People who do runners from Taxis

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Very, does that still go on?

I thought that was an 80's thing only?

The cabby I use carries a steel poker under his front seat so they must still get tossers on board

[North Cardiff Blue]

The cabby I use carries a steel poker under his front seat so they must still get tossers on board

I guess that was my thoughts that these days the driver is more likely to smash runners with a bat or something, but yes I suppose there will always be some!

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That's why all taxis should be london taxi vehicles. As long as the driver has his foot on the break no one can get out and because of the partition they cannot reach him, only put the fare through the slot provided in the partition.
Works both ways, if a driver (An unscrupulous one, very rare of course) tries to over charge a customer and the customer refuses to pay the exorbitant fare he has 3 choices, take him to a police station, reduce the fare or let him out.