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Tealeaf · 04-09-2009, 12:05

I got a taxi last tuesday morning to Accy Station. Being the nice man that I am, I exchanged the usual pleasantries with the driver about the weather, etc and then asked him if he'd been busy that morning.

"Pretty quiet", he replied, "but we'll be busier bext week when the school runs start".

"Eh?" I thought to myself. Taxis taking kids to school! What the hell is wrong with walking, or catching the bus? Schools have not changed their location in the Borough over the last 40 years or so and to take a taxi then was unheard of.

Can anyone advise of the extent of this practice? When did this nonsense start? And who is paying for it - please don't tell me the local ratepayer. And is it any wonder that some of the grossly obese kids I now see around the streets of Hyndburn would put our fat yankee cousins to shame.

04-09-2009, 12:05	#45
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: Are there too many taxi's in accrington? I got a taxi last tuesday morning to Accy Station. Being the nice man that I am, I exchanged the usual pleasantries with the driver about the weather, etc and then asked him if he'd been busy that morning. "Pretty quiet", he replied, "but we'll be busier bext week when the school runs start". "Eh?" I thought to myself. Taxis taking kids to school! What the hell is wrong with walking, or catching the bus? Schools have not changed their location in the Borough over the last 40 years or so and to take a taxi then was unheard of. Can anyone advise of the extent of this practice? When did this nonsense start? And who is paying for it - please don't tell me the local ratepayer. And is it any wonder that some of the grossly obese kids I now see around the streets of Hyndburn would put our fat yankee cousins to shame.