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PIONEERING taxi TV firm Cabtivate has won more safety plaudits after its system was given a glowing report by the world's leading vehicle testers and also passed strict EU regulations for electro-magnetic (EM) tests. The screens fitted in the back of black cabs have already won approval from licensing authorities across the UK, but bosses of the firm were keen to carry out the most exhaustive tests possible. So they commissioned two firms of leading independent experts, MIRA and SGS, to carry out various safety tests to establish if there was any potential risk to passengers or drivers.
The system passed all the tests with flying colours and the MIRA report even showed that Cabtivate screens made the vehicle even safer.
Mark Greenhalgh, managing director of Cabtivate, said: "We were delighted with the results because we have always been totally committed to ensuring our system is 100% safe. This is fantastic news for us and also extremely reassuring for passengers and drivers whose vehicles are fitted with the Cabtivate system. It will also be welcomed by vehicle owners, who constantly have to meet exacting standards set by cab inspectors."
The first report, undertaken by renowned automotive research and testing experts MIRA, saw powerful hydraulic battering rams used to test the screen partition to destruction in order to find out how the screen would behave in the event of a road accident.
MIRA, formerly known as The Motor Industry Research Association, provides product engineering, research, testing, and certification to the worldwide automotive industry. It dates back to the foundation of the Institution of Automobile Engineers in 1899. The exhaustive tests were carried out at MIRA's Warwickshire base with and without the Cabtivate screen fitted to the partition. The results showed that while the rigidity of the screen was the same in both tests, the screen actually reduced displacement of the partition making it even safer for the driver. The report concluded that: "The failure loads were approximately the same in both tests however the display partition displacement was significantly reduced with the display screen fitted."
For the second test the Cabtivate system was submitted to Durham-based SGS, a VGA accredited test facility, to undergo testing for electro-magnetic (EM) emissions, in order to comply with CE EM certification standards.
The test results showed that the system easily met the required standards, ensuring it is safe for both drivers and passengers.
Previously the system has been examined by independent inspectors appointed by the AA and has also been approved by various local authorities who were satisfied with its safety specs.
Mr Greenhalgh added: "There was never any real question mark about the safety of our equipment but we felt it was prudent to have it independently tested beyond any reasonable doubt. The results were everything we expected them to be -"ancfmore! ft seemed strange to watch a huge hydraulic ram smashing into the screens but it was well worth it to prove unequivocally that the Cabtivate system does not compromise taxi safety in any way whatsoever. In fact, it enhances it."
Cabtivate's unique system was specially designed for the taxi trade and shows a wide range of content including short films, music videos, news updates, showbiz gossip and local information. It has attracted hundreds of advertisers, including many blue chip firms. It was originally launched in the firm's home city of Edinburgh following 18 months of on-the-road tests. It has since been successfully extended to Glasgow and is now being rolled out across the UK, with drivers queuing up to capture a system in order to bring in extra advertising revenue.
Content is tailored to match the average taxi journey time in a specific area and is constantly updated using satellite technology - which means drivers are never distracted and have no involvement in running the system.

SOME ONE ELSE MUST HAVE NOTICED SURELY . THIS IS RUBBISH. YOU CAN NOT SEE OVER TO YOUR REAR LEFT, THE SCREEN RESTRICTS YOUR VEIW . ITS OK ON JUNCTION WITH A RIGHT ANGLE BEND .BUT A BEND WITH AN ANGLE LESS THAN 90 DEGREES ,YOU HAVE TO PULL UP SHORT . OK IN A CHEAP VAN, BUT NOT WHEN PEOPLE RUN ACROSS THE ROAD TO JUMP IN TO YOUR CAB . OK IF YOUR THE OWNER YOU MAKE 10,000 A YEAR. IF YOU DRIVE IT WELL DODGY . I HAD A BAD DAY PUMPING BIO DIESEL . OH I FORGOT TO MENTION IM IN OIL AND I DONT MEAN IM A TUNA FISH . THE OIL BARON OF SEFTON

I wouldn't have one in my cab.

there's too much advertising, every where you go.

I respect my passengers and I want to give them a nice peaceful ride.

Kevin

LOOKS LIKE YOUR INSTINKS ARE RIGHT KEVIN . MY FEARS SEEM PATHETIC COMPARED WITH THIS . One of the existing questions about the system's safety seems to remain unanswered. There is concern in many quarters that there has been no crash test simulation of a TX1/2 with a cabtivate screen fitted. The screen is fitted to a perspex sheet and held in place with 4 screws/nuts/bolts, and nobody knows what would happen to it in a head-on smash. Would it stay in place or would it break free? Would it just give the driver a friendly tap on the head or would it decapitate him?

Has it been tested? SEFTONSTAR ..

I agree, and I wouldn't want to ride in a cab with one either.

Anyone read No Logo by Naomi Klein?

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Depends if you view £1100 for an all over ad, and a further £1000 for a cabvision screen per annum, financialy viable or not?

Thats my overhaul and insurance covered.

And our 'cabvision' screens are fitted on the bulkhead between the flip down seats, not the glass area.

Well I don't think the economcis have ever been in question, at least for the individual driver.

After all, few are going to look ridiculous with an all over ad just because they're feeling charitable?

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