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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feeder1.news.weretis.net!weretis.net!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe19.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Dangerous driving complaint and response. Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:39:28 +0000 References: <3a30696f-4bca-46fb-87d4-a4c5dac7867a@q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com>    Lines: 22 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe19.ams2 1233484778 82.21.204.127 (Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:39:38 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:39:38 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2199 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684528

Phil W Lee wrote: > JNugent  considered Sat, 31 Jan 2009 > 20:59:27 +0000 the perfect time to write: > >> Surely you don't expect them to remove his local authority licence(s) just on >> the say-so of a complainant? > > No, just on the video proof already submitted to them. > > They are being grossly negligent in their duty of care to the public > by allowing such a reckless driver to retain his private hire licence. > > And when some poor sod gets wiped out by that lunatic, I hope his > dependents manage to find the evidence that the authority knew about > his behaviour and didn't act, so that they can go after them. > They deserve it. > They are being paid to do a job which they are not doing, and their > failure to do their job is endangering the public. > That is actually grounds for dismissal even under the "job-for-life" > scheme that local government mostly is.

You should lay off the sauce.