a public place. 

Ian said: “I’m pleased with the 

result. I wasn’t worried about the 

money, only the fact that he got locked 

up. These people think they can get 

away with anything; nick our wages 

and nothing will happen, but this 

proves that it isn’t always the case.” 

Arbuckle was jailed for 12 

months and ordered to pay £900 

costs and £250 to the victim. His 

accomplice admitted making off 

without paying and was given a 

caution. 

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NEWS 

Taxi support group marches on 

Trade 

Hundreds of cabbies joined a family 

protest against the regulatory failures 

of TfL and helped bring Whitehall to a 

standstill. 

The demonstration on Saturday, 

September 5, in central London was 

the second one organised by the fast 

growing protest group, Save Our 

Black Taxis. 

It has sprouted from a tiny family 

run social media group to a full blown 

movement, which is drawing 

increasing attention to the plight of the 

cab trade. 

Both protests have been well 

supported by husbands, wives, 

children and cabbies themselves, all of 

whom are being failed by TfL’s 

inability to regulate the industry with 

an even hand. 

Organiser and cabbie’s wife, 

Artemis Mercer, said: “We were really 

happy with how it went. It was well 

supported by families, children and cab 

drivers. There was a go slow by some taxi 

drivers which brought Whitehall to a 

standstill.” 

Save Our Black Taxis has attracted 

thousands of online supporters, 

including celebrities, such as motoring 

journalist Richard Hammond and The 

Who frontman Roger Daltrey. 

“There is loads going on – we are 

planning our next demo for the end of 

October. We also have a meeting with TfL 

– we want to make them understand the 

human side to what’s going on, how 

families are struggling to survive. We also 

have a website being developed – we are 

not just a little a social media group 

anymore,”artemis said. 

If any cab drivers want a copy of the 

Save Our Black Taxis petition to have 

in the back of their cab, calling for fair 

regulation by TfL, email Artemis at 

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NEWS 

Homophobic Uber driver probed 

Sam and Santiago were abused by an Uber driver 

Trade 

Two gay men were shouted at and 

kicked out of an Uber minicab for 

"pecking" each other on the lips. 

Sam Simons, 36, claimed he and 

friend Santiago Figeuroa were in 

the back of the private hire car on 

their way home after a night out 

when the driver flew into a rage. 

The company claims it has 

removed the driver from its 

app service while it investigates 

the incident on Saturday, 

September 12. 

The pair were minutes into a 

journey from Chelsea to Greenwich 

when Mr Figeuroa unfastened his 

seatbelt and moved closer to his 

friend so they could look at photos 

on a phone together. 

But when the 20-year-old put his 

arm around Mr Simons and kissed 

him, the driver allegedly flipped, 

stopped the car and screamed 

"man should not kiss man" several 

times before ordering the pair out 

the cab. 

Mr Simons said: "We didn't get 

out and told him to do his job and 

take us home but he refused to drive 

and kept yelling at us. 

"It was not like we were all over 

each other. It was just a peck on the 

lips and an arm round my shoulder." 

He added: “This was 

unacceptable. I'm a pretty tough guy. 

While this was inappropriate, it 

didn't ruin my night, but it did ruin 

my friend's night, and I worry about 

other people being treated like that." 

An Uber spokeswoman said: 

"As a company we do not tolerate 

any form of discrimination 

whatsoever, and we have been in 

contact with this rider to offer our 

support. 

"Uber prides itself on providing 

the highest quality, safest and most 

convenient service, so we take any 

incident where we fall short very 

seriously. 

"In any incident, such as this, we 

suspend the driver in question while 

we investigate." 

News in brief 

Cab stolen during raid 

Three people have been 

arrested after a London taxi 

was stolen during a burglary 

in Loughton. 

Police were called at around 

10.40am on Tuesday, September 

8, to the break in, where thieves 

had reportedly stolen cash, 

jewellery and a cab overnight. 

Acting on a tip off, officers 

later stopped a taxi at a 

roundabout in Harlow at about 

1.45pm. Three people made off 

from the vehicle. 

Officers arrested a 32-yearold 

woman from east London 

and a 29-year-old woman at the 

scene, and a 44-year-old man 

was arrested later that 

afternoon, all on suspicion of 

burglary. 

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We recently surveyed people’s 

views of the trade and it won't 

surprise you that over 90% of all 

respondents said black cabs were 

iconic and are part of what makes 

London special: over 80% said they 

would be seriously concerned if the 

trade vanished. 

We are seen as a highly 

recognisable and trusted brand by 

78% of people, which I’m told is a 

level that would be the envy of 

most of the large consumer 

driven brands. 

Yes, there is a perception among 

some segments of the population 

that we’re expensive, but we offer 

the best service. 

Having professional drivers the 

public can trust and ensuring high 

safety standards came out as a clear 

advantage over our competitors. 

Not to mention, the positive 

contribution the trade makes in 

supporting London’s economy and 

the numerous charitable acts the 

trade makes day to day for those 

in need. 

This suggests we start from a 

strong position, but we must do 

more to positively promote 

ourselves. 

There is a massive amount that 

needs to be done but I believe things 

are slowly moving in the right 

direction, with the review of private 

hire regulations and growing 

support for us in Parliament. 

At a recent Westminster Hall 

debate, the Labour candidate for 

Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the 

prospective Conservative candidate, 

Zac Goldsmith, strongly agreed with 

each other over the need for action 

in London to safeguard our iconic 

service. 

Of course, we must hold them to 

account come next May, but the 

cross party support is encouraging. 

