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justmouse: say I got you the driver's details, what would you do with them? the reason I ask is if you want to see him prosecuted or held accountable for his behaviour then use the relevant authorities (po-po for a crime, PCO for unprofessional behaviour (for want of a better term). If this happened to me (and I could confirm the licence plate), I would respond to the email you got saying that whilst you reserve the right to ask that the police investigate a possible road traffic offence, you believe that there has been a clear breach of the PCO service charter (link: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/taxisandprivatehire/1416.aspx) and you expect them to investigate this.
The point I guess I'm trying to make is that for an road traffic offence, a number of thresholds have to be met, basically that it's in the public interests to prosecute and also that there's a good chance based on the evidence collated by the police that the event can be proved beyond reasonable doubt (in fact, this is quite a high threshold). However, the PCO will not have either of these thresholds, and if they can correctly identify the driver, they can at least mark his file so that when he renews his carriage licence next year they can take this incident into account.
This thread has got me thinking about the calls to have cyclists register, and why it would be a bad thing, which is something that some car drivers occasionally bring up....
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