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Author:  captain cab [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Chichester cabbies unhappy at change to taxi rules
Chichester cabbies unhappy at change to taxi rules



Moving away from a set of licensing conditions for hackney carriages after 25 years could put public safety at risk, taxi drivers in Chichester have warned.

The district council’s licensing committee voted to remove the London Conditions of Fitness (LCOF) that all hackney carriages currently comply with and form a group to set new conditions.

But there are fears moving away from the LCOF, first put in by the council in 1987, will make it harder for people to distinguish between licensed and unlicensed taxis in the future and could therefore endanger public safety.

Hackney carriage driver Jim Rendall said: “The hackney carriage partition protects the passenger and the driver. Moving away from the LCOF would be unsafe for other vehicles.”

He said moving away from the conditions would allow any vehicle, so long as it met the new conditions, to get licensed to pick up people in Chichester.

During a consultation into the LCOF, The London Taxi Company warned: “If the council moves away from their present conditions, this will allow converted vehicles to be taxis - lowering standards and putting public safety at risk. As many of these vehicles are operated by private hire companies, the distinction between licensed and unlicensed vehicles will be lost. This could endanger the public.”

A Chichester District spokesman said: “We would like to reassure residents that public safety is one of our key priorities and will continue to be so. Any new conditions will make sure that any licensed vehicle continues to be clearly identifiable as a taxi. Until the new conditions are approved the London conditions will remain in force.”

http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/local/ ... -1-3624425
Author:  gusmac [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Chichester cabbies unhappy at change to taxi rules
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAz ... ata_player
Author:  captain cab [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Chichester cabbies unhappy at change to taxi rules
gusmac wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo&feature=youtube_gdata_player



as opposed to glorious aberdeen with zones and restrictions and UNITE the union running the show =D>

CC
Author:  Sussex [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Chichester cabbies unhappy at change to taxi rules
The trade is in recession yet we have drivers begging to still be able to only buy £35,000 motors doing 15/20 mpg.

You really couldn't make it up. ](*,)
Author:  captain cab [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Chichester cabbies unhappy at change to taxi rules
Sussex wrote:
The trade is in recession yet we have drivers begging to still be able to only buy £35,000 motors doing 15/20 mph.

You really couldn't make it up. ](*,)



Aint Chichester deregulated?

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Author:  Sussex [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Chichester cabbies unhappy at change to taxi rules
captain cab wrote:
Aint Chichester deregulated?

Yes, so maybe it's an indirect way of keeping others out.

That said there ain't many new TXs. [-(
Author:  gusmac [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Chichester cabbies unhappy at change to taxi rules
captain cab wrote:
gusmac wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo&feature=youtube_gdata_player



as opposed to glorious aberdeen with zones and restrictions and UNITE the union running the show =D>

CC
What restrictions are you referring to?
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