So we have a strong base in terms 

of public opinion, and we have 

growing political support, but we 

must be careful not to alienate 

anybody. All the drivers I meet are 

passionate about their work and get 

hugely frustrated by the unfairness 

of the situation in London. I share 

those feelings, and I feel we must 

use that passion and appetite for 

direct action to positively promote 

ourselves. This combined with 

the legal and regulatory actions 

the trade is taking could be a 

winning formula. 

That’s why we want to launch a 

new kind of protest which gives 

something back to Londoners and 

gives us the opportunity to make 

our case directly to the public 

without our messages being 

misconstrued. 

That’s why I’m strongly urging 

everybody to support the 

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What? An hour of free rides for London 

When? Wednesday, October 14, between 11am and 12pm 

Where? Marshalled taxi ranks at London Victoria, London 

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How? Turn up, offer passengers a free ride, talk to them 

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Why? During the protest the trade will be calling on all the 

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GET SPOTTED! 

Rich for Ricky and Joyful for John 

Our diary spotters love getting 

out and about with a fistful 

of Marks and Spencer 

vouchers, to sprinkle a little good 

cheer around the ranks. 

Armed with £300 worth of 

vouchers they hit the streets and it 

wasn’t long before they stumbled 

across Ricky Cooper, who was 

delighted to be handed £150 worth 

of vouchers for having his diary in 

the windscreen. 

Ricky, of Dagenham, said: 

“Great, these will come in very 

handy.” 

A short while later our 

£150 

DIARY WATCH 

M&S vouchers 

spotters caught up with John Hayley. 

He was over the moon to be handed 

£150 when he was spotted with his 

LTDA diary in the windscreen. 

John, of Bermondsey, said: 

“Fantastic. I’ll look forward to 

getting stuck into those. 

Thanks.” 

Each year we give away almost 

£8,000 worth of vouchers, so the 

odds of coming up trumps are 

pretty good. Just make sure you 

have your LTDA membership 

diary and tax disc holder, if you 

still have one, on display and let us 

do the rest. 

Ricky: “Great” 

John: “Fantastic” 

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LETTERS 

STAR LETTERS 

Marilyn, You’re a Star 

Aformer Call Over partner of 

mine, now a butter girl of eight 

months picked up two Chinese 

tourists at King’s cross the other 

day. They spoke little English but 

managed to explain they wanted to 

be taken to a hotel in West Ham. 

The cabbie had worked in the travel 

bookings industry for a good few 

years and was racking her brains to 

place the hotel they wanted. 

Anyway, she took them to their 

destination after they produced a 

bit of paper with the address on it. 

It turned out to be a house and the 

curtains were tattered and the 

windows filthy. It looked a right 

dump. She phoned the number the 

visitors had, and found out the 

place was a "guesthouse.” There was 

no reply when they knocked on the 

door and when they telephoned the 

proprietor they were told someone 

would be along shortly. By now the 

young Chinese couple were getting 

more and more anxious at the 

Heart of Gold 

Icame across some 

extraordinary kindness from 

a taxi driver yesterday. The 

driver's name is Rob Jones and 

his cab no. is 74243. I got in his 

cab at King’s Cross Station and I 

asked him to take me to the 

Macmillan Cancer Centre. We 

didn't talk but when we got 

there I went to pay him the fare, 

he told me to put the amount in 

the Cancer charity box. I was 

“Extremely kind driver” 

Ijust want to say “thank you” to the 

very kind driver who stopped 

and helped my 81 year old husband 

who had tripped in Flood Street on 

Monday, September 7. You are very 

kind indeed. 

Tessa Toop 

War and Peace 

Ihave been a London taxi driver for 

nearly 25 years and would like to 

comment on the regular stats and 

comments in TAXI’s the Cab You 

Drive column on the dropping 

number of cab drivers. 

The articles are always saying 

that it is such a shame that numbers 

are dropping but I can’t understand 

why. 

prospect of staying in this 

hellhole, as they had booked there 

accommodation online, so they 

had no real idea what they were 

letting themselves in for. Anyway, 

after talking to them, it soon 

became apparent they did not 

want to stay there. Using her 

knowledge of the tourist industry 

she rang a few people and got 

them booked into a hotel in the 

South Kensington area. Not only 

that, but by the time she had got 

them to their new hotel the meter 

was showing over one hundred 

quid. She did not have the heart to 

take that and knocked a fair lump 

off as she did not want their visit 

to London to start off with an 

expensive, bad experience. 

Marilyn Wall you are a star and a 

credit to the cab trade. 

Ian Faulds, 

Knowledge associate 

scheme member 

truly overcome by this gesture 

and people need to know of his 

kindness. Rob told me that 

many taxi drivers do, and 

would do, the same thing. 

Thank you to all those drivers. 

Rob, I can't thank you enough 

for your generosity. As 

somebody who has cancer, I am 

so very grateful to you - the tip 

went into the box too! 

Milly Javeri 

Cheers Anthony 

I 

just wanted to drop a quick 

line to TAXI to thank 

Anthony at the LTDA for all 

the help with an issue related 

to my cab. I can’t thank him 

enough. 

Allan Fowle 

It suggests that our trade's 

problems will be alleviated if only 

there were more of us. 

When I am in a huge taxi convoy 

with all of our hire lights on or 

reading War and Peace at a rank, the 

one thing I am not thinking is “if only 

there were more of us!” 

Nicholas Fielding 

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Do you have a gripe you want to raise or know someone in the trade that deserves praise? 

Contact us at editor@ltda.co.uk or Taxi House, 11 Woodfield Rd, London W9 2BA 

Do you know John 

Brosnan? 

