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What can you get charged for by the police for running away and not paying cab fare?
Ok my mate was telling me today how he ran out the cab and didnt pay the fare. He realised later on he told the cab driver where he came from, and his information and address can easily be found, through this. Hes ****ting it quite hard tbh. Hes a good lad, hes just quite skint in life and didnt have the cash to pay (about £60). Ive told him not much could happen.
Could they actually charge him with anything or even fine him or something?
Could they actually charge him with anything or even fine him or something?
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It's stealing isn't it? He wasn't given a service and didn't pay for it.
FanTOM
Morally what your friend did was wrong. It's like walking into a shop, taking something and thinking it is OK, because you can't actually afford it.
He will probably get off scot-free, but I wouldn't advise he does it again. I've had disputes over the price of a fare before, which is fair enough. But you should negotiate. You don't get into a taxi knowing you can't afford to pay. It's worth haggling a set-price before you get in. Common sense tells you to do that.
He will probably get off scot-free, but I wouldn't advise he does it again. I've had disputes over the price of a fare before, which is fair enough. But you should negotiate. You don't get into a taxi knowing you can't afford to pay. It's worth haggling a set-price before you get in. Common sense tells you to do that.
Yeh i told him it was a bit of a plonk thing to do, but to be fair the guy is having some money problems. He hardly comes out anymore as he cant even afford it.
Getting a job would be simple, youd think.
Straas
I got cautioned for it after my mate got rugby tackled by the police.
Don't think you can be charged, because I was pretty pissed and annoyed the police woman no-end - so she would have done all she could to me, which included chucking me in the back of the van
Don't think you can be charged, because I was pretty pissed and annoyed the police woman no-end - so she would have done all she could to me, which included chucking me in the back of the van
lol, how did you even get caught?
Got out the cab to do a runner then before you knew it the cop car was by the side?
£60???
How far was your friend travelling?? The dude should have got the bus, or stopped at someone's for the night to get a bus in the morning.
My friend nicks stuff from TopShop and H&M quite a bit, but they are huge corporations, and, in TopShop's case, overcharge on their rubbishy quality clothes anyway. They can afford some nick-age, and their shop assistants will still get paid the same. I wouldn't do it, but my friend is risky like that (she blagged me 50p off my cheesy chips last time we went into town, not something I'd have the confidence to do, although she was drunk at the time!).
With cab drivers however, that's a bit more personal, it's their actual *wage* that you're depriving them of. Unfortunately I doubt they'll catch him. I hope he won't take that as reason to make a habit of it.
How far was your friend travelling?? The dude should have got the bus, or stopped at someone's for the night to get a bus in the morning.
My friend nicks stuff from TopShop and H&M quite a bit, but they are huge corporations, and, in TopShop's case, overcharge on their rubbishy quality clothes anyway. They can afford some nick-age, and their shop assistants will still get paid the same. I wouldn't do it, but my friend is risky like that (she blagged me 50p off my cheesy chips last time we went into town
, not something I'd have the confidence to do, although she was drunk at the time!).With cab drivers however, that's a bit more personal, it's their actual *wage* that you're depriving them of. Unfortunately I doubt they'll catch him. I hope he won't take that as reason to make a habit of it.
Packard
Yeh i told him it was a bit of a plonk thing to do, but to be fair the guy is having some money problems. He hardly comes out anymore as he cant even afford it.
Getting a job would be simple, youd think.
Getting a job would be simple, youd think.
Its not fair full stop! I bet the taxi driver is now having some money problems too!
Packard
Ok my mate was telling me today how he ran out the cab and didnt pay the fare. He realised later on he told the cab driver where he came from, and his information and address can easily be found, through this. Hes ****ting it quite hard tbh. Hes a good lad, hes just quite skint in life and didnt have the cash to pay (about £60). Ive told him not much could happen.
Could they actually charge him with anything or even fine him or something?
Could they actually charge him with anything or even fine him or something?
i'm sure the driver will be 'quite skint' as a result.
like someone else said, if he doesn't get caught hopefully he will get a spot of bad karma.
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