Some of these cars, in fact the vast majority of them, do not work Sefton at all and have no intention of doing so now or in the future. Why should they when they can happily work Liverpool virtually unchallenged by the Liverpool licensing authority?
The question we would like to put to them is if you have chosen to work in Liverpool,
private hire driver? The legitimate Liverpool
with the situation as their hackney carriage counterparts, and it begs the question, what is the point of putting oneself through all the
become a Sefton private hire driver and work for a company from a neighbouring borough with perhaps lower standards that can blatantly
whatsoever?
The second question we would like to ask our readers is how widespread is this, and
neighbouring private hire cars in your area, taking work that rightfully should be in the back of your vehicle, if so what is your licensing section doing about it? We believe reform of the legislation is long overdue, and if your feelings are running as high as legitimate
why not write in to
all work together - as a trade - to address this issue, while reminding the government and complacent licensing authorities to stop condoning this unfair behaviour and get something done to stop it now! Indeed, the government and respective licensing authorities throughout this country need to understand that there is a serious issue with cross border
now totally out of control. It is hard to see a
average fares and when we hear the rates that
arithmetic would suggest that either most of the drivers have a second income or they are doing the job to get out of the house!
a minority of cases the bad publicity is without
step in trying to achieve these higher standards.
There is a point to ponder however, why has this practice grown so rapidly, is it only because of a failure in adequate enforcement or poor
look at itself more closely in the mirror and take some responsibility for this situation; how many customers have been driven into the arms of
border after being charged £40 to £50 in the early hours of a Saturday and Sunday night for
how many people have vowed never to step foot inside a hackney cab again after having the downright effrontery to ask a cab driver to
the cab driver lets his disappointment be known
and a white knuckle two-wheeled journey!
The government has traditionally been slow to
as the recession bites ever deeper, what were murmurs of discontent is now becoming a crescendo and we sincerely hope that cool
murder as cab drivers languish for longer
cheaper, less regulated competitors picking up
work for idle hands.
here is an abbreviated version of the legislation:
1847 states:
What V ehicles to be Deemed Hackney
Carriages: Every wheeled carriage, whatever may be its form of construction, used in standing or plying for hire in any street within the prescribed distance, having thereon a
We will leave off there because the section
Dickensian; after all, it was written in 1847, but
it is an offence for any private hire vehicle to
is an offence for any private hire car to have
and above all to illegally park on an appointed
to them in Scotland.
Now it probably has not gone unnoticed that
in Liverpool we have billboards proclaiming a
this leads to a lot of bewilderment and a good
the face of the previously mentioned legislation. What is the point of laws that proclaim a vehicle
But there is one thing that we have always
the term private hire, are they ashamed of it or does it convey an inferior service, because
cars with a price tag that dwarfs even that of
drip-drip-drip campaign to legitimise illegally picking up off the street by some of the more disreputable sections of the private hire trade
public, the politicians and indeed licensing
about unlawful plying for hire!
Whitcomb Street in the Leicester Square area
are attached to one of the London hackney carriage radio circuits. London minicabs already
is another huge step forward in favouring the
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win
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TIME FOR CHOICE
Whatever vehicle you choose, everyone stands to benefit from the right to have a choice.
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CURRENT HACKNEY LICENSE CONDITIONS
CHOICE OF VEHICLES NO CHOICE
Time for Choice Campaign, Unit 171, 1a Imperial Court, Exchange Street East, Liverpool L2 3AB
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