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CARS may be getting safer, but drivers are not. To paraphrase the glorious GLC Cars don't kill people, drivers do.

It would be better to let the Kings Lynn report expand on the safety aspect considering it is mentioned three times.

The report strongly supported the concept of quality regulation as a means by which to regulate driver and vehicle safety.

5. Amendment to the existing policy.

The existing policy requires that all new hackney carriage licenses are only
given to vehicles which are fully wheelchair accessible. In order to improve
the quality, safety and environmental impact of the fleet it is proposed that the following policy is adopted.

3. The Office of fair Trading (OFT) Report – November 2003

The OFT published it’s report The Regulation of Licensed Taxi and Private
Hire Vehicle (PHV) Services in the UK in November 2003. The report is
extensive covering a number of different aspects to hackney carriage and
PHV services however the most controversial aspect to the report was it’s
recommendation for the removal of limits on the issue of hackney carriage
plates. The report stated that quantity restriction should be removed as
consumers suffer through:

(i) Reduced availability of hackney carriages
(ii) Increased waiting times
(iii) Reduced choice
(iv) Reduced safety

JD

Correct me if I am wrong, (and I know you will) but did the report not go on to say, that LA's should not make conditions of licenses, upon deregulation so onorous as to dissuade new entrants to the Taxi trade?And are the Kings Lynn vehicle conditions, in your opinion, onorous enough to dissuade new entrants?

Are talking about the OFT or Kings Lynn report?

JD

We discussed that ad nauseum a few weeks ago jimbo, so there's no point in going over it all over again.

But suffice to say, the test might not make for perfect drivers, but it would help surely?

The OFT report. The authors were concerned that one barrier, plate premiums, would be replaced by other artificial barriers to new entrants.
I will re-read my copy to find it in the next couple of days.

The OFT report. The authors were concerned that one barrier, plate premiums, would be replaced by other artificial barriers to new entrants.
I will re-read my copy to find it in the next couple of days.

I do not understand JD how you mistake a quote for an admission.

plate premiums are not a barrier, in my opinion. Is that clear enough?

I thought you would say that, I did notice it was a quote but I thought I would temp you in any case. It was most interesting to read your reply? lol

However Jimbo, I am surprised that you think plate premiums are not a barrier yet you think investing in a new vehicle is a barrier? Is there any logic in that and if so, what is it?

JD

Do you really believe that if every qualified driver took a DSA test, that crashes, speeding, and bad driving would become a thing of the past?

No need to reply, we all know you actually think it would be so.

But what about the fares! What do Kings Lynn drivers think about the fares?

But what about the fares! What do Kings Lynn drivers think about the fares?