WELL, THERE’S ALLSORTS GOING ON... BUT NOT QUITE...
After that glorious sum- mer we had - sorry, did you miss it? It took place over eight days around the middle of June - we enter the autumnal season with a few things in the off- ing trade-wise, but not quite ready yet. We’ll see what transpires over the next few days/weeks; the Nov- ember issue should be quite interesting. As if they all aren’t! Anyway, we decided to devote Page One of this edition to bogus drivers. How nice for them. But you will see that we are asking for audience participation on this subject on a grand scale, so that the Association can gather the results and pass them on to Govern- ment. Yes, we do this sort of thing on a regu- lar basis, not just under the banner of formal consultations either. We ran out of space on Page One, but the
basic message is that if you or any col- leagues in your area have been affected by the presence of bogus drivers posing as hackney or PHV driv- ers – particularly if those individuals have committed or been accused of crimes, but also if their continued and unchecked pres- ence has affected your business – we need to flag this up with the Powers that Be. We know the illegal taxi driver has been with us since time imme- morial; it’s just that in recent times an epi- demic of this problem has broken out, not only just in London but all over the country. No doubt the recession has spurned a whole new batch of illegals, but of course the seri- ous criminal element finds it easier to hide amongst the larger numbers of these folk. You know by now that
our surveys get taken notice of; our wheel- chair accessible vehicle survey is now incorporating private hire vehicles, and the hackney WAV figures were published in last month’s issue and on the PHTM website. Your reaction to the issue of bogus drivers is crucial, and you know where to get in touch: NPHA, 8 Silver Street, Bury, Lancs BL9 0EX; phone 0161 280 2800; fax 0161 280 7787; email npha@
btconnect.com.
Now then: Opinion tells it like it is, as usual... this time it’s about the implications of the new Equality Act, and which drivers will be duty- bound to assist their wheelchair passengers in and out of their WAV. Eh? Pardon?? Read all about it inside. And while you’re at it, check out your council’s lat- est status on the ol’ Hackney Tariff League
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Profilees hail this month from the Smoke (company: Forest Hill Cars) and from deep- est Tunbridge Wells (driver: Toni Conlon). And by way of knee- jerk reaction against all the doom and gloom of Terror, Shame, Just Desserts et al, we bring you (hopefully) a page of smiles from a book comprising stu- dents’ exam answers. Great fun. Any of those yours? C’mon, fess
up... nowt to be ashamed of. Let’s be right: these answers are much more fun than the correct ones! Whilst we’re on a light- hearted vein, we bring you this month’s Job- sworth nomination, courtesy Littlejohn in the Daily Mail. He has such a penchant for collecting these gems, and presenting them in a droll manner: “Mean- while, the elf’n’safety tyranny continues. Councils have already banned pot plants and doormats from com-
munal areas on safety grounds.
“Now officials in South Ockenden, Essex, have even ripped down Neighbourhood Watch stickers, claiming they are a fire hazard...” And he often signs off with: “You couldn’t make it up.” That’s a fact.
See you around... and do let us know you’re out there, about this bogus driver thing. Or indeed anything else that grabs you, and that you want putting in th’paper. Later!
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