Sussex wrote:
StuartW wrote:
Suspect journalists, politicians and members of the public reading this will think Uber are retreating from these areas, but it's probably more about just finding the council with the most convenient licensing regime and working from there?
Possibly, but then they wont be able to use vehicles licensed in those areas.
That's what appears to have happened in Reading, and a most fascinating (for us anoraks) set of court hearings are ahead of us.
But won't they be able to effectively use any car from anywhere, as per TfL-licensed PHVs being used in places like Birmingham and Brighton? And that's the end result of the Deregulation Act thingy?
Or are you saying that if the Reading scenario was correctly prosecuted then the TfL vehicles in Birmingham and Brighton could be prosecuted too?
Interesting that the Reading case used the words 'plying for hire', which would suggest that it has nothing to do with PHVs doing pre-booked jobs? So if Uber drivers simply accepting jobs via the app then they can effectively use any licensed PHVs anywhere?
Are the Reading prosecutions being appealed?