I 

’m am on a quest to contact John 

Brosnan, a taxi driver who I (an 

ex cab driver) did a 285 mile trek 

known as the “Pennine Way” with 

in 1977. There was a programme on 

TV recently featuring a well-known 

explorer who stated it was one of 

the hardest things he has done. 

I lost contact with John after we 

£20 note mix up 

Itook a black cab from the 

Fulham Road to Castelnau, 

Barnes, on September 10, and felt 

compelled to write to TAXI about 

a mix up that happened with the 

payment. 

On arrival at around 7.45pm, I 

handed the driver a £20 note and 

requested a receipt. Once in my 

house, I discovered to my horror 

that I had in my hand both the 

receipt and the £20 note. 

Whose got the Hot Wheels? 

Afriend of mine sent me a picture 

of a customised taxi spotted at 

the demo calling for TfL to regulate 

fairly in London, on September 5. 

I’m trying to find out who the 

owner is and thought I would write 

to TAXI for help. If the owner could 

get in touch for a quick chat I 

would be very grateful. 

Patrick Gysin 

news@ferraripress.com 

The Hunt continues 

Irecently contacted TAXI in the 

hope of tracing my dad, Robert 

Wilson, and got a great response. 

Leads passed to me from two 

drivers have given me hope. 

I have been given a more recent 

picture of Robert which I hope 

may unearth more information, 

as we still seem to have come to a 

dead end. 

did a few more long distant treks, 

but watching the aforementioned 

programme has fuelled my feelings 

to meet up again and talk about our 

past adventures. 

If you are John Brosnan or 

someone who has any information 

about him, email editor@ltda.co.uk 

or telephone 0207 121 0523. 

Gerald Stecker 

I had assumed the driver had 

taken the payment, but somehow 

there had been a terrible mix up. I 

did try to run out after him, but he 

had already driven off. I feel so 

badly about it and don’t want him 

to think that I tried to cheat him. 

Anyway, I have now donated 

the fare to the London Taxi 

Drivers’ Fund for Underprivileged 

Children by way of an apology. 

Elizabeth Fergusson 

I know he was on a 

committee for cabbies where 

this picture was taken in 

2003/4. The consensus is that 

he emigrated to Australia, 

possibly Perth, around 10-12 

years ago. His last known 

address in England was 

Marlow in Buckinghamshire. 

He was called Wembley Bob by 

his colleagues & was always 

known as Bobby Wilson and 

worked out of Heathrow. 

The gentlemen who have 

helped me so far say he was a 

really nice decent chap, which 

makes me believe that someone 

somewhere must be or had 

been keeping in contact with 

him after he left the cab trade, 

even in Australia. This picture 

might be a better way of people 

recognising him, rather than 

when he was a young lad, just 

starting out in the trade. 

Tamasine Wilson 

Tamasinewilson@yahoo.co.uk


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HERE’S WHY... 

CAUTION 

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the only trade scheme which 

defends members for ALL 

alleged offences (traffic, 

hackney or criminal), anytime, 

anywhere in the UK. Non 

members are advised to 

check carefully the exceptions 

and exclusions contained 

or imposed by other 

legal protection schemes 

circulating in our trade. 

BADGESAFE SCHEME 

The LTDA retains experienced 

barristers with specialist knowledge 

of the London cab trade. Normally 

when drivers accumulate 12 points on 

their licence they receive an automatic 

6 month ban, but in the case of 

LTDA members over 90% of those 

represented by our barristers receive a 

ban of just 1 month or in most cases 

no ban whatsoever. 

EXPERTISE = SUCCESS 

The LTDA’s in-house lawyers are 

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triumphs; in fact the rate of acquittals 

for members defended 

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higher than the national average. This 

unparalleled level of success is due 

entirely to the expertise acquired by the 

LTDA over many years of specialising 

in cab related legal matters. 

YOUR FUTURE 

The LTDA remains the only trade 

body resolutely opposed to the 

computerisation of the Knowledge of 

London testing system. 

(No to the quickie Knowledge 

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Many drivers and accountants refer 

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Call in to the LTDA office at Heathrow, 

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WELFARE DEPARTMENT 

LTDA officers make home visits to 

members who are in severe distress 

or with special needs and authorise 

contingency payments where 

appropriate. 

RANKS AND HIGHWAYS 

REPRESENTATION 

The LTDA has negotiated taxi access 

to most bus lanes and leads the way 

negotiating on issues that affect you, 

the licensed taxi driver. 

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If you are new to the trade and you 

don’t know your `roader’ from your 

`legal’, give us a call. We’re always here 

to help. (Tel: 020 7286 1046 - non 

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AUTHORITIES AND MEDIA 

The LTDA is the largest and most 

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the trade. We lead the way when 

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Taxi Talk 

PEOPLE ARE 

STRANGE 

ALF TOWNSEND 

Sometimes it feels like you are just wasting your breath, rising crime and boring education 

The linkman called me into 

that posh hotel in High 

Holborn that’s changed its 

name to the Rosewood to pick up 

two, very smart middle-aged 

American ladies. 

They had some seriously heavy 

luggage and when they asked for 

Paddington, I thought I’d try my 

luck and talk them into going to 

Heathrow. I explained that the 

single fare on the Heathrow 

Express was £22.50 per person 

and that it would be around £20 to 

Paddington by cab. I said that the 

grand total would be around £65 

and I would take them all the way 

to Heathrow for the same price. 

But there came not a whisper from 

the back in reply; no “yes please,” 

and no “thanks, but no,” so I just 

continued on to Paddington. 

When we arrived in Paddington 

I got out to help with their 

luggage and the lady generously 

gave me almost a five pound tip. 

