Cracking Down On Cowboys Welcomed ; at the Heart of All Things Local Since 1876

The Citizen Gloucestershire › March 05, 2010

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SO-CALLED "cowboy" taxi drivers are a menace on our roads.

That is why the iron fist of Gloucester City Council, which came down hard on nine of them at the weekend, is to be welcomed. Why should licensed Hackney carriage drivers, who alone are allowed to pick up fares from city streets, be penalised by these "cowboy" operators? Nine of these illegal taxis were seized by police during the operation over last Friday and Saturday.

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Cracking Down On Cowboys Welcomed ; at the Heart of All Things Local Since 1876

These illegal drivers are priv...

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