Taxi Driver Online

Toots, number 21 of your conditions says:

21 (iii) Any such meter must be checked and sealed by an Authorised
Officer before it is used.

So in your neck of the woods this whole thread is a mute point.

_________________
Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

No limos don't, school runs don't, chaffeurs don't

_________________
Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Why is the whole thread a mute point?

Bare in mind that this was my first question




My subsequent question was relating to informing the customers of prices before they travelled anywhere

_________________
Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

If it's 4-8 seats, not a HC and for hire and reward, its a PH.
9+ and it's a bus.
A limo is a PH with a flash car and a suit.

Has your LA got it's own legislation?

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

Not in all cases. Some councils distinguish a limo from a private hire vehicle and call them "special event vehicles". Also some are licensed as PCV's and of course some are not licensed at all because they allegedly do not fall within the licensing regime as in Leicester.

_________________
Grandad,

It also has to be tested & the reason for that is that it will only be approved if upon testing it is found to be within the tolerances as laid down by Trading Standards when compared to the tariff set by the PH operator that the vehicle proprietor works for.

Whilst the LG(MP) Act 1976 does not say that a PH hireandrewardmeter must be sealed, any LA would probably put such a reasonable condition in the PHV Proprietor's & PH Driver's Conditions as they are allowed to do by the Act.

There would be no point in testing and approving a hireandrewardmeter in a PHV if it was not sealed immediately afterward, as by not doing so there is no proof to the public that it has been tested & it also leaves any unscrupulous PHV proprietor free to nip down to London & put a few tenners in the top pocket of an equally unscrupulous meter agent for him to input the London HC tariff into the meter.

_________________
Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

Type a message, post your news,
Disagree with other members' views;
But please, do have some decorum,
When debating on the TDO Forum.

You have a way with words Brum, Thats what I was trying to say, but CC was on the hiss so became a pain like his gearbox

Our council distinguish between all the different ph available. As I said earlier if a vehicle only does school runs it gets a different colour plate ffs. Limos etc don't have any plates on them but do need licences. We've even got the dreaded free bus that takes people to one of clubs with no plates and I'm not even sure if it's licenced.

Anyway back to the point of the thread imo if a meter is in a vehicle regardless which type of vehicle it is it should be sealed. I don't see why there should be one rule for HC's and one rule for 'bog standard' as CC calls it PH.



If this type of thing is happening imo it is a clear attempt to defruad the passenger

_________________
Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

It's not a bus if it's limo surely?

_________________
Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

It is if the law says it is.

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

Under PCV rules you can run vehicles under 8 seats as well as vehicles over 8 seats. So if you have a PCV operators license you can run a smart car if you like.

_________________
Grandad,

You are saying a meter is only approved once a set tariff is checked and sealed.

I'm saying a meter is approved when the maker receives approval for the unit itself.

I can see nothing written in law which says a council must check and seal a meter according to the set rate laid down by the operator.

And IMO for good reason.

_________________
IDFIMH

Quite. Does the law say it is?

_________________
Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

The law says you need a PCV drivers licence to drive more than 8 passengers for hire and reward.
If the limo isn't a bus, what use is a PCV driver's licence?

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/