Any laws against this sort of ignorance?

[Randomthoughts]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshi...

By all means, withdraw your labour, that I think that should be illegal is a separate discussion, but surely effectively closing a city centre because you're a pissy bh with nothing worth getting upset about in life, surely there are driving offences in doing this?

[Jasandjules]

They are using the tools at their disposal.

[gus607]

Shooting themselves in the feet really. No work = No pay.

Should be done for obstruction, plenty of cameras in Nottingham.

[Snowboy]

At a guess,

There are probably laws against it in terms of blocking roads.
They are probably laws explicitly allowing protest.
There are probably laws which you could argue allow it; such as not breaking a speed limit.

Any attempt to try and take someone to court would be a circus, and for the sake of ignoring a one day protest it's probably not worth it.

[Randomthoughts]

Two days of Nottingham not being able to get to work in a timely fashion. It's not a 'minor inconvenience', it's quite significant for a number of small businesses who lose hours and potentially days work through being unable to meet appointments and deadlines.

All because they are stupid.

The lot of them are a bloody liability around here anyway, I can't think of a single journey where I've been stupid enough to use one instead of a bus without being scared half to death.

[voyds9]

The most honest businessmen on the planet are complaining of someone else doing something illegal, whatever next.

[ging84]

i don't suppose you happened to have been inconvenienced by this protest ?

how do you plan to enforce your law against people driving slowly in a city centre?

[julianc]

The French do a lot worse than this - and it seems to work for them.

[Hooli]

There must be something in the licence conditions about anti-social behavior etc? Revoking their taxi licences for being spastics should solve it.

[Fish]

Much that it is overused badly the police could issue S59s against the taxis for both S34(3?) and causing offense by blocking the roads. As a taxi driver that would cause them issues...

[Track Rod]

Struggling to see how it's ignorance? Of what?

[Snowboy]

Track Rod said:

Struggling to see how it's ignorance? Of what?

I would guess the OP is using ignorant to describe a selfish unpleasant attitude rather than a lack of knowledge.

Not a dictionary definition, but I understood what he was saying.

[Track Rod]

Snowboy said:

I would guess the OP is using ignorant to describe a selfish unpleasant attitude rather than a lack of knowledge.

Not a dictionary definition, but I understood what he was saying.

ah, ok. I've never heard it used in that context before. PH: Pedantry matters!

[Drumroll]

Does the OP mean in a taxi's or private hire vehicle when he refers to being scared half to death. There is difference. (Read what protest is about)

[Motorrad]

As Nottingham offers an excellent, cheap and secure bus service to many areas from the city centre I'd like to think that those inconvenienced by these morons will vote with their wallets and boycott the taxis.

A real own goal on the part of the idiot taxi drivers.

[Randomthoughts]

Drumroll said:

Does the OP mean in a taxi's or private hire vehicle when he refers to being scared half to death. There is difference. (Read what protest is about)

Taxis. No regard for rules of the road, everywhere at 40+ mph, all the lane discipline of a dog chasing a ball.

[Drumroll]

Have you reported any?

[Randomthoughts]

Drumroll said:

Have you reported any?

There'd be none left! Did report one because it became abundantly clear that his licence came forom a cut-out on a cereal box. The rest of them have been only slightly worse than the usual calibre of road users around here.

[SpeckledJim]

julianc said:

The French do a lot worse than this - and it seems to work for them.

That's true - the French, as a nation, an economy, and general way-of-life, are in amazing shape.

They have very few issues at all to be worried about.

Vive la France!

[Vaud]

SpeckledJim said:

That's true - the French, as a nation, an economy, and general way-of-life, are in amazing shape.

They have very few issues at all to be worried about.

Vive la France!

Seriously? Have you seen the French economy recently... From May:

Unemployment reaches new record high: almost 3.35 million out of work in France.
President Hollande's main election pledge was to cut unemployment massively and durably; but it has increased by about 140,000 since he took office.
The public deficit in 2014 was 4.3% of GDP, meaning that the government missed its target of 4.1%, and seems unlikely to reach the EU-imposed target of 3% in 2015.
Public spending in France, among the highest levels in the world, reached 57.1% in 2013.