Harrogate taxi driver murders man

[tiger31]

If I were the victim's family I would be suing the council for failing to do a background check. Nobody should be able to slip through the net in my view, too many nutters out there.

[les_taxi]

The trouble is people are up in arms against profiling - I think it has its merits.

[grahamw48]

I if I were victims family I would be suing the council for failing to do a background check Nobody should be able to slip through the net in my view, too many nutters out there .

Quite right mate.

His family are entitled to compensation.

There is simply no excuse for permitting anyone with blemishes on their character ...or even doubts about, to be given this responsibility.

There are thousands of unemployed honest British citizens with fully-checkable histories available to do such work.

IMO, it is only good sense to demand that applicants for taxi work need to have been resident in this country for at least 3 years, have been driving throughout that period, and able to demonstrate an above-average knowledge of the geography of the area in which they are wanting to work.

All of their driving documents should also be thoroughly checked and matched.

How many times do we see drivers either without a full licence, borrowing somebody else's, passing a test sat by somebody else, etc. This in itself means they have no valid insurance either.

Time to stop pussy-footing around .

[tiger31]

Quite right mate.

His family are entitled to compensation.

There is simply no excuse for permitting anyone with blemishes on their character ...or even doubts about, to be given this responsibility.

There are thousands of unemployed honest British citizens with fully-checkable histories available to do such work.

IMO, it is only good sense to demand that applicants for taxi work need to have been resident in this country for at least 3 years, have been driving throughout that period, and able to demonstrate an above-average knowledge of the geography of the area in which they are wanting to work.

All of their driving documents should also be thoroughly checked and matched.

How many times do we see drivers either without a full licence, borrowing somebody else's, passing a test sat by somebody else, etc. This in itself means they have no valid insurance either.

Time to stop pussy-footing around .

They get away with not knowing where to go by using sat navs. How can a council check a driver,s criminal record if they have just landed recently on our shores? London cab drivers have to do the knowledge over a 2 year period to get their licence. Whereas an Afghan can jump in a minicab without a test and off he goes. Makes a mockery of the licence system really and puts the public in great danger.