Taxi Driver Online

To all Members of our Consultation List



The UK Government has today released a consultation paper as part of the rules. Please see the link below.



http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/ope ... ivershours



The following will have an interest in this document:



n Any driver who is subject to the UK domestic drivers’ hours rules;

n Any road haulage or road passenger transport operator or agency who employs drivers subject to the UK domestic drivers hours rules;

n Anyone else with an interest in the carriage of freight or passengers by road, or road safety in general.



Please note that the deadline for replies is the 13 October 2009.



Yours sincerely



Jennifer Raynor

Policy Advisor



Freight and Logistics

Department for Transport

Zone 2/14 Great Minster House

76 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DR



Tel: 020 7944 2123

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

double post, sorry

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My heart is heavy, but my consience clear,
I voted Yes, without any fear.

From page 7 of the document..................

Scope and exemptions

3.4 The most notable exemption is for all goods vehicles not exceeding 3.5 tonnes in NI (i.e. most vans) and, in GB, all passenger vehicles with 8 or less passenger seats where passengers are not been carried as separate fares (i.e. most taxis).

phew, my 18-20 hour shifts are still ok then








please note I only do 10 hrs, and even then I take 2 breaks of 30-60 mins.

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My heart is heavy, but my consience clear,
I voted Yes, without any fear.

If they ever bought in working hours for Taxi drivers how would they enforce it? It would be a nightmare to police.

Sadly its these exemptions they are considering tinkering with..

It would be the Kiss of death if they introduced this. You may be on call 9 hours including 3 rest periods...your going to look a right bonny b*gger if you have to stop 3 times on a long haul run and boot out your passenger as you cant be seen to be working.

worse still you'd need to employ 3 drivers every 24 hour period just to give you adequate 24 hour driver cover...now beside the occasional and extremely wealthy big smoke taxi driver of whom I know only one...who else in gods name can afford to pay 24 hours worth of wages for possibly 4 hours worth of driving a day...not me.