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I have been speaking to a lot of people and it seems all the new applicants are putting on fiat dublo's the city is going to be overrun soon there is seeminly over 50 new applicants on top of the 38 to be heard on thursday. It's going to be dog eat dog up here soon...LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE...

These are not allowed in Brighton.

well they only just got passed this week they are ugly looking things but really cheap mate so thats the incentive up here.

As the lad said on another thread, they are as "cheap as chips".

But I wonder why they aren't allowed everywhere. Yes they are on a par with the Elephant Man and Auriga's data head, in the ugly Olympics. But they take customers, and they take wheel-chairs.

Isn't that all that matters?

im planning on putting one on and i agree they are the worst looking taxi,s ive seen, but the public will get used to them when a couple of hundred of them appear most hired plates in dundee are preparing to switch to wavs as too are the private hire,s and some people on the waiting list the only problem i see is who is going to but 200 high mileage skodas

I wonder if 203020 will get their hackneys before this lot get theirs if they do it is going to be mad up here there will be so many cars on the road it is going to kill it for the decent boys up here like myself. i have had my plate for 20 years and when i renew my car it's going to have to be a wheelchair accesible i say BOLLOCKS to that like. well 203020 really f****d up dundee ...........

i dont think 203020 have submitted their applications yet as the council are still reporting under 50 applications so far and most of these will just be transfers from hired or private hire plates i know at least 9 of the applicants,i wonder whats going to happen when the individuals hiring a plate hands it back to the owner will it be rehired?there is going to be a massive change of attitude towards hired plates as the old hired plates suddenly become legal and wont be so keen to tolerate them but there will always be someone who doesnt want to be legaly regitered..

Don't forget 203020 can have a thousand vehicles, but they don't drive themselves.

If the council are going to allow a £10,000 WAVs, then surely many of the lads will choose to run their own.

However I do fear for the Dundee HC trade, not for what may lay ahead, but for the costs of the past.

Don't forget the local drivers union has still got an outstanding case with 203020. I'm afraid that if 203020 legal team are any good, they are going to clobber the union for their costs.

If the union don't settle, the costs will increase vastly. There is no way a court will decide on this case now. I'm afraid it's over.

Yet another case of ordinary working drivers being let down by those who should have known better. Out of this 203020 are no angels, but neither are the union.

Goodness me I'm starting to sound like SM.

Alex

The reason that they are not allowed in Brighton is that the council will not licence a vehicle if it means that a seat has to be removed to accommodate a wheelchair.

Mind you, I dont see what the problem is really. As long as the vehicle is wheelchair accessible then wahst the problem with reoving a seat?

The reason that they are not allowed in Brighton is that the council will not licence a vehicle if it means that a seat has to be removed to accommodate a wheelchair.

Mind you, I dont see what the problem is really. As long as the vehicle is wheelchair accessible then what is the problem with removing a seat?

Can anyone enlighten me as to how easy or difficult it is to rmove this seat?

I could be wrong, but the one a saw at Sandown didn't need to have a seat taken out. They just collapse the seats like in most hatchbacks/estates.

It does make a four seater a two seater, one customer in the front, one in the wheelchair. But hey, if they want WAVs licensed, then license the WAVs.

Just because it's cheap, doesn't stop it being a WAV.

Yes, but don't forget LTI need your money as well.

Alex

I heard today that 203020 are going to think about putting on citreon voyagers the black cabs they are no longer looking at thr tx II well i went in today to fiat just to be nosey and the fiat doblo's are like gold dust you can't get your hands on one because there are so many being booked so looks like you guys getting their hackneys won't be on before christmas after all ha ha ha.....................

I have always found that it doesn't really matter what licensed vehicle you drive throughout the Xmas period, becuase it's mobbed out any way.

So if they have to wait a few extra months, well so be it. At least they can work like so and so's during Xmas to help pay for the things.

Alex

Alex in my book they should never have gotten thier hackney plates i have had mine for 20 years and i got mine legitemitly they are not 203020 forced the council to open the town up down here and we are all going to suffer for this is crap they won't be liked i can tell you it should never have happened and i am blazing mad that it did............