captain cab wrote:
I forwarded the DFT letter to the STF, if they do whats right they'll pass it on to the relevant people
Perhaps, but I think the STF are pretty clueless about stuff like that.
When the OFT had their investigation and the Scottish Executive consulted on the licensing legislation about three years ago I brought the contract hire exemption to their attention, but the Executive just ignored it and the OFT didn't cover peripheral vehicles at all (at least the Executive mentioned strecth limos etc).
Some of the taxi offices in St Andrews have been using unplated vehicles for years and at some times like during the Open and the Dunhill cup these vehicles have possiblly exceeded the amount of their plated cars.
Some of these are used all the time, but others were just private cars beloning to part-time drivers etc which were wheeled out whenever a big event was on.
Another firm has generally operated a handful of unplated cars, and its proprietor was quite close to the chairman of our local trade association. The association was moaning in the local paper about unplated cars from Dundee doing runs for the Student's Union Travel Association, so I put it to him that his mate's firm was running unplated cars. Ah he said, but they only do work for the Old Course Hotel so they are exempt by virtue of the Act.
But the cars were being advertised on the firm's webpage, as they are to this day. But he had no answer to this, and neither does the Scottish Executive it seems. But it's easier to turn a blind eye than actually do something.
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