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Author:  Super Fly [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:25 am ]
Post subject:  Booking jobs over the Radio
is it legal for a driver to book a job over the radio with the office and would this be classed as an advance booking or does it have to be by phone?

we are told by our LA that only telephone bookings are allowed and yet they allow another local firm to use a PDA to make bookings surely its the same as using your radio as long as the office have it booked?
Author:  skippy41 [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:32 am ]
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There is nothing to stop you shouting a booking in as long as you dont take the punter there and then, unless the office gives you the run a few mins later
Author:  Sussex [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:40 am ]
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The way I see it is pre-booked means pre-booked, be that a month or a second.

So I'm of the opinion that a driver can call in a job, and if the same driver is top of the tree then there's not legal reason why he can't take that job.

Of course drivers doing that might need to consider whether they could be viewed as plying, but apart from that. :?
Author:  Sussex [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Booking jobs over the Radio
Super Fly wrote:
we are told by our LA that only telephone bookings are allowed and yet they allow another local firm to use a PDA to make bookings surely its the same as using your radio as long as the office have it booked?

Your LA is wrong, ask them where in any act it says that. Methinks they are making it up as they go along. ](*,)
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:06 am ]
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i hand em a card and tell em to ring the landline "im sure you will get picked up inside 5 minutes or less"



its on divert to my mobile.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  GA [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:21 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
Of course drivers doing that might need to consider whether they could be viewed as plying, but apart from that. :?


or touting :shock:
Author:  Darren63 [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:25 am ]
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Sussex wrote:
So I'm of the opinion that a driver can call in a job, and if the same driver is top of the tree then there's not legal reason why he can't take that job.


Don't agree.

That basically means the driver can pick up whoever and wherever he wants as long as he says "well we booked it via the radio"
Author:  toots [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:32 am ]
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Our LA wouldn't allow us to book via the radio. If we were caught they would say we were pirating. Lots of people ask me to book through the radio I tend not to do it and tell them to phone. I have occasionally but only once I have my booked fare in the car and then there is no chance I'll get the job, but, I don't like doin it
Author:  skippy41 [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:08 am ]
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So you are taking a fare into town, and they say could you book me in for later so you shout it in over the radio, whats wrong with that
Author:  toots [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:59 am ]
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skippy41 wrote:
So you are taking a fare into town, and they say could you book me in for later so you shout it in over the radio, whats wrong with that


I don't think there is anything wrong with that particular scenerio. I think the problem arises when somebody approaches your vehicle while you are waiting to pick up and asks you to book them a car for there and then, that is a little suspect to say the least :wink:
Author:  rambo [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:30 am ]
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I think in london it's ilegal.
Author:  captain cab [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:23 am ]
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there is sort of case law on this I'm sure.

JD?

CC
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:49 am ]
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skippy41 wrote:
So you are taking a fare into town, and they say could you book me in for later so you shout it in over the radio, whats wrong with that


i havent got a radio...or a base op....or a full head of non-grey hair

pre-booked means prior to getting in the vehicle to me.

sorry if im wrong
Author:  grandad [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:36 pm ]
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wannabeeahack wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
So you are taking a fare into town, and they say could you book me in for later so you shout it in over the radio, whats wrong with that


i havent got a radio...or a base op....or a full head of non-grey hair

pre-booked means prior to getting in the vehicle to me.

sorry if im wrong


To me, pre booked means through the office, either by phone, fax, email or calling in. If someone approached me in the street I would just give them the number and request they ring it. Not that it is usually a problem because if I am out on the street I would be in a Hackney.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:56 pm ]
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grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
So you are taking a fare into town, and they say could you book me in for later so you shout it in over the radio, whats wrong with that


i havent got a radio...or a base op....or a full head of non-grey hair

pre-booked means prior to getting in the vehicle to me.

sorry if im wrong


To me, pre booked means through the office, either by phone, fax, email or calling in. If someone approached me in the street I would just give them the number and request they ring it. Not that it is usually a problem because if I am out on the street I would be in a Hackney.


this is where we differ in that calls to my landline DO do just that..i.e. go through the office, it rings here then diverts....

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