In a very friendly manner, I then 

asked the lady why they didn’t 

give me a yes or a no to my offer. 

She laughed and said, “I’m sorry 

honey, we didn’t know what the hell 

you were talking about!” 

‘Living With the 

Luvvies!’ 

As one of the ever-diminishing 

band of “peasants” who has been 

living among the elite Hampstead 

“luvvies” for the past four 

decades, I’ve got no problems 

with having famous neighbours. 

I’ve ferried all the international 

stars back to their hotels from the 

BBC Television Centre in the 60s 

and 70s, including household 

names like Danny Kaye, Frank 

Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy 

Davis Jnr. It has never bother 

me in the slightest, and if 

I’m standing in a queue 

at my local bank behind 

Ricky Gervais – so 

what! Apparently, some of the A- 

Listers on my patch nowadays 

include the actor Benedict 

Cumberbatch, Harry Styles, a 

member of the boy band One 

Direction until their recent split, 

and not forgetting dear old 80s 

pop star, Boy George, who has 

had a place in East Heath Road 

since the 70s. There is also Thierry 

Henry, to my mind probably 

Arsenal’s best ever player, but 

unquestionably he’s a far better 

footballer than he is a pundit! The 

quiet little cul-de-sac where I live 

boasts some mega names in the 

world. On my right is the mansion 

of the Malaysian High 

Commissioner and to the left lives 

the brother of the fabulously rich 

Sultan of Brunei! 

But it appears that the peace has 

been shattered around the Frognal 

and Redington Road area by a 

group of vicious yobs on scooters 

who are threatening to use 

hammers on their victims to 

extract valuable watches and 

jewellery. In one shocking incident 

I have heard of, a nanny was just 

pushing her child to the front 

door when a man wielding a 

crowbar approached her from 

behind, demanded she hand over 

her expensive watch. This is not 

the first case in that manor either: 

in July two masked men snatched 

a woman’s rucksack in Redington 

Road after threatening her with a 

gun! It’s got to such a point that 

the wealthy residents are paying 

for security guards to patrol the 

area 24 hours a day. I think I’ll 

move to the East End – it’s safer! 

The re-education 

of Mr Townsend 

Further to my article 

in the last edition of 

TAXI, where I 

gave my 

personal 

opinion of a 

driver retraining 

course I had elected 

to go on, instead of getting 

three penalty points on my 

licence. The course I went on was 

incredibly boring and childlike, 

but feedback I have got from 

many other drivers who have 

attended one is that that some are 

quite interesting. 

Obviously, there are many 

different offences which carry 

penalty points, such as speeding, 

red light charges, and using 

mobile phones while at the 

wheel. Consequently, the content 

of the courses varies with each 

offence. Maybe I was unlucky or 

simply have a short attention 

span I don’t know. 

I got an ear bashing on the 

subject from one reader who 

accused me of “being hard to 

please.” Although, he softened a 

bit by the end when I gave him 

the full facts! 

But more importantly perhaps, 

some of the feedback I got from 

the same article was from the 

many cabbies who, like me, had 

been nicked by the camera 

operating at the junction of 

Finchley Road and Hillgrove Road 

heading north. 

Now, I don’t believe any 

professional driver would dream of 

blatantly jumping a red light – 

especially me, the old plodder! But 

with a camera it’s all about split 

seconds – literally. You go over on 

amber, but if the rear wheels of 

your vehicle haven’t cleared the 

stop line when the red light comes 

on, you’re well and truly nicked. 

You could argue that stopping 

suddenly at speed could cause an 

accident, but I suspect that would 

fall on deaf ears. The simple 

answer is: approach all traffic lights 

at a reasonable speed – that’s what 

I learnt on my boring course. n


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NEWS 

“Councils deliberately trap drivers” 

Roads 

Councils are “entrapping” motorists 

with poor signage and road 

markings, the AA has claimed, as bus 

lane fines overtake PCNS for the first 

time. 

The motoring organisation has 

called for the government to step in 

to stop authorities from raking in 

millions with deliberately unclear 

road signs. 

A junction in Lambeth generated 

The £6 million Lambeth cash cow 

the highest number of fines worth 

more than £6m, the AA claimed. 

The cash-cow camera covers a 

70-metre bus lane on Clapham Park 

Road. 

But the Local Government 

Association claims councils are 

already governed by clear guidelines 

and drivers could appeal. 

Motorists unwittingly cutting into 

a bus lane early for safety reasons, 

when attempting to turn left, was the 

biggest complaint. 

The AA said being drivers being 

fined for pulling over to allow 

emergency vehicles to pass was 

another major gripe. 

Edmund King, AA president, said: 

"Whilst we support the use of bus lanes in 

the right places, functioning at the right 

times, we are totally opposed to 

'entrapment' cameras on poorly designed 

or poorly signed bus lane junctions. 

"If thousands of drivers are getting 

tickets at the same junction then 

something is wrong and that junction or 

bus lane should be reviewed. 

"We fear that too many local highway 

authorities have become addicted to the 

lucrative income from these rat traps." 

The organisation wants an official 

investigation to be undertaken when 

fines from one bus lane exceed £10,000. 

A spokesman for the LGA said: 

"Councils enforce the law to ensure bus 

services run smoothly. Motorists have a 

right to appeal if they feel they have been 

unfairly fined. However, just 0.5% of bus 

lane fines are appealed." 

The number of tickets given out for 

bus lane infringements across the 

country jumped to more than one 

million last year - up from 321,999 five 

years ago. 

