Cop calls taxi driver “@sshole”

[PsyWulf]

If you are stopping them from proceeding past you, then you are, by definition, blocking the lane....

I just can't...really? Is that your play now...****ing ridiculous for the sake of it?

 

[PsyWulf]

Ah, so it's private citizens "shirking" their duty is it...? What would you have the average person do when they see a taxi driver doing something stupid....? The way you sit there and lecture people on their "societal duty" I imagine you must have done something a number of times with good results...? So please tell us all how we have let society down and how we should all follow your example...

Get off that horse,or suggest how to fix the sitiation then since you have the better way

Lecturing? Sod off

 

[Flanders]

People like him and countless others will literally drive at a vehicle, head-on, on the wrong side of the road if they feel traffic is too heavy in their lane = sum total respect shown for their fellow man. But call him an ******* while he breaks the law? BIG mistake, pal, since you happen to be a white policeman. That's worthy of a milking!

Take the ******* label, stick it on your forehead and own it because you are one and you know it. And stop trying to be clever by portraying this as some sort of racial abuse of power. We all know that this would never have been newsworthy had the cop been black.

 

[Cray]

Get off that horse,or suggest how to fix the sitiation then since you have the better way

I already suggested my solution, getting hot and bothered over minor traffic infractions that you cannot do anything about and might get beaten up over is not the smartest move...

Getting taxi's to drive better, in general, is a problem for traffic enforcement by police, not by people who are asking to become a road rage statistic.

Lecturing? Sod off

But we live in the real world, in the end it did happen,and that Taxi was merely doing what the others do because they are allowed to continue by impotent law enforcement and a society shirking responsibility because "it's not my job"

Yeah mate, not lecturing at all - you just had a go at everyone for not measuring up to your standards of responsibility....

And again I ask - Since you are so quick to blame the rest of us for shirking, please tell us what you do to make taxis drive better, please tell me it's something more than blocking the emergency lane with your car...?

 

[j4ck455]

The traffic police should do their jobs, if taxi bosses start feeling the pain of bad drivers ( cube some taxi's) We will soon have more pleasant taxi drivers.

Reading that reminded me of the Metro Pillocks in their van this morning on the N1N, completely ignoring drivers (in skadonkies and taxis alike) using the emergency lane as their own personal lane.

 

[Solarion]

No matter what country you are in, lawlessness on the roads is a sure indicator of lawlessness as a whole.

There's that old saying: "familiarity breeds contempt". From the taxi driver cutting you off, to the bloke in the shop pushing himself in front of you as you are waiting at the till to the police who take 3 hours to show up at a home robbery, to the crowds cheering on some guy climbing on the back of a goods truck to steal a crate of beers, to the general contempt that big service delivery companies show for you and me as a whole.

The problem in SA is that people have become overly familiar with each other. This buddy buddy high five shoulder rubbing attitude I'm seeing more and more from the till attendant right up to the Presidential Cabinet is exactly why SA is in a ****ing mess. Because when somebody is overly familiar with you, they feel they can take advantage of your "understanding attitude and willingness to compromise".

 

[Splinter]

I would love to kill some C@nts, WWIII seems like a good idea.

You are exaggerating so I can play that game.

The traffic police should do their jobs, if taxi bosses start feeling the pain of bad drivers ( cube some taxi's) We will soon have more pleasant taxi drivers.

We have a lawless society because attitudes like yours. They kill people with their bad driving and you want to encourage it.

Because I will let a taxi cut in in front of me, without having an episode that raises my blood pressure, we have a lawless society?

And I'm the one exaggerating?

Read what I said again - I do not condone them breaking the law.

 

[Splinter]

You and your idiotic reasoning are part of the problem. Enabler.

Oy vey. I see some people have really been deeply affected by taxi's.

 

[SykomantiS]

Oy vey. I see some people have really been deeply affected by taxi's.

As a matter of fact yes, I consider the ICU a serious thing.

