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Edinburgh council need to wake up, and allow a small a small magnetic top light with the letters PH on it front and back, that must be on at all times
they could even allow door signage with the company name but not the phone number

your spot on skippy apart form the bit about the phone number

why should all the 3 taxi firms in edinburgh be allowed to have adverts on there taxi with there number on it and not the PH companys ????

PH companys have asked for all this stuff for years pointing out that a attack like this could happen so IMO CEC have to take part of the blame for this attack as they have failed to protect the public

ross and others from the taxi trade will resist this but it will happen all they keep saying is that PH are picking up from the streets which does happen and these guys should be hung out to dry IMO but its not as wide spread as they make out a lot of the guys i work with are angry with this view as you cant paint everyone with the same brush

OK Chip, put the phone number on as well, but only on the doors, I was under the impression that phone numbers where a no no

The top sign could be the mini one in this link
http://www.lettercrafttopsignsuk.co.uk/taxi.htm
With the letters PH front and back you can even get them with LED lighting now so no bulb changing for 15 to 20 years

If the council pulled the plug, the Ph trade would be decimated almost over night.

I think most Ph drivers would do the "knowledge" if they thought they might get their own plate. Chances are, that wee lassie got raped because she couldn't find a hack with his light on.

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think you would find that PH companys would become taxi companys as the big 3 would not let anymore taxis on there systems

the problem is there is a load of so called experts running the show in edinburgh and if it was not so sad it would be funny.
i gave up a long time ago trying to reason with these so called experts and thats not just in this trade its in every tade i have worked in.
sad to say you have to look out for number 1

CEC say any type of advert on a PH is a no no they say its against the law. funny how other councils are happy to break the law and not CEC. the other one i like is we are not TAXIS (which is true) and we cant call ourselfs one or display anything that would suggest this (which is fair ) but we can do "taxi cards" and must have a taxi meter fitted and follow the TAXI tariff sheet mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you just cant make this stuff up it makes you sleep well at nights knowing the palce is in safe hands and this has been going on for years:lol:

Well if the European disability group announce that all countries must use saloons as well for taxis all you will require is a top sign.
I hope that what they have published so far, and that was one of the recommendations that there be a mixture come to light
The end of PH could be on the cards, and you could then all call yourselves taxi drivers
The full report is due out next month, so start polishing that 50 to the gallon Skoda

you recomend any good polish LMAO

Police Warn Rapist Taxi Driver May Be Using Legitimate Cab

30th August 2008

Detectives hunting a rapist who attacked a woman nearly two weeks ago said they believe he may have picked her up in a genuine private hire cab.

The 26-year-old victim was raped after getting into a Volkswagen-type saloon which police last week warned was masquerading as a private hire vehicle.

Now new evidence has revealed that the car had a white private hire licence in the back window, sparking concerns that the driver may still be working in the city.

Detectives said they were "not ruling out" the possibility that it was a genuine cab operated by a licensed driver or someone who had access to one.

Officers are currently working with the council's taxi licensing department to track down any similar cars on its books.

While advising women not to be afraid to go out, they are warning them not to get into private cabs unless they have booked them.

The inquiry team also appealed again today for any taxi or private hire drivers at work in the West End in the early hours of Sunday, August 17 to contact them.

Hours of CCTV footage from around the time the victim was picked up is being studied in a bid to find film of the suspect's vehicle, although police do not believe they will be able to identify a registration plate using security cameras.

The victim, who is from Edinburgh, is still being comforted by her family and is still "very distressed" by her ordeal.

She was picked up outside the Hudson Hotel in Hope Street and the driver took her to Brunstane Road South, where she is believed to have been assaulted inside the car. She was then dragged out of the vehicle and left in the street.

A witness has come forward to say that he saw the victim crying in the front seat of the suspect's vehicle in Brunstane Road South around the time of the attack.

Police were tonight expected to carry out a leaflet drop around the Hudson Hotel in an effort to identify more potential witnesses who were in the area two weeks ago.

Last Saturday night, uniformed officers spoke to 170 people outside the hotel as they sought to drum up more information.

DI Willie Guild, who is leading the investigation, said: "We are still working through CCTV at this stage, but it's a massive task.

"We've had a good response from the public and the taxi and private hire drivers, but we would encourage any of them working a shift in the area that night to get in touch with us.

"Significantly, we now believe the car was a dark coloured Volkswagen or similar vehicle, a four-door saloon, with what we believe was a white private hire plate.

"There is a procedure to get these licenses through the council and we are working closely with them to check their records for vehicles that fit the description. But there is a possibility this man may have access to a private hire vehicle and not be the registered owner."

The suspect is described as black, 5ft 8in tall, around 30 years old, with short black hair, and wearing a red T-shirt and jeans.

Police came under fire for waiting nearly six days to warn the public that the woman had been raped after being picked up in the vehicle.

The move was criticised as "totally unfair" to city women who faced their "worst nightmare" of being abducted and attacked.

DI Guild added: "I know there were some concerns about that, but we are totally determined to catch this man."


Source; edinburghnews.scotsman.com; Edinburgh Evening News

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I know that the PH up there dont have white plates, but do any of the surrounding areas????? even across the forth

I hope it is the case that the vehicle was licensed as there's more chance of catching the scumbag.

I'm assuming the council keep a photo of every licensed driver?

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They do here. Our PH plates are red though.

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well they aint paying attention i had 3 attempts by females to get me to take them last night i refused everyone and gave them my lots number and told them to call up and in one case i got a mouth full of abuse for my trouble
i tell you its madness they just dont learn why do they feel the need to put them selfs in danger after what happened to that poor girl

few of us were talking about that skippy and no one can think of where it could be from.

The Fife PH plates are white, and the cars are quite anonymous - nothing on doors and only a smallish white plate on the back and an even smaller one in the front windscreen - which could explain the confusion as to whether it was a licensed car at all.

Mind you, if it was in the back window then that could indicate a chancer in a private car, who might have nicked a plate and stuck it in the window.

Can't be many black PH drivers in the area though, assuming he was licensed.