Taxi Driver Online

Whilst your example is clearly common sense Mr Sussex, and probably happens many times a day as you say, I feel it is illegal in the eyes of the law. A private hire driver can only accept bookings from an operator licensed in the same district as themselves. As a PH driver you should not be allowed to accept a booking direct from a customer, no matter what actions you take to makeit look lawful.

Lawbreaker.

There is only one private hire operator license in law,applies to whether you operate one vehicle or numerous vehicles,Council attach conditions to license as applicable.

But I, and Uber drivers, are not accepting any bookings, we are merely saying yes we are available should the operator accept.

The WAV scenario must happen the length and breath of the country. Customer rings up and inquirers, operator puts a call out, drivers say yes or no, operator acts accordingly.

Other than the time between inquiry and booking, what is the difference between the two types of bookings? In terms of the law.

That is not what you said in previous post,you made the booking on behalf of passenger stating they wanted you to pick them up,that is admitting you were plying for hire,court cases confirm that view.Lawbreaker.

All Uber bookings are actually Illegal since they are accepted by the ''driver'' first and then recorded on the uber system.

The first point of contact should be with the person who holds the operators licence and a request be made for a ph vehicle.

Incidentally, uber can continue to operate in london until all appeal processes have been exhausted which will probably take some years.

''But isn't that what happens?

The first contact is via the Uber app, not the individual driver.''

The view is expressed by a leading barrister and has been accepted by tfl...look at their latest info on the matter and they have admitted that the uber licence was refused for this reason and not what tfl initially stated.

I had my own operator licence for a number of years as well as my own PH plate and PH driving licence. If people approached me on the road I'd tell them to ring the office who would then ring me and give me the job.

Whilst your example is clearly common sense Mr Sussex, and probably happens many times a day as you say, I feel it is illegal in the eyes of the law. A private hire driver can only accept bookings from an operator licensed in the same district as themselves. As a PH driver you should not be allowed to accept a booking direct from a customer, no matter what actions you take to makeit look lawful.

I seem to remember court cases about a driver ringing his office and handing the phone to the customer to request a booking.

For many years I have felt that there needs to be another 'operator licence' for a single operator, this would help the 'self-employed' debate for sure.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3260239/Uber-drivers-breaking-law-says-Boris-London-Mayor-claims-taxis-hailed-app-ILLEGAL-rules-state-black-cabs-flagged-down.html


This was stated by Boris Johnson when he was London Mayor....but then he was told to stop by osborne and cameron...osborne now works with a co connected with uber earning £650,000 for a part time job....sleazy to say the least...

I don't think Boris questioned the booking process as such - I think he suggested that because the vehicle was visible on the app then that amounted to plying for hire.