Hi there all, not sure that this has been put up before but I urge all road users to

https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/contact/pco/

a) reoprt any accident you have which might otherwise go unreported
b) try to stick to the road rules....so there isn't some come back and/or build up of agression against other cyclists

if you have an incident with a taxi, just make sure you get some identification and then report it....the more incidents there are against a particular taxi theen it must be taken into concideration when granting new licences...?

yeah right.Lets spend all day reporting people who treat us like shit on the road.
I've got nothing better to do, really.
HTFU.

yeah, HTFU when your little sister gets put in a wheel chair for life because some careless driver didn't think to indicate before turning left.


although it seems like when you report things it gets put in a shelf and forgotten about you should always report things - if nothing else it will add to the growing statistics and gradually highlight a problem.

If you worked on the roads you'd find yourself involved in all sorts of shit all fucking day long.It's something you get used to so dont talk to me about a fucking careless driver turning left without using lights.Fucking report that!

Er, it's all about the situation isn't it.

a) Taxi driver mows down convoy of cycling nuns = report
b) Taxi driver flicks you the bird = HTFU

You're wasting your time. The PCO records complaints from taxi passengers, not from cyclists or other road users.
This has been brought up time and again on other forums and during the Mayoral questions. THE PCO is a waste of time, they work for the taxis.

The PCO doesn't deal with traffic incidents, the police do.

Fail.

Eke was giving a tip.

If you don't care you don't have to tell us and pretend you're the clever one.

Bad behaviour from taxi drivers should be taken very seriously. If you see someone acting dangerously you should report them. If nothing happens well be it but it will be on record.

let's report all the fucking cyclists we see acting dangerously as well then.
just a tip.

Overdrive man, a few complaints are futile, get some momentum and you get some figures, some figures give you some statistics, some statistics give those chiefs some food to do their "politicking"... and change happens.

Fair enough.
I'm off down the pub.
Ta la.

Yeah, except like I said, reporting shit to the PCO gets you NOTHING.
Report traffic incidents to POLICE. Then maybe you'll get your stats.

can you give an example Hippy?

PCO license the cabs\cars, police deal with crimes, vigilanty attacks deal with justice.

They all have powers. you'll be pushed to get a blue badged assasin locked up for dangerous driving but you can get his license revoked. financial disincentive. When he next picks up a passenger.. BREAKING THE LAW.. BREAKING THE LAW. police matter

Repeat offenders get staked and burnt


All this anger Hippy.. not good ;)

yes overdrive it was tough in the Nam.. keep telling it to the rest of us that werent there... HTFU and deliver my package..

Ok,where to?I'll come and see you.
By the way Nam was'nt too bad.I was in the HTFU corp.

I was in the EFHTHTFU corp, like the special forces we slit the bootlaces of the HTFU corp in the middle of the night

i love the corps! every paycheck a fortune, every meal a banquet

I love the corpse!

was there a caption to that cartoon originally..?

...or is it just some fucked up clip art?

or a private doodle..?

I do not know.

well RPM you found it! Explain yourself!

I googled necrophilia for a picture to go with the pun

where can i complain about badly behaved cyclists?

Incident:
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread1264.html

Report to PCO result:
http://www.londonfgss.com/post36559-57.html

The Public Carriage Office has no legislative power to investigate road traffic offences committed by cab drivers. I can only advise you that if you have a complaint about the driving behaviour of a cab driver you must report the matter in person to the nearest police station.

Cyclists are never badly behaved.

I'm a motherfucking angel, I am.

You don't need to, everybody hates cyclists and complains about them constantly.

From the TfL report on cycling p.21, chapter 5 on "Attitude to Cycling"

"Cyclists in London are seen as a nuisance among both non-cyclists and cyclists. Much the same as the common car driver dictum, cyclists view all other cyclists as awful – yet they exclude themselves from this categorisation"

Thanks Hippy

Fair do's to you all.

I have to say that it should be a matter of habbit that if a taxi (or other road user, even other cyclists) are being obvious tits, then you should point it out to hem in a calm, collected manner.

Agression is typically responded to with agression (not that I'm really one to talk here), but if you at least point out what effect they are having....then perhapse (and it's a bit of a long shot),just maybe they might think a little more...some other time in the distant future...

Obviously, report incidents that deserve it.....and judging by hippy's experiance, that should be to the police.

Errr. Have you ever tried this? If you haven't, I recommend you don't.

Fuck 'calm'. Some muppet tries running me over and you think I'm going to mention they drive with a little more caution or something? Not likely.

it depends if you want them not to miss you the second time round ;)