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Might be a bit OTT to bundle an old fashioned yet successful businessman with misguided and outspoken views with a man who systematically murdered 11 million people. Jus' saying.
Yeah but he wants to use the bus lanes and he thinks we all wobble like grannies!
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I like this thread. It's pretty Old School. people trying to unite against a common cause leads to various infighting.
I personally find AL drivers to be the worst on London's roads by an absolute mile. Nothing can touch them in terms of unawareness, inconsiderateness and retardation. . It's almost as though they are an army of clones. They all look the same, dress the same and act the same. it is a bit scary.I hope the whole company gets what is coming to them
Are they all Clones?
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Dudley MP and co-chair of the Parliamentary cycling Group Ian Austin has tabled the following questions about the government’s relationship with cab company Addison Lee.
Written Questions
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Dudley MP and co-chair of the Parliamentary cycling Group Ian Austin has table the following questions about the government’s relationship with cab company Addison Lee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport to set out the details of any contracts between his department and Addison Lee?
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether, in light of the instructions issued by the Chairman of Addison Lee to his staff to ignore the law and use bus lanes, this department will review and terminate any contracts with the company?
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he will compile and publish the details of any contracts held by government departments with Addison Lee?
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department considers drivers working for Addison Lee to be employed or self-employed.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria his department use to determine whether a worker is employed or self-employed.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria his Department use to determine whether a worker is employed or self-employed, and what assessment his Department makes of the applicability of those criteria to drivers working for Addison Lee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what controls are in place to ensure that drivers working for Addison Lee receive the National Minimum Wage.
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The web site makes it look like he lives in a ruined castle.
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You may have read ( http://www.lfgss.com/thread83970.html ) this week about how John Griffin, the owner of Addison Lee, started the week off by instructing his drivers to ignore road laws ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/16/london-cab-firm-drivers-bus-lanes ) by driving in the bus lane. As if that wasn't enough of a risk to cyclists by encouraging all minicabs to encroach on one of the few spaces in which cyclists feel safe, he ended the week by denying cyclists the right to wobble, claiming SMIDSY ("Sorry mate, I didn't see you!") is a defence once you've hit a cyclist and then rolled out the tired line about cyclists not paying road tax.
The Times have a great article ( http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3390328.ece ) pulling apart the latter statement, but the fact remains that John Griffin and Addison Lee are greatly increasing the risk to cyclists by ignoring road laws and denying their part in being responsible road users.
John Griffin has been trying to deflect the outrage to his statements back onto cyclists, calling for cyclists to take training and "pay up", rather than looking at his own actions which is the issue at hand.
Therefore:
LFGSS call upon all cyclists to:
[*]Boycott Addison Lee immediately.
[*]To petition their employers to close any accounts with Addison Lee.
The latter is to ensure companies are not complicit in encouraging Addison Lee drivers to flaunt road laws and increase the risk to cyclists and other road users. Many companies have compliance and ethics positions that should allow you as an employee to have Addison Lee taken off the books because of their disregard for laws and the safety of others.This boycott should run until such a time that John Griffin makes a statement, on behalf of Addison Lee, in which he commits Addison Lee to fully respect all road laws and other road users.
Such a position will obviously immediately reverse the instruction to enter bus lanes that he gave to his drivers.
Alternative companies to Addison Lee can be discovered via the TfL: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/findaride/ and you may also want to consider Black Cabs and the Hailo app.
In addition to the boycott you may also wish to:
[]Sign the #10 petition calling for their PHV Licence to be revoked: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/33116
[]Let Addison Lee know how you feel by rating their apps 1 out of 5 and leaving feedback for their apps telling them why: iPhone, Android, Windows Phone.And on Monday there is a demonstration happening outside Addison Lee offices at 6pm.
A (suspected Black Cab) organised boycott site:
http://boycottaddisonlee.wordpress.com/Discussions on forums:
BikeRadar: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12849053
CycleChat: http://cyclechat.net/threads/boss-of-adison-lee-starts-a-war-of-words-on-cyclists.100443/
LFGSS: http://www.lfgss.com/thread83970.html
London Taxi Drivers Forum: http://londontaxi.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=currenttradetopics&action=display&thread=13433&page=1
Taxi Driver Online: http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19062
TriTalk: http://www.tritalk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=85827
Urban 75: http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/boycottaddlee.291984/
YACF: http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=58680.0Selected Press:
BikeBiz: http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/hit-em-where-it-hurts-urges-boycottaddisonlee/012932
The Times: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3390328.ecesigned and passed around for more signage
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It was clear from Giffens appearance last night that we need to do a lot more to make Addy Lee start teaching and ordering their drivers to drive with respect for other on the road. Currently they drive like they are the only ones on the road and the ones who own it, this clearly comes from the top and until we make a Boycott really bite they will continue in this way
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Either that or the Red Army will storm Berlin and Griffin will shoot himself in the head with his service pistol as the Russians advance on the Griffenbunker.
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Mostly I'm disappointed that his tie seems to be more normal in recent pics. Maybe a sign that he is becoming more reasonable in his views.
]Never mind the tie, it's the socks we want to see. I bet he wear tennis socks.
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Petition signed
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Might be a bit OTT to bundle an old fashioned yet successful businessman with misguided and outspoken views with a man who systematically murdered 11 million people. Jus' saying.
This!
Law of Godwin I guess...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
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This!
Law of Godwin I guess...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
Oh Poots, disseminating information is so something Goebbels would have done.
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if you want to laugh at some AL cars pissing themselves off, go hang outside the American carwash on York Way. Saw a load today beeping each other for blocking the road and pavement and getting angry with each other!
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This!
Law of Godwin I guess...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
good call
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Might be a bit OTT to bundle an old fashioned yet successful businessman with misguided and outspoken views with a man who systematically murdered 11 million people. Jus' saying.