Fife Council headquarters in Glenrothes. Photograph by Mcwesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fife grants a taxi licence with a warning after phone use

Fife councillors granted Aaron Keenan a taxi licence with a warning after he was caught using a phone in July.

The Dunfermline Press reported on Wednesday 11 November 2026 that Fife Council’s Regulation and Licensing Committee had granted Aaron Keenan a taxi licence. Lead licensing officer Tom Brown told the committee that Keenan had been caught using a mobile phone while driving in July.

The applicant’s account

Keenan had applied for the licence and told the committee it was a first offence. “I was in Glenrothes going to a friend’s house who had moved house. It had been on my phone to use Google Maps for directions. I was raging at myself for my own silliness. I am not too familiar with the Glenrothes area.”

The decision

The committee agreed to grant the licence with a warning.

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