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Author:  townhalltaxis [ Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:58 am ]
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Taxi law
strange taxi laws London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) were required by law carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats. This was because they were originally horse drawn, this was repealed in 1976, even so, until then it was illegal for a taxi not to carry hay and oats.

It is still illegal for cab drivers to carry rabid dogs or indeed corpses and by law they must ask each and every passenger if they have small pox or 'The Plague', yes, even to this very day!
Author:  bloodnock [ Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Youve got to ask
townhalltaxis wrote:
Taxi law
strange taxi laws London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) were required by law carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats. This was because they were originally horse drawn, this was repealed in 1976, even so, until then it was illegal for a taxi not to carry hay and oats.

It is still illegal for cab drivers to carry rabid dogs or indeed corpses and by law they must ask each and every passenger if they have small pox or 'The Plague', yes, even to this very day!


I seem to remember a couple of years ago an Edinburgh Cabby or PH getting innocently roped in to taking a wheel chair corpse down to Berwick..
Author:  sasha [ Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:36 pm ]
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townhalltaxis wrote:
by law they must ask each and every passenger if they have small pox or 'The Plague' !

If I asked 90% would reply 'yes', the other 10% would be lying ! :lol:
Author:  edders23 [ Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Youve got to ask
Are you sure you haven't got small pox mixed up with syphilis sasha ? :D
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