News in brief 

TAXI comp Winners 

We were inundated with entries to 

the competitions to win copies of 

the board game, TAXI, and the 

trade history book, Where to Guv? 

But sadly there can only be four 

winners. 

Paul Branch, of South London, 

and Robert Swann, of West Sussex, 

both answered correctly, as many 

people did, that Tony Hadley was 

the passenger in the back of the cab. 

Their names were first out of the 

hat and each won a copy of the 

TAXI board game. 

David Collins, of Woodford 

Green, and Phillip Bowman, of 

Barnet, have each won a free copy 

of Where to Guv? The prizes will be 

despatched soon, but don’t despair 

if you didn’t win, there will be more 

competitions soon. 

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Touts put before the courts 

Crime 

Transport officers have successfully 

prosecuted more than 15 minicab 

drivers for touting in London in the 

past two months. 

The arrests were made as part of 

checks on thousands of drivers and 

vehicles and follow up investigations 

to complaints made by customers and 

taxi drivers. 

Ian Vassell, 46, and Peter Emeka, 39, 

both from Dagenham, were convicted 

of illegally plying for hire on 

Charterhouse Street at Westminster 

Magistrates’ Court in August. 

Both men accepted private hire 

bookings without an operator’s licence 

and used a car for minicab purposes 

without the correct insurance or 

licences. 

Vassell was found guilty of five 

offences and fined a total of £330 and 

ordered to pay TfL’s legal costs of 

£500. He was banned from driving for 

12 months. Emeka was also found 

guilty of five offences and fined a total 

of £800 and ordered to pay TfL’s legal 

costs of £360. He was also disqualified 

from driving for six months. 

Steve Burton, TfL’s Director of 

Enforcement and On-Street 

Operations, said: “The public’s safety is 

our primary focus and we will continue to 

work with our policing partners to catch 

and prosecute anyone who puts the public 

at risk, and who undermines the legitimate, 

licensed taxi and private hire trade.” 

Kwaku Yamoah Kesse, 59, from 

South East London, was convicted of 

committing three similar offences on 

Clapham High Street at Westminster 

Magistrates’ Court on August 8. He 

was fined a total of £1,210 and ordered 

to pay TfL’s legal costs of £500. He was 

also disqualified from driving for three 

months. 

Dosso Costea, 55, a taxi driver from 

East London, was convicted at 

Westminster Magistrates’ court on 22 

July 2015. He was caught in central 

London working after the expiry of his 

driver’s licence and using a vehicle for 

passenger hire on a public road 

without the correct insurance. He was 

found guilty of both offences,fined a 

total of £550 and ordered to pay TfL’s 

legal costs of £150. His DVLA licence 

was also endorsed with six penalty 

points. The public can report touting or 

illegal cabs on the TfL website here: 

https://tfl.gov.uk/forms/12368.aspx. 

David Leslie Coggins 

01.03.1937 – 31.08.2015 

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NEWS 

Euston revamp revamped 

Transport 

The multi-billion pound redesign of 

Euston station will take an extra 

seven years to complete after the 

plans were redrawn. 

Work on the £2.25bn development 

is scheduled to get underway in 2017 

but will now be completed in 2033 

rather than 2026. 

The HS2 project, which now 

features a bright yellow roof, will be 

built in two stages to reduce 

disruption to passengers on the 

traditional network. 

Euston upgrade will last until 2033 

Bosses said the proposals, which 

must be approved by parliament, 

were flexible enough to allow 

redevelopment of the type that has 

been done around London St 

Pancras, the terminus for HS1. 

The first six HS2 platforms will be 

built ready for service in 2026. A 

further five will replace platforms 

within the existing station by 2033. 

Plans for the destruction of homes 

and businesses to the west of the 

existing station remain the same, but 

arguments over what will be put in 

their place will rage for several years. 

Rupert Walker, the Euston 

development director for HS2 and 

Network Rail, said the original plans 

did not make the most of 

redevelopment opportunities and 

meant “disruption to passengers would 

have been a real issue.” 

He said planners had “redesigned 

from the bottom up, and reviewed every 

single requirement for the needs of HS2, 

rail passengers and the community”, 

adding: “Euston needs to become a 

station that both the nation and local 

community can be proud of – and share.” 

Camden council has criticised the 

plans and in response, said: “The 

council feels serious questions have been 

left unanswered on how major transport 

projects, such as Crossrail 2, will 

integrate with the station, and worries 

Camden will lose out as the full 

opportunity for local jobs and affordable 

homes on the site will not be realised as 

there is no commitment to 

comprehensive development of the 

station.” 

The new plans have ruled out any 

link between HS2 and HS1, the highspeed 

train line to Paris which starts 

at nearby St Pancras. 

News in brief 

Outlandish Tube plan 

unveiled 

Architects have dreamed up a 

bizarre plan to overcome overcrowding 

on the Circle Line which 

would mean turning it into a giant 

travellator. 

The team behind the idea claim 

that a three-lane moving walkway 

through the line’s 17-mile circuit 

could shorten journey times, 

triple capacity and even improve 

public health. 

The lanes would travel at 

different speeds, the fastest of 

which could move at up to 15mph, 

with the middle lane at between 

6-9mph, and a slow lane at 3mph. 

The fact that the travellator 

would not stop would shorten the 

circuit from one hour to 56 

minutes, but how London’s nighttime 

revellers would navigate the 

system without injury has not been 

explained. 

In Paris, a “trottoir roulant rapide” 

opened at Montparnasse station in 

2002, moving at 6mph over 180 

metres. It was slowed to 3mph 

after a spate of accidents. 

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If anyone can, 

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The madness on London’s roads is 

highlighted in each edition of TAXI 

on our Caught on Camera page, 

none more so than this week. 

