Taxi Driver Online

The Institute of Licensing is undertaking a survey, about the Taxi Service industry, this survey will be used as a tool to lobby the Government reform on the outdated legislation response are wanted from not only Licensing Officers, but users and also the workers within in the trade.


If you have time for the trade then take a few minutes if you can to take part in the survey
http://www.instituteoflicensing.org/taxireform.html

When the IOL become a body I can trust maybe, until that time absolutely no chance.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

How would that make a difference and what is your mistrust of it now CC?

Last years IOL policy of a single tier system of licensing is a decent starting point, all licensed vehicles plying for hire? no thank you.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

So how would you distinguish those you would like to ply for hire against those you wouldn't within your favoured single tier licence?

Not sure the Captain is a fan of single tier.

But the IoL would say why should we distinguish full stop.

One license, to ply and to take radio work.

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IDFIMH

Me thinks some one taketh the Pith !!

On the contrary, I think if we disagree with anything then the only course of action should be to make your views known. I have no idea how influential these people are and only came across their link in another forum discussion and thought it may be useful here also. If what they propose is going to affect us then our views will only be heard if we make them known rather than talk amongst ourselves, IMO.

Its for the punter to fill in......and even then it skipped most of the pages before i got a look at em..

I know where your coming from stf but in so far as I am concerned the IOL have never been particular fans of the cab trade, they appear to support delimitation, they are continually calling for new taxi legislation without actually telling people what the new legislation should be.

Their plan for the taxi trade announced last year after another consultation was ridiculed, after they said we shoul have a single tier made up of three different tiers, it would have been unenforcable imo.

They call for new laws, as stated, but any new laws will not be that far away from what we already have, so lets keep the current legislation and modify it.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

What I will say about the IoL is that they are a bit of a weird lot.

Despite being invited to join the Meetings of Minds group, they still seem to think they can cure all the trade's woes on their own, and that's a bit daft.

They haven't quite grasped that for anything to go forward they need the support of the other major stakeholders in the trade.

Their continual banging on about a single tier system might have some support, but it ain't going to happen.

If they can answer the question as to how they are going to get the London black cab trade and the London private hire trade all meeting the same standards and entry requirements, then maybe I would give that policy more credence.

But any of us with more than two brain cells knows that will never happen, which makes it all the more strange the IoL think it could.

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IDFIMH

Who are the IOL..is it A government body or is it an Independant Quango of Intellectuals just trying to keep themselves on fatcat wages by spouting what they think will keep them in with the present government.

Why have they an axe to grind?..the system aint perfect and nor will it ever be and im sure this lot wont be the magical panacea that they like to think they are.

They are a whoop of licensing officers who advise each other and councils on licensing laws bloodnock

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Must have to much spare time on their hands then if theyre wandering off from implementing the LA rules to inventing a few new ones as they merrily whoop along....

Maybe that is where the difference lies in that almost ALL other clown Halls than the Capital already license both PH and Hacks under the same standards. So it seems conceivable for them to consider both as the same thereby saving themselves some work trying to police the conflicting bylaws. That of course is one sided and only looks at life from their perspective and I feel we need to be in there making a noise for those in authority to take notice of our concerns from the trade.