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Author:  charles007 [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:33 am ]
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of the people who frequent this site all over the UK. I am interested in how many Councils ask for Private Hire and Hackney Vehicles to be road tested as part of the P/Hire and Hackney Test.

I would be so grateful for the information :?:
Author:  jimbo [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:34 am ]
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Not Lincoln.
Author:  edders23 [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:40 am ]
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I think ours have to take the vehicle out to test the meter
Author:  Midlife martyr [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:56 am ]
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No road test in Doncaster, but isn't there an issue with drivers without a Hackney/Private Hire badge being allowed to drive a plated vehicle ?
Author:  charles007 [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:04 am ]
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Thank you for your reply.

I think there is an exemption for testers?

Please keep them coming thank you
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:31 pm ]
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Midlife martyr wrote:
No road test in Doncaster, but isn't there an issue with drivers without a Hackney/Private Hire badge being allowed to drive a plated vehicle ?



not if its a mechanic from a vat registered test centre/garage
Author:  heathcote [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 4:55 pm ]
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Midlife martyr wrote:
No road test in Doncaster, but isn't there an issue with drivers without a Hackney/Private Hire badge being allowed to drive a plated vehicle ?



Qualified mechanic is allowed to road test a TAXI(hackney carriage) without being a licensed driver,private hire vehicle to be road tested must be driven by a private hire driver license holder.
Author:  sasha [ Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:33 pm ]
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Ours have a meter and brake test (even though they've just been checked on a rolling road) round the testing depot.

They used to do them on the public highway until the issue with licence holders only driving licenced vehicles came up. One of the testers was going to be given a ph/hc licence, but once it was pointed out that they would have to have a DBS + exploitation course + NVQ + pass the councils knowledge test (as per the councils own rules NO EXCEPTION) and that they would have to pay for all this themselves - they decided not to apply.
Author:  Sussex [ Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:17 pm ]
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charles007 wrote:
Thank you for your reply.

I think there is an exemption for testers?

Please keep them coming thank you

I think the exemption is to test out any repairs, not to test as part of a test, so to speak.
Author:  markheaney2 [ Sun Sep 09, 2018 7:01 pm ]
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No road tests in York
Author:  heathcote [ Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:52 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
charles007 wrote:
Thank you for your reply.

I think there is an exemption for testers?

Please keep them coming thank you

I think the exemption is to test out any repairs, not to test as part of a test, so to speak.



Transport Act 1985 Schedule 7-3 makes it abundantly clear who and when a TAXI(hackney carriage) can be driven by someone who does not hold a TAXI(hackney carriage) drivers license,this exclusion only applies in two scenarios.
Author:  grandad [ Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:29 am ]
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edders23 wrote:
I think ours have to take the vehicle out to test the meter

Same here in Melton..
Author:  Nidge2 [ Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:57 am ]
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Used to road test but they don't now.
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