We had so many pictures of the 

minicab smashed into the traffic lights it 

felt like there was a queue of you out 

there snapping away. 

But there was only going to be one 

winner this week – the woman with an 

interesting solution to stopping on the 

wrong pump. 

The nonchalant way this woman is 

filling her car up suggests it’s not the first 

time she has been in this position either. 

The newsdesk has been inundated with 

all manner of weird and wonderful snaps 

in recent weeks.We do our best to get as 

many as we can in the paper each week 

but don’t be deterred if you haven’t seen 

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Keep your eyes peeled and your cameras, 

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Clapham High Street 

Islington 

Red Routes 

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and no U-turns 

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NEWS 

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Knife-wielding robber 

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Health 

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from back pain brought about by 

driving – and taxi drivers have some of 

the highest numbers. 

But, Medical Chambers in Harley 

Street is offering LTDA members the 

chance to do something about this 

painful and debilitating problem by 

offering a third off its prices. 

The clinic already treats a number of 

our members and their families, who 

have been referred by their doctors, and 

who have given it the thumbs up. 

Drivers can either get a back or knee 

assessment for £100 (usually £150) or 

one of the clinics new potentially lifesaving 

high tech 3D breast screenings 

for £200 (normally £260). 

Medical Chambers 

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provide rehabilitation guidance. 

Breast screening is something that 

women 40 and over are able to self-refer 

for and the clinic is offering discounts 

on normal digital and 3D tomosynthesis 

mammography. 

Researchers say 3D mammography 

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by around 40% and produces a 15% dip 

in the number of women returning for 

more tests because of suspicious 

findings. 

To book at Medical 

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telephone 0207 563 1234 and 

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Crime 

A spike in the number of 

knifepoint robberies in 

Redbridge has prompted 

police to issue a 

warning to taxidrivers 

in the 

borough. 

Officers 

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group of thugs 

is responsible 

for at least a 

dozen attacks 

in the past 

month. 

On each occasion, 

drivers were targeted 

late at night and in the 

early hours of the morning. 

The victims were threatened by 

a large group of robbers wearing 

hooded clothing. 

A knife was produced on each 

occasion to intimidate the victim 

before cash and other valuables 

were stolen. 

Detective Inspector Holly 

Simon, from Redbridge CID, said: 

"We are working closely with taxi 

drivers to reassure them and 

provide them with the 

necessary support. 

Police patrols have 

been increased in 

the affected areas. 

"I would urge 

members of the 

public who see 

offences taking 

place or suspect 

that a group may 

be about to 

commit a crime to 

call police on 999." 

A 28-year-old man 

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COLUMNIST 

MIDDLE AGED 

AND DANGEROUS 

JACK EVANS 

Taxi driver Jack Evans has a senior moment and has to be hunted across town for his petrol 

I’m now at that age when I can 

look around London and say “I 

remember when all this was fields.” 

A recent pick-up at 90 Long Acre 

took me back 30 years to when I 

was working at a publishing 

company across the road. It’s hard 

to believe, but back then, this 

corner of Long Acre and Endell 

Street was green space. People who 

worked in the area came here to eat 

sandwiches on sunny lunchtimes. I 

remember seeing a jazz-funk band 

playing there one afternoon. Sadly, 

one by one the little Italian 

sandwich bars sold out to 

anonymous chain places, and 

Covent Garden’s little village green 

became an office block. 

As you build up a store of long 

term memories, your short term 

memory can become less reliable. 

I’ve certainly become prone to 

“Senior Moments.” One recent event 

caused me a lot of embarrassment. 

I wasn’t aware of it until my wife 

informed me that the police had 

visited our home when I was at 

work. Lord knows what she 

thought when the uniform turned 

up asking if I lived there. She 

texted to say I was wanted in 

connection with filling my cab with 

diesel and driving away. Of course, 

I knew this accusation was a 

ghastly mistake. No doubt the fuel 

station had found something amiss 

when cashing up, and put it down 

to one of the country’s few 

remaining cash-users when they 

found their till out. Before I 

phoned the police I made sure I 

had the dated fuel discount 

vouchers I was given on my last 

two visits as proof. 

The awful truth 

My contact at the “community 

policing team” was as reasonable 

and non-accusatory as the name 

implies. The name suggested they 

might be more interested in 

running village fetes and selling 

raffle tickets rather that chasing 

criminals, but when the PC 

suggested I pop into the fuel station 

to pay my £26.50 arrears, I refused 

point blank. PC Community Spirit 

remained patient though, and 

skilfully worked on my psychology. 

Maybe sir was tired? Perhaps he 

had a lot on his mind and just forgot 

to pay? He said it happens all the 

time, even to police drivers. I 

became disorientated as self-doubt 

slowly crept in. The alleged 

incident didn’t happen this week, 

but over a month ago. I can barely 

remember what happened 

yesterday, let alone what happened 

five weeks’ ago. It didn’t happen at 

my regular fuel station either. I 

managed to pinpoint the date. It 

was Monday morning, the day after 

I drove back from a weekend in 

Yorkshire. Maybe I was tired and 

distracted when I filled up at 

Morrisons? Maybe I was excited 

about the bargains I’d shrewdly 

negotiated, and was looking 

forward to a weekly programme of 

exciting value for money meals? I 

was eventually forced to accept the 

awful truth. Especially when my 

community policeman said he had 

video evidence. It was clearly me 

judging by the description given. He 

described how I’d methodically 

wiped the excess fuel from the filler 

hole before calmly driving away. 

