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Rotherham minicab driver pays price for illegal 'taxi' passengers

A ROTHERHAM private hire driver has been fined for illegally plying for trade.

Akbar Ali was landed with a £490 bill and six penalty points following a joint operation between Rotherham Borough Council's Community Protection Unit and South Yorkshire Police during which he was found to be picking up passengers illegally in the town centre.

Only official Hackney cabs, which are coloured white in Rotherham and identifiable by the yellow taxi sign on the roof, are insured to pick up passengers when hailed in the street.

Private hire vehicles can be any colour but can only carry passengers who have pre-booked.

Cllr Peter Wootton, chairman of the council’s Licensing Board, said the safety of the public was the board’s main concern.

He added: “Any member of the public who gets into a private hire vehicle without pre-booking should be fully aware that they will not be insured in the event of an accident.

“That is how the industry works and how it is regulated and that is why the Licensing Board will work together with taxi companies to clamp down on this kind of offence for the benefit of public safety.”

source: http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/ne ... ngers.aspx

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Plying for Hire operation. Are you reading this Manchester Licensing and Councillors? It would seem Rotherham undertake these Ops of their own accord, that's why they don't have 400 drivers turning up to Licensing committee meetings accompanied by a procession of taxis.

400 cabs turning up at council meetings fekk me you must be in a Union SILVERCAB ????

when is the strike to shut down the city center ????

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F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE

probably as soon as the council allows them more than 7 minutes to present their concerns (with the aid of a stopwatch)

democracy - don't you just love it.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Couldnt even get everyone in the room to hear it !!

Manchester has previous in this;

http://www.peterloomassacre.org/history.html

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

DOH!

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