Sat in the car today in the Strand waiting for my daughter I was really very alarmed by the actions of various Dawlish taxis. With the traffic lights causing queues I saw taxis:
1. Drive completly onto and wait on the pavement outside Lloyds bank.
2. Drive over the pavement - causing pedestrians to stand in the entrance of a shop to avoid being hit.
3. Jump the lights - more times than I care to remember.
4. Honking horns and tailgating an elderly motorist who dared to pull out of a parking space into a gap between cars, the back one being the taxi.
5. Refusing to allow parked cars out - I know they dont have to but a bit of courtesy goes along way !!
6. Obstructing other motorists by just stopping to drop off or pick up a fare in the most innapropriate places.
7. Stopping in loading areas causing problems to delivery vehicles.
One of the taxis registrations ended in MRX (Dawlish Taxis I think), seemed to be a regular offender,
If any of you cabbies are reading this I just want to say I understand you have a job to do but you have no more legal rights than any other motorist but some of you drive like you think you do.
I was horrified by the standard of driving I witnessed today. So come on all you cab firms in Dawlish, time to clean your act up a bit, dont you realise it is your potential customers that witness your aggogant and sometimes dangerous driving. I for one will seriously think twice before ordering a taxi in Dawlish !
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