Some years ago, working as a taxi driver, I was given what was regarded as the best car in the fleet. Approaching a roundabout in greasy conditions on my way to pick up a fare, I applied the brakes, at which point the wheels locked and I narrowly avoided a collision.
After the job, I returned to the office, threw the car keys on the table and told my boss exactly what I thought about his car, having looked at the tyres and noticed that they were bald. As it happened , it was possible that a compebreastor who shared our parking space had swapped the tyres in the night, or so my boss claimed. I didn't know who to beleive, but had to give him the benefit of the doubt.
If I had been stopped (taxi drivers rarely are, by the police) the penalties would have been rightly much more severe than those that would have applied to a private motorist. After all, I was risking the safety of my customers. And for sure I would have been held responsible.
In the end we are all responsible for our actions. Bad driving can kill, and we ought to be making ths clear, rahter than pushing theoftem flawed "spped kills".
-- Created on the Iyonix PC - the world's fastest RISC OS computer.
This expert was spot on! 5200It is right that the courts often punish drivng offences committed by public service drivers more severely ln the same offence...