 

[Splinter]

Fark that... deal with this carp all the time, taxis coming down wrong way on side roads to get on to jan smuts which just causes endless traffic problems on jan smuts cos those turning off into the now 6-10 queue long taxi blocked roads all wanting to 'get let in' can't go anywhere and intersections get locked up... but hey, just let them in... nah uh... luckily many with big bullbars clear those roads for the rest of us in no time... letting them in just promotes driving down wrong side of road and it becomes the norm

It's already the norm, is my point. Let the traffic cops do the policing. And why does everyone automatically assume I'm talking about law breaking behaviour? I'm talking about when they are in normal lanes and just want to move into another lane. I've seen plenty of people not budging for such.

I also get upset at blatant and dangerous disregards for the traffic laws.

 

[Splinter]

Rape and murder is also a fact of our society. As is corruption, theft, burglary, etc. Your argument is idiotic. You're saying that because it's "part of it" we should just allow it. Where does one draw the line?

That's rather a large strawman there.

 

[Splinter]

As a matter of fact yes, I consider the ICU a serious thing.

And I'm not referring to ICU inducing behaviour. But care to elaborate?

 

[Sl8er]

Oy vey. I see some people have really been deeply affected by taxi's.

Like the parents of these kids? Yeah, jeez, I wish they'd just get over it already.

"Durban - A 10-year-old boy has died after he was allegedly knocked by a taxi while on his way to school in Hambanathi Tongaat on Tuesday morning.
According to Paul Herbst from IPSS Medical Rescue when paramedics arrived on scene the vehicle had fled and the child had succumbed to his injuries."

"There was public outrage after a taxi ploughed into three female pupils on their way to school in Newlands in March this year killing them.
A fourth pupil was seriously injured.
Garrith Jamieson from Rescue Care Paramedics said: "A single taxi collided with four teenage girls on their way through to school and dragged them for some way. Unfortunately, three of the teenagers had sustained major injuries and there was nothing more paramedics could do for them. They were declared deceased at the scene."
He said the fourth teenager was taken to hospital in a critical condition."

Road rules exist for a reason.

 

[Splinter]

Like the parents of these kids? Yeah, jeez, I wish they'd just get over it already.


Road rules exist for a reason.

Oh for crying in a bucket. Stop strawmanning me. I'm referring to letting a taxi into your lane in rush hour traffic.

 

[SykomantiS]

And I'm not referring to ICU inducing behaviour. But care to elaborate?

Not really, no. Just that no law-abiding taxi-drivers were involved.

 

[Sl8er]

Oh for crying in a bucket. Stop strawmanning me. I'm referring to letting a taxi into your lane in rush hour traffic.

Well actually....
It's a not a strawman at all.

Today you allow him to push in and so now you've created the expectation that he can get away with it and so he continues to do it.
Tomorrow someone else refuses him, he gets mad and drives up the sidewalk and takes out 4 kids or;
He drives into on-coming traffic and causes a fatal accident or;
He drives over a red light because "expectations"...expectations you (and other people like you) helped to create.

So, no, it's not a strawman at all.

 

[Splinter]

Well actually....
It's a not a strawman at all.

Today you allow him to push in and so now you've created the expectation that he can get away with it and so he continues to do it.
Tomorrow someone else refuses him, he gets mad and drives up the sidewalk and takes out 4 kids or;
He drives into on-coming traffic and causes a fatal accident or;
He drives over a red light because "expectations"...expectations you (and other people like you) helped to create.

So, no, it's not a strawman at all.

Yes it is a straw man. And you've just made another.

You've now made it because someone refuses to let him in, he now gets mad and commits fatal accidents.

 

[Mista_Mobsta]

Only way to stop this taxi madness is to hold the taxi operator criminally liable with the owner civilly accountable by huge penalties and taxi impounded and forced to reapply for license and roadworthy when taxis are caught breaking the law.
Taxi driver runs a red light and gets caught? Vehicle impounded, operator charged with reckless driving and attempted manslaughter + PDP revoked forever, owner charged with substantial penalty and forced to reapply for full roadworthy and renewal of license. Taxi industry bosses should also be fined when certain threshold of incidents per region is reached.
Ordinary citizens should be able to use dashcam footage as proof and upload to police/metro as evidence.
We all know going fist v fist with a taxi driver is a very bad idea.

 

[Steamy Tom]

"Get on the ground you fscking @sshole" while i push his face into the tar

 

[Splinter]

Not really, no. Just that no law-abiding taxi-drivers were involved.

Ah ok.