The What's Pi$$Ing You Off Thread

[Lennox]

Worked with plenty of those Irish pricks over the years.. pick a fight with ya on a Thursday night at the pub and turn up Friday like nothing happened.

Hope there is enough info to track the bastards down.

This.

For people who drink so much piss they really don't handle it well. Every ones a tough guy and king of the tinkers when they drink...

[Z2TT]

OK what about this though, it's illegal to be behind a wheel when your drunk for example, but what about the risk in a Taxi driver CARRYING people who are drunk, unless you are literally caged off in your drivers seat from rest of cabin like in some busses, that's the biggest risk ever because driver has no control incase they lash out. Shouldn't there be legislation that people who are over certain limit should not be carried? Sure enough it's your Job but what's the point if it's causing permanently injuries all the time?

Something needs to be done but what ?

Edited 29/03/15 01:17 PM by Z2TT

[masda74]

tazer guns should be permitted to fry your ass.

[OZYWALKER]

Hangovers......

[Never had any say Panda]

Look overseas at some taxi services..

They can't get anywhere near the driver..

[ms700]

OK what about this though, it's illegal to be behind a wheel when your drunk for example, but what about the risk in a Taxi driver CARRYING people who are drunk, unless you are literally caged off in your drivers seat from rest of cabin like in some busses, that's the biggest risk ever because driver has no control incase they lash out. Shouldn't there be legislation that people who are over certain limit should not be carried? Sure enough it's your Job but what's the point if it's causing permanently injuries all the time?

Something needs to be done but what ?

Stolen from "Refusal of Fare":

"Driver of a taxi-cab may refuse to accept a hiring if the intending passenger is a person who is, or who is carrying a thing that is, likely to soil or damage the taxi-cab or the clothing or luggage of other passengers, or to otherwise cause inconvenience, a nuisance or annoyance to other passengers or to the driver"

In a nutshell, yes the cabbie has legislation and can refuse drunk passenger/s if the driver suspects that there is a reasonable chance the passenger will vomit and soil the cab, its occupants, or its driver.

As far as breathalysing potential customers, that would cause more harm than good. Ive seen plenty of people that initially appeared calm, but once you tell them that they're pissed they go right off the deep end very quickly. And if you aren't trained to cope with those situations it could turn real ugly real quick.

Saying that, you dont need to be drunk to throw a punch or assault a cabbie.

[Kimberley Scott]

Four cameras. Two inside the car, which film each side of the interior. Two on the roof - one on each side, facing outward, to photograph people as they approach the car.

Plus audio recording.

It's pretty comprehensive, and very, very tightly controlled. Only Dept of Transport can access the footage, and it must be for a police request or serious passenger complaint. The only time that the footage leaves DOT is when it goes to police. Taxi companies don't get access to it.

WA taxis have the most thorough camera setup in Australia. I can't figure out why other states haven't moved up to the same level.

As well as identifying assailants in cases like this, they also identify and confirm driver misconduct. If a driver says something dodgy (ie sleazy remarks to females, charging for false tolls) then the audio records it.

It creates a sh*tload more accountability for drivers. I'm a lot more careful with what I say these days. Very few passengers are aware of it, but the guy that thumped me will eventually find out all about it.

With the bloke that thumped me on Friday night, the police will get the photos and the audio recording. We also stopped off at a hotel, where these guys tried to buy alcohol after midnight (and got knocked back). There is camera footage at the hotel as well.

He'll get located, arrested and charged. The police will show him photos. If he gets a lawyer then the lawyer will get the photos, and advise him that he can't deny the hit. Defend it if he wants, but better off to plead guilty, take a fine and try for a spent conviction.

Someone strangled me in the car back in November. Thanks to the camera footage he had no way of denying it. He pleaded guilty in court this week and got a $1500 fine. Also got a spent conviction, which is a shame. He's a FIFO, so money's not the problem for him - a recorded conviction would have been. But, at least he got busted and will hopefully not try the same stunt again. Thus, accountability.

Good to hear, am I right in assuming that none of this helps pay for your teeth and that this would be handled separately as a civil matter?

[Z2TT]

Sue him for as much as possible, example needs to be set. We cant live like this anymore this should be peaceful society.

Edited 30/03/15 05:26 AM by Z2TT

[Bizkets is Drunk?]

Lack of good tunas in sa.

[Never had any say Panda]

Seller won't sign the friggin contract. Choosing now to get dirty about the price I bargained them down to. Claiming I used my job title to put weight behind ludicrous claims.

Paying another bloke to go do a proper report and confirm their retaining wall is in fact screwed and does need replacing. And he'll write whatever I tell him to write in the estimate of cost to replace it.

Plus they still want a 30 day settlement. When I wanted 14.