There was no more to do than plead 

guilty to the charge of being Middle 

Aged and Dangerous in a built-up 

area. Plan B would have been to 

claim insanity. I could have babbled 

incoherently about jazz bands 

playing on Covent Garden’s village 

green back in the 80s. But no, he 

accepted it was all an innocent 

mistake and I agreed to pay the 

money back ASAP. 

I still remember nothing of my 

crime, but it’s only a short step 

away from other daft things I’ve 

done when tired and distracted. 

Not just me: two of my friends have 

also put petrol into a diesel engine. 

Then there was the recent visit to 

another supermarket. After 

shopping, I secured the trolley back 

on its little chain thing before taking 

my shopping bag out. I had to reach 

into a small gap and retrieve each 

shopping item individually, then 

finally the bag itself. 

The fuel station staff were equally 

reasonable and understanding when 

I visited that evening. It clearly 

happens all the time and it wasn’t 

treated as a big deal. Thankfully, 

there were no posters up of me with 

“WANTED” highlighted in red, 

warning that I was hunted in three 

counties, and not to be approached. 

I’m still not sure why it took five 

weeks for my crime to have been 

discovered. I had crossed the 

county line several times since the 

day of my offence – though only at 

60 miles per hour in order to 

conserve fuel that I might 

eventually have to pay for. 

Pilfered cat food 

Back home, my wife had calmed 

down and the cat had gone back to 

bed. Apparently, my faithful house 

tiger had defended his dad’s 

honour and had observed the law 

with a malevolent demeanour. I 

thought he was going to attack the 

policeman and I had visions of my 

good lady and the cat being 

bundled into a van, taken 

downtown and quizzed under 

harsh lights about my 

temperament. 

I had a lot to think about though: 

putting petrol in a diesel engine 

had escalated to driving off 

without paying. What next? 

Forgetting to put fuel in, but 

paying anyway? I really need to 

start paying attention. It’s a 

slippery slope to ending up at the 

supermarket in my pyjamas with 

my pockets full of pilfered 

cat food. n 

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BYE BYE 

BABY 

MUSHER MEG 

Some people are blind to the realities of university life, but should Meg set them straight? 

Tis the season to be packing 

spotty youths off to university, 

and for parents all over the 

UK to go into emotional meltdown, 

such as the mum I had in the back of 

the cab the other day. She and her 

student son, were not travelling 

light. They were heading from 

King’s Cross to a hall of residence 

near Waterloo. 

The son was six foot four and 18 

stone and clearly very relaxed 

about flying the nest. 

He fell 

asleep 

as soon 

as the 

meter started 

running. As we 

struggled 

through the 

Kingsway 

traffic, mum 

came over all 

woman to 

woman and 

sobbed as she 

told me about how worried 

she was about her (not very) little 

darling leaving home. 

Nevermind the fact that he was 

heading to a £225 a week room with 

en suite bathroom and three meals a 

day included. Oh, and a 24 hour 

salad and fruit bars on site along 

with unlimited hot beverages; 

herbal tea and whole bean coffee, of 

course. 

She fretted about how he would 

cope with his laundry and fondly 

recalled the time at home when he 

had put his jeans into 

the dishwasher 

instead of 

the 

washing 

machine. Bless! 

And how the 

microwave turned into a 

firework display when he 

tried to heat up oven 

chips in a stainless steel 

bowl.As her son snored on, 

she showed me a freezer 

bag containing two dozen of 

his favourite dinners and a 

£200 Sainsbury’s card so that he 

can shop for all his favourite goodies 

and won’t waste away before his 

homecoming at Christmas. As you 

know it is not in my nature to bite 

my tongue, but looking at her red 

and teary eyes I couldn’t distress 

the woman further by telling her 

things I know to be true about a 

teenager’s first term at university. 

Firstly, he will survive on a 

liquid only diet and that the 

Sainsbury’s card will get a bashing 

in the beer and wine section of his 

local branch. Secondly, he won’t do 

any laundry until terms ends and 

then he’ll bring it all home, and the 

stinking pile will be taller than her 

Christmas tree. 

Oh, and that an en suite is a 

waste of money, at least for boys 

during fresher’s week. Just because 

they are LADS they will mostly 

pee out of their room windows. 

This nice mum was worried her 

son won’t find his way around 

campus. But the truth is he will be 

only be in two places; the student 

union bar, and a bed, not always 

his own. 

The weepy mum was checking 

and double checking a long list of 

essentials she’d packed but a quick 

glance over my shoulder told me 

she had forgotten the one must have 

item for every first year university 

student...a bucket with a lid. 

My daughter rates her red plastic 

bucket as her most used item at uni. 

She told me she peed in it, puked in 

it, soaked her socks and knickers in 

there - and when she hosted a party 

for people in her corridor in halls 

she mixed a big fruit punch in it. 

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NEWS 

Fumes even worse indoors 

Environment 

Paddington station has air dirtier 

than even the country’s most 

polluted street, according to the 

latest study. 

Emissions from diesel train 

engines exceed European limits in 

the station building at peak times, 

an Environmental Research Letters 

journal report claims. 

Nitrogen dioxide and sulphur 

dioxide, both of which are linked to 

lung disease, heart problems and 

premature deaths, were higher in 

and around the station than in 

nearby Marylebone Road, which 

earlier this year topped the list of 

the most polluted streets in the 

country. 

Adam Boies, lead author of the 

joint US and Cambridge University 

study, said: "We've looked at several 

measures of air quality and we've 

shown that there are a number of times 

where the nitrogen dioxide 

concentrations exceed the EU hourly 

mean limits for outdoor air quality." 

