Getting The Message Out To The Rank And File....by Jim Thomas.

With total signatures nearing 5,000 Licensed Taxi drivers, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and do a little bit of overtime to help the petition.

Last night I managed to get a dozen of my close friends to sign in Camley Street, KXTC. No mean feat as most of my friends are seniors and most have been driving Taxis for over 50 years. Most of these older drivers are uneasy with technology. 

After a difficult half hour, trying to get them to enter their details on my iPhone, I gave up in shear frustration and went back to the old method, getting them to write their name and badge number down. I could then enter the details on their behalf at my own leisure. 

Even this turned into a mammoth task with most putting unreadable signatures -Good job I already know their names.

As I viewed my evenings work as a success, I decided to take it a step further and this afternoon drove in to Harrow On The Hill, asking the suburban drivers on station rank to sign up. 

I was surprised to find most had no knowledge of the latest events or offending emails. Unbelievably, some had never even heard of Leon Daniels 

After passing round my one copy of the badge, I managed to get another 30 drivers to sign, so not a complete waste of time. Explaining the situation to each and every individual was time consuming. 

I was surprised to find the club don't deliver the badge to the tobacconist by the rank. The local drivers only link with the trade is from he LTDA's Taxi paper. Having spoken to the manager, he informed me, he sees no problem with drivers picking up trade papers or magazines from his shop, adding he's always supported the local rank Taxis.

As this method (clipboard collecting name and badge number) has now proved itself successful, I will be approaching more drivers on the Mayfair ranks later this evening. 

Please keep up the good work and remember this old saying : 

"If you destroy someone's life with a lie, then your life can be destroyed by the truth".

Ubergate ! Still not signed....

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