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Have another look at the East lothian PH plates ! Easily mistaken for white ?



And where do you think they leaned that from ???? The minority ???



get the council to issue PH cards ???



Is there such a thing as a PH meter ?????? And what would be the difference ?? Maybe they should be renamed Taxi and PH meters ???



Again maybe it should be printed as Taxi and PH tariff sheet ??

Is this the best argument you can come up with ??



I'll answer that with your own post,
"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 "
Three lady's in one night suggests it is widespread !!

Well mine is a meter, and it's in a PH.

What else would you call it?

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Radios, plates external and internal and its still happening.
I tell you what ! give up the above three for advert on side of vehicle ?
Because its obvious the other three didn't keep the public safe !!!

I couldn't have put it better myself ! well said !!

Maybe there is a shortage of HC on the roads for people to flag down safely, perhaps councils should consider floading the streets with safe vehicles so people have less chance of being picked up by bogus drivers, perhaps that is the answer. Perhaps better still because I don't believe flooding the streets with taxis is a sensible option, there should be some education for the benefit of the idiots who will insist on getting into the first vehicle that stops for them. My heart goes out to anybody who has a bad experience when all they want to do is get home and in this instance being aware of plates etc would not have helped if it was a bogus taxis with plates on it, but knowing that you could not flag a PH vehicle down may have gone some way to preventing it happening, who knows.

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

ross my point is when people see you dropping off or waiting for a job they will at times try to get you to take them as they dont see the diff between PH and Taxis and thats some what due to the fact that some councils let cars work as taxis.
as you will see i did not take any of them and neither do the majority of PH drivers. but you have to agree there are a minortity in the taxi that do stuff they should not and dont try to make out that your all angels you know thats just not true

oh and also ross pleanty walk past and hail a taxi



no it does not ross that was one night on other nights no one trys it
but in your mind its going on all the time and we are all breaking the law taking cash from you and god knows what else you think we get up to i hate to think

FOR THE LAST TIME I DO NOT PICK UP OFF THE STREET AND NEITHER DO THE DRIVERS I KNOW WE ALL NEED A LICEANCE TO OPPERATE AND IF WE TAKE A CHANCE BANG GOES THE JOB BANG GOES THE HOUSE ETC ETC

Ross you just hate PH end of story

when will you get this in to your think skull man the majority of PH drivers out there are doing the job lawfully.
why dont you report the ones doing it as i know the data units in your taxis are going ding dong at the weekends about PH picking up

as for the rest of your stuff i cant be bothered with it you missed my point

That will be the other 97% of Scottish councils then

Chipper ! your names not Mr Scholfeild is it ? you know the one that claims to be a private hire taxi driver ? whatever that is ??????

Look chipper , i have never said you personally do it have I ? I work the dayshift and you dont see it then, but what we do see is touting outside hotels,( the jury's inn is the favourate) a select number of regular culprits. Parking on the tail end of an empty taxi rank. And the constant use of bus lanes bus gates (green vito 201 regular) I would like to add that there has been an increase of forward travel PH doing this, shame on them!!!

If I am witnessing about half a dozen breaches of the byelaws by PH a day, and thats no exageration ! and thats the average per taxi driver, well I would say that adds up to quite a considerable amout of PH law breakers !!!!!

PS I don't hate PH, I hate their pathetic attempts to be taxis !!!

That about sums you up Ross, another inadequate desperate to feel superior to one of his working class buddies.

This is why I despise most of the Edinburgh Taxi Trade. They drag themselves down and anyone else at every opportunity.

What a waste of good oxygen . . . .

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Search continues for taxi rapist



Woman sexually assaulted by driver of private hire car


Lothian & Borders Police continue to hunt for a private hire taxi driver who sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman last month.

The attack occurred on 17 August at around 2:15AM. The woman, who cannot be named, entered what she thought was a licensed taxi outside the Hudson Hotel. She was then driven to Brunstane Road South, where the driver sexually assaulted her within the vehicle.

Police currently wish to question a black male, 35-40 years of age, medium build, with short, black hair, and a round face. The taxi is described as a four-door saloon similar to a Volkswagen, dark in colour, with what looked to be a white private hire plate on the rear of the car. While the aggressor has not yet been identified, a police spokesman said: “We have had a really positive response from the public as a result of our original appeal, but we remain keen for any information that can help us track down the suspect.”

Last month's incident has caused concern among Edinburgh locals with some voicing dissatisfaction with the taxi service in general. Speaking to The Journal, Leah Robinson, a 26-year-old PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, said that she felt threatened and scared: “It really makes you not want to go out alone or get into a taxi by yourself. Cabs are supposed to get you home safely. There is an element of trust when you get into someone’s taxi, but incidents like this create distrust in the service. I bet this will significantly hurt the cabbie business.”

Speaking this week about the continuing investigation, Inspector Audrey Fry from the Edinburgh cab office argued that there appears to be no evidence thus far to suggest that the taxi driver held a legitimate license, insisting that the licensing process includes appropriate safeguards against such risks. “After the cab office receives the individual’s application from the licensing office, it is sent to the chief constable where the request is vetted," she said.


"The constable’s verdict is put into a report and then sent back to the council for revision. The regularity committee listens to the constable’s suggestions while the applicant is present and a final decision is then made. It is very similar to a court case, but without the legal formalities.”

According to the licensing office, the Civic Scotland Government Act 1982 mandates a six-month scrutiny period to determine whether a taxi licence is to be accepted or rejected. This procedure, claim officials, provides adequate means to assess the legitimacy of individuals seeking to obtain a legal cab licence.

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Fears bogus cab driver is on verge of attacking again



« Previous « PreviousNext » Next »View GalleryPublished Date: 17 September 2008
By SUE GYFORD
POLICE are probing reports that a bogus minicab driver who raped a woman last month may still be picking up female passengers.

Officers are still hunting the man who picked up a woman in the West End and drove her to Brunstane Road South in Portobello, where he assaulted her.

Now a cab firm boss has come forward after a claim from a female passenger that she was subjectedADVERTISEMENTto "lewd" comments from one of his drivers – when he had no cars in the area.

Raymond Mathison, 52, who owns Chauffeur Private Hire in Craigentinny, alerted police after receiving a late-night phone call from the woman who had just been dropped off in Portobello.

She had picked the cab up on the street in the city centre, despite the fact that private hire vehicles can only be pre-booked.

Mr Mathison said: "A girl phoned me in distress and said to me: 'Your driver's just dropped me off at King's Road'.

"I said I'd not got a driver dropping off at King's Road and she said he'd just given her one of my cards.

"She said he was being lewd and suggestive coming down the road. I took her details and gave her my phone number as she was feeling rather frightened and wondering if he'd come back.

"She didn't go into details because she was upset, and I thought 'I'm just going to go to the police with this'."

His suspicions increased when the passenger said the suspect driver was black, as is the man being hunted over the August rape.

Mr Mathison said he had spoken to all his drivers, and all said they were unconnected with the incident, which occurred in the early hours of August 31.

Police are now understood to be investigating the incident in connection with the Brunstane Road South rape – one of about 30 leads they are pursuing.

A spokeswoman said: "We are delighted with the response to appeals for information in this case and are currently pursuing a number of lines of inquiry."

Mr Mathison called for moves to make it easier for passengers to identify genuine private hire cars.

He said: "The general public are often unaware that there's a plate on the front and back of a private hire vehicle. I think every private hire vehicle should have the company name on it."

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