A cheap solution does exist, the 

report claims, because “many of the 

trains at Paddington do not have a 

simple diesel particulate filter, much 

like you might have on your car,” 

which would drastically improve 

emissions. 

Diesel trains are due to be 

replaced with electric trains as the 

Great Western line is gradually 

electrified, according to rail chiefs. 

Patrick Hallgate, Network Rail's 

managing director for the western 

route, said: “These trains will not only 

provide passengers with faster journeys, 

more seats and a more comfortable 

travelling experience, but they are also 

quieter and greener – significantly 

reducing noise and air pollution for 

passengers and our thousands of lineside 

neighbours.” 

Poisonous Paddington 

Stay in the know with the LTDA 

DVLA reminder 

The photo card part of the driving 

licence lasts for 10 years and must 

renewed after that period. The 

licence becomes invalid if it is not 

renewed with a current picture. 

15 year reminder 

The London taxi 15 year age limit 

refers to the cab’s ‘birthday’ (in the 

log book) not its plate date. 

For example: A cab passed when it 

is 14 years and 11 months old WILL 

be granted a further 12 months of 

life. 

Cabs may be booked in for testing 

in the normal way when the plate 

has 28 days or less 

to run. 

The cab can then work up to the 

test date. If the plates are taken off 

with more than 28 days to run, both 

the plates and the paper licence 

must be surrendered to one of the 

six NSL inspection centres in and 

around London. 

The ‘unplated’ cab must then not be 

worked, and at least one week 

should be allowed before attempting 

to book the next NSL test, to allow 

the computerised 

booking system to 

recognise that the plates have been 

registered. 

Lost/stolen identifiers 

If your Identifier is lost or stolen you 

must notify LTPH immediately 

(0343 222 4444 / 

tph.enquiries@tfl.gov.uk) 

You may then continue working. 

A letter of confirmation will be sent 

out to you by Transport for London, 

prior to 

a replacement identifier 

being processed. 

Shop a tout 

Anyone who sees touting or any 

other form of illegal cab-related 

activity is urged to contact TfL with 

the details. 

Take down the registration 

number and make a note of the date, 

time and location where incident 

took place. 

Type “cab enforcement” into your 

internet search engine and follow 

the links to the ‘report illegal activity’ 

section of the TfL website. 

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completed entry to Crossword 

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Woodfield Road, W9 2BA before 

October 6. First name out of the 

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1 Smart Alec (4, 3) 

5 Barb firing weapon (5) 

8 Allude (9) 

9 Trim (3) 

10 Sufficient (5) 

12 Infatuated with (7) 

13 Reckless (13) 

15 Pick-up point (3, 4) 

17 South American rodent (5) 

19 Utilise (3) 

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DOWN 

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3 Vacuum (6) 

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Theatre Review by Brad Ashton 

In my travels this week I’ve heard 

some very strange things: 

The drunkard who said “I used to 

drink to excess. Now I drink to 

anything. Last week I signed up 

with Alcoholics Anonymous, which 

means I can now drink under an 

assumed name.” 

The man at the travel agent who said “I’d 

like to get away from everything, except 

my money.” 

The police sergeant at the missing 

person’s desk who told the spinster 

“Sorry lady, we can’t help you find a 

missing husband unless you’ve lost 

one first.” 

The speed cop who said to the lady driver 

“OK lady, where’s the sale?” 

The naval captain said to the sailor 

who came aboard in a tutu, “no, you 

idiot. I said get a tattoo.” 

The airport customs officer who said to 

the lady passenger “it’s just routine 

madam, we have to inspect all hand 

luggage that barks.” 

The computer operator proposing to 

his girlfriend who said “I’d like to 

programme you into my future.” 

The prospective bride’s father said to the 

bank manager “I have everything ready 

for my daughter’s wedding except the 

‘something borrowed’. Like the money to 

pay for it.” 

The pregnant young lady said to 

the chemist “are any of the pills 

retroactive?” 

The tearful restaurant diner said to the 

waiter “my compliments to the chef. 

Tell him the onion soup’s perfect.” 

The wife visiting her sick 

husband in hospital who said, 

“sorry I’m late. I was out pricing 

caskets.” 

The boss who said to his new 

employee, “yes, we do have a sick 

leave policy. If you get sick, you 

leave.” 

The girl whose date tried to make 

love to her in the back of his mini 

said “I hope you realise you’re 

placing me in an awkward 

position.” 

The instructor said to the new sky 

diver “If at first you don’t succeed, 

who we shall notify?" 

The doctor said to the sick patient 

with his tongue out “I wouldn’t 

put that back if I were you.” 

The tax inspector said to the cheating 

client “the good news is you’re in the 

running for our inventor of the month 

award.” 

Robin Hood said to his Merry 

Men “we just rob the rich to give 

to the poor. We don’t deal with 

the middle classes.” 

CROSSWORD NO. 352 

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD 350 

Across: 7 Mix-ups, 8 Canapé, 9 Gain, 10 Outdoors, 11 Dryness, 

13 Orate, 15 Coach, 16 Own goal, 18 Umbrella, 19 Mute, 21 Italic, 

22 Benumb 

Down: 1 Viva, 2 Turning circle, 3 Espouse, 4 Acute, 5 Encouragement, 

6 Operetta, 12 Roommate, 14 Swear by, 17 Pluck, 20 Time 

Congratulations 

Issue 350 winner 

A Fletcher, Watford 

Just for fun 

Follow @TheLTDA on Twitter for news, updates and warnings 

Have a go at 

this medium 

level Sudoku 

puzzle. Fill 

the grid so 

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row, every 

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