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cockney cabby
PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:40 am 
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if p hire are allowed to use bus lanes , will it be havoc as lots of the cars with p hire stickers are not what they seem to be. mums on school runs etc how can this system be stopped. what about if persons applying for p hire licence had to show there tax return to prove , they are actually driving minicab/p hire. any ideas
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:16 am 
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Yes, make them have a roof sign with private hire only on it, problem solved
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:26 am 
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cockney cabby wrote:
if p hire are allowed to use bus lanes , will it be havoc as lots of the cars with p hire stickers are not what they seem to be. mums on school runs etc how can this system be stopped. what about if persons applying for p hire licence had to show there tax return to prove , they are actually driving minicab/p hire. any ideas

I would have thought a couple of £60 tickets in the post would deter most folks from using the bus lanes.

I don't think the tax return thing would work in that way, but there's nothing stopping those tax folks getting a full list of licensed drivers for themselves. :wink:

In fact I would be amazed if they haven't already. :-$

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Doesnt a PNC check reveal the mot is a compliance cert and not a normal mot?
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smiffyz (geoff) wrote:
Doesnt a PNC check reveal the mot is a compliance cert and not a normal mot?


A PNC (DVLA) check will, apparantly ( :wink: ) just tell the enquiring agency whether the VEL has expired or not.
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blobby
PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:47 am 
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cockney cabby wrote:
if p hire are allowed to use bus lanes , will it be havoc as lots of the cars with p hire stickers are not what they seem to be. mums on school runs etc how can this system be stopped. what about if persons applying for p hire licence had to show there tax return to prove , they are actually driving minicab/p hire. any ideas


The private hire stickers are irrelevant - all done on number plate recognition.

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