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Author:  captain cab [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Rotherham minicab driver caught illegally plying
Rotherham minicab driver pays price for illegal 'taxi' passengers

A ROTHERHAM private hire driver has been fined for illegally plying for trade.

Akbar Ali was landed with a £490 bill and six penalty points following a joint operation between Rotherham Borough Council's Community Protection Unit and South Yorkshire Police during which he was found to be picking up passengers illegally in the town centre.

Only official Hackney cabs, which are coloured white in Rotherham and identifiable by the yellow taxi sign on the roof, are insured to pick up passengers when hailed in the street.

Private hire vehicles can be any colour but can only carry passengers who have pre-booked.

Cllr Peter Wootton, chairman of the council’s Licensing Board, said the safety of the public was the board’s main concern.

He added: “Any member of the public who gets into a private hire vehicle without pre-booking should be fully aware that they will not be insured in the event of an accident.

“That is how the industry works and how it is regulated and that is why the Licensing Board will work together with taxi companies to clamp down on this kind of offence for the benefit of public safety.”

source: http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/ne ... ngers.aspx
Author:  silvercab [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:23 pm ]
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Plying for Hire operation. Are you reading this Manchester Licensing and Councillors? It would seem Rotherham undertake these Ops of their own accord, that's why they don't have 400 drivers turning up to Licensing committee meetings accompanied by a procession of taxis.
Author:  trotskys twin [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:00 am ]
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silvercab wrote:
Plying for Hire operation. Are you reading this Manchester Licensing and Councillors? It would seem Rotherham undertake these Ops of their own accord, that's why they don't have 400 drivers turning up to Licensing committee meetings accompanied by a procession of taxis.


400 cabs turning up at council meetings fekk me you must be in a Union SILVERCAB ????

when is the strike to shut down the city center ????
Author:  captain cab [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:05 am ]
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trotskys twin wrote:
silvercab wrote:
Plying for Hire operation. Are you reading this Manchester Licensing and Councillors? It would seem Rotherham undertake these Ops of their own accord, that's why they don't have 400 drivers turning up to Licensing committee meetings accompanied by a procession of taxis.


400 cabs turning up at council meetings fekk me you must be in a Union SILVERCAB ????

when is the strike to shut down the city center ????



probably as soon as the council allows them more than 7 minutes to present their concerns (with the aid of a stopwatch)

democracy - don't you just love it.
Author:  blackpool [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rotherham minicab driver caught illegally plying
Couldnt even get everyone in the room to hear it !!
Author:  captain cab [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rotherham minicab driver caught illegally plying
blackpool wrote:
Couldnt even get everyone in the room to hear it !!


Manchester has previous in this;

http://www.peterloomassacre.org/history.html
Author:  grandad [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:54 am ]
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captain cab wrote:
“Any member of the public who gets into a private hire vehicle without pre-booking should be fully aware that they will not be insured in the event of an accident.



DOH! #-o
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