Taxi Driver Online

The Law states that private hire should be pre-booked. Indeed, our beloved council even arranged for a sticker to be placed on the front doors of PH cars, because this would prevent vulnerable females, including those under the influence of drink and drugs, from being raped. Quality!!!

How comforting to know how much our council cares about the public, rather than naked commercial greed.

Anyway, like "fit and proper" and "as it sees fit" the council is not bound to define what "pre-booked" is. it doesn't appear in licensing conditions and, surprise surprise, the CGSA doesn't define it either (the Act was not crafted for the current commercial reality, and the Scottish Nasties won't review it because it protects control and their commercial pals.)

So, technically, one could approach a PH car, you could say, "Can I book you to take me to ..... in one minute?" and the driver could fone in, log the job in the system and take the fare.

The reality of course is that the driver is self employed. Being less than three cars in his business, he doesn't come under base licensing. There's nothing to stop him saying, ring my mobby, and jump in.

Of course we know, it's really just a signoff from the circuit (for a natural break of course well it is natural to put self interest first, isn't it?), jump in and meter on, or fare by agreement.

Do you think our politically corrupt council and morally bankrupt Scottish Nasty government don't realise this?

Woodburn, Cardownie, MacAskill, Salmond. Says it all does it not?

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Why don't you do something useful like form an Action group against the flouting of rules by PH??

Of course you're going to get corrupt people at all levels.

Look at you.....free plates and you sold them on....were you just taking advantage of the system??

Those involved in the trade who got free plates and sold them on are total and utter scumbags in my opinion.

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An interesting question, one which has been tossed around across the border for years. It not only requires clarification of pre-booked but also touting and plying for hire. These are 3 of the many subjects that have been discussed with the Law Commission and what many feel will get much worse if the cross border issue is allowed.

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Dear OP, what definition of "pre-booked" would you like, an hour, a day, a week?...

if you dont say we dont know

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