The second was that the cabbies should be a reasonable sort of people.
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The cabbies think that is a good idea.
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It is good to read of your high opinion of cabbies because we do try to maintain a high standard in licensing them.
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The decision on who should hold a cabbie's licence is taken by a commissioner.
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On the whole, thecabbieis an entrepreneurial, hard-working person.
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Acabbiehas as high priority the comfort, safety and security of his passenger and all future passengers.
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There is also a cabwatch scheme involving over 6,000 cabbies, and 64 pubwatch schemes.
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I now return to the way in which cabbies are vetted because some elements have not yet been mentioned.
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In the early days cabbies were inclined to be of a rather rough type of person sometimes rather undesirable.
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Thecabbiehas a personal right to working conditions that are free from this risk.
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At present, understandably, relatively few cabbies want to be out at 2 am, when they can earn no more than if they were out at 10 pm.
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The livelihood of acabbiecould be lost for five years, but he will not know the criteria used in the decision to withhold his licence.
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I am sure that the cabbies would be more than satisfied if they had a fare to the airport and one back at the standard fare.
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Thecabbiealso often takes the passenger somewhere other than requested and then demands an outrageous price.
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Thecabbielooks behind and sees the woman's face was full of blood and bruises, causing him to abandon his taxi in horror.
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