The daily Close Call

Trouble is with black cabs, they're stroppy buggers. They break every rule and cut every corner and they HATE that someone breaks more rules than them (bikes running reds). So they take it out on every cyclist. I tried contacting the LTO but they aren't interested in anything that isn't a violation of their licence. Road traffic issues are irrelevant to them.

BUT...

I've often thought of reporting them for not stopping when they have their light on (a minor fib LOL). The LTO can slap them for that. If they get three black marks in the register book, they get a rap across the knuckles and have their licence removed and have to reapply for it. So rather than argue with the cabbie, stick your head in the back and tell the passengers to report them to the LTO. I'm not sure what the LTO think of a cabbie getting out to argue whilst he has passengers - that one I don't know. But they might consider that a bad-mark offence. Just get the cab number from the plate at the back and let's see if we can slap them into shape a bit.

The worst drivers on the road though are without question the LT Licenced Minicab people. Just one look at that blue badge in the back window and I give them a seriously wide berth. Like about two counties, if I could. They change lanes without looking, drive on the phone, etc. Now they should also be reportable to TfL as well.

Speaking of which, it's not necessarily a waste of time to flood Boris's inbox with email after email about leary cabbie behaviour (including cab numbers won't hurt at all). He runs Transport for London who "own" both the London Taxi Office (who run the black cabs) and the licenced minicabs too. It might get a few arses kicked...