Do London Taxi drivers have to accept the fare?
I ask because I have been in a couple of situations where they have refused and I have always been under the impression that without good reason they cannot refuse a fare. I can understand a cabbie not wanting to take someone if they are obviously out of it, covered in puke, bleeding etc. But recently 2 cab divers have refused a fare. I was out with a friend one night and we ended up staying out quite late. I obviously wanted to make sure she got in a cab as I could get the bus home easily and wanted to make sure she was safe. I hailed a cab and he refused saying he was heading into central London. In my mind if you don’t want the fare don’t put your fucking light on. So I started having a go at him saying he was out of order. In my mind, what if my friend had been alone and unable to hail another cab. What if something happened to her? Second time it was a similar situation. I was pretty pissed and got chatting to a couple of girls outside a club whilst having a smoke. Ended up chatti
