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Green Badge / Yellow Badge Identifiers are coming to London
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Author:  GBC [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:09 am ]
Post subject:  Green Badge / Yellow Badge Identifiers are coming to London
Story courtesy of The Anderson Shelter website.

http://theandersonshelter.blogspot.com/ ... l#comments

I have mixed views on this as the vast majority of Suburban London taxi drivers (yellow badges) are honest and stick to the rules, but there seems to be a new breed of driver who does the Suburban knowledge (split into about 7 sectors) with a view to working up town which is the domain of me and another 21'000 GBC's who have studied the whole of London over 3 years (or more)

The trouble is the minority who do work up town seem to cock up the routes as they rely on Sat Nav's, and the public not knowing any difference as they drive the same taxis as me, think some London cabbies ain't got a clue where they're going, thus damaging my future trade.

So Yellow and Green window identifiers are coming, hopefuly it will deter those going down the much quicker suburban sector knowledge with the sole intention of working anywhere but their sector.
Author:  Sussex [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Green Badge / Yellow Badge Identifiers are coming to Lon
GBC wrote:
So Yellow and Green window identifiers are coming, hopefuly it will deter those going down the much quicker suburban sector knowledge with the sole intention of working anywhere but their sector.

Why not have different coloured plates? :?
Author:  gusmac [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Green Badge / Yellow Badge Identifiers are coming to Lon
Sussex wrote:
GBC wrote:
So Yellow and Green window identifiers are coming, hopefuly it will deter those going down the much quicker suburban sector knowledge with the sole intention of working anywhere but their sector.

Why not have different coloured plates? :?


Why not do both? :idea:
Author:  grandad [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:13 am ]
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Who is going to tell the japanese and Chinese tourists that there is a difference?
Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:30 am ]
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grandad wrote:
Who is going to tell the japanese and Chinese tourists that there is a difference?

If the suburban plates were yellow, surely they would prefer those taxis!!

:D :D :D
Author:  TravisBickle [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Green Badge / Yellow Badge Identifiers are coming to Lon
Sussex wrote:
GBC wrote:
So Yellow and Green window identifiers are coming, hopefuly it will deter those going down the much quicker suburban sector knowledge with the sole intention of working anywhere but their sector.

Why not have different coloured plates? :?


It wouldn't work because of the large number of cabs that are rented, many of which are short term. You'd have a Green Badge driver getting in to a Yellow plated cab and vice versa. But even so, the drivers ID is going to have to move with him/her from cab to cab.
Author:  Sussex [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Green Badge / Yellow Badge Identifiers are coming to Lon
TravisBickle wrote:
It wouldn't work because of the large number of cabs that are rented, many of which are short term. You'd have a Green Badge driver getting in to a Yellow plated cab and vice versa. But even so, the drivers ID is going to have to move with him/her from cab to cab.

That's a fair enough point. So maybe the sign in the window makes sense.

Be funny if they are the same design as the minicab discs. :D
Author:  christopherwk [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:45 pm ]
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What will the identifiers look like? Will they have the name of the sector(s), the driver is allowed to ply for hire in big letters?

What's to stop say, a Richmond driver taking a fare to City Airport, or the O2 then plying for hire there once dropped?
Author:  TravisBickle [ Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:27 pm ]
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I assume they will be displayed on the partition, not on the rear window.

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Author:  grandad [ Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:28 am ]
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TravisBickle wrote:
I assume they will be displayed on the partition, not on the rear window.

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That would mean that the punter would already be in the taxi before he could see the sign. The punter from overseas who speaks little English and reads even less English will still not know what the signs mean.
Author:  GBC [ Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:05 am ]
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It's not for the punter, the identifiers are for enforcement, so the guy who is sitting on Richmond Station will see that the taxi in front actualy belongs to Bexley, and can then in his own words politely tell him to naff off back to Bexley.
Author:  GBC [ Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:07 am ]
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And they're for the rear / front windows.
Author:  skippy41 [ Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:38 am ]
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GBC could they not put a wide yellow band around the centre of the cabs as well as the yellow plates the band could be the same sticky stuff used for lettering
The information as to what cab is what could be put on all web sits and information literature
Author:  gusmac [ Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:13 am ]
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skippy41 wrote:
GBC could they not put a wide yellow band around the centre of the cabs as well as the yellow plates the band could be the same sticky stuff used for lettering
The information as to what cab is what could be put on all web sits and information literature


If I understand this correctly, it's not the cab that's zoned - it's the driver.
The cab can be used by any licenced driver in any zone, provided he has a yellow badge valid for that zone or a green badge valid in all zones.
Some cabs are used in different zones by different drivers so whatever is used must be changed when the driver changes.

Have I got this right?
Author:  csp [ Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:33 am ]
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Good on the club for getting this pushed through. =D>
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