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Threat of court on illegal taxi trade in Pendle


TAXI drivers who illegally ply for hire outside pubs in Pendle could face prosecution.

The warning comes as Pendle Council launched a crackdown on both Hackney and private hire taxis picking up fares near the White Bear Inn, the George and Dragon and the Thatch and Thistle pub in Barrowford.

Taxi driver associations welcomed the action, but called for more immediate punishments for those who flout the law.

Prosecutions in these circumstances are carried out by local councils rather than police. Private hire taxis are only insured when booked through a rank and Hackney carriages are not allowed to wait in places other than designated spots to pick up trade.

Charlie Oakes, chairman of the Hackney Carriage Association, said: “The council should have a substantial crackdown on unlawful plying for hire. These people should be prosecuted. It has to stop.”

The council has agreed to carry out more plying for hire exercises to issue warnings to drivers.

A similar exercise carried out over two days in June in Barrowford, Fence and Colne saw nine private hire drivers and nine Hackney cab drivers issued warning notices.

Council leader Joe Cooney said councillors wanted to come to an agreement with drivers illegally picking up customers before it became necessary to prosecute.

He said: “We are going to try to work with both the Hackney trade and the private hire trade before we go down the route of prosecutions. We would rather work with them to find a solution. Members of the community are going to go out with officers on a Friday night to the hotspot areas so we can see for ourselves what the situation is.

“If they do not want to agree to anything, we will go down the route of prosecutions. Our concern is safety.”

source: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/ne ... in_Pendle/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Is Pendle twinned with Trumpton?

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

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IDFIMH

I think Charlie has broken his spell checker again.

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Grandad,

They can sit where they want, within reason, as long as they are not on the same street or in view of the rank, that's if there is no space

no they can't ffs

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

If there is not enough rank space yes they can, we can sit anywhere even on the same street or in view of the rank and pick up.
Not forgetting a taxi can ply for hire anywhere within its licenced district

Yes but these taxis are in Pendle, not skippyland where you make rules which usually involves asking farmers and sacrificing chickens ffs

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

They can clamp down on PH, but not the taxis, if there is a need for a rank at these locations why don't owners ask for one it would make life a lot easyer

the HC are very probably related to the PH......if you follow my drift.

does it not seem strange the council announce on Monday, they're coming out this coming Friday, and they wont be doing anyone, they'll just have a word, and its this Friday, Friday night time, about 9pm, so if you are, errrm sitting outside pubs, in a PH , maybe you should avoid doing anything this FRIDAY, because a few councillors will be about.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

You mean that the papers reporter does not know the difference as usual

I am sorry but Pendel council they selling tickets for when they come out, you can jut hear it at the next meeting ticket sales were good, we saw nothing.

If Labour gets in Pendel next year there will remove the age limits now what would you do.

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C. Oakes


The Hackney Association Ltd
bbha@btinternet.com

cc that is insult to TRUMPTON

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C. Oakes


The Hackney Association Ltd
bbha@btinternet.com