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Take a tuk-tuk taxi into town

THAI-STYLE tuk-tuks could soon take to the streets of Liverpool. The tricycle taxi, also known as the auto rickshaw, is a popular form of public transport in south-east Asia, particularly the Thai capital Bangkok.

Licensed taxi driver Colin Huskisson has set up a company, Merseytuk, in the hope of using his own three-wheeler to ferry tourists around the city centre. His tuk-tuk, imported from Thailand, can carry six passengers at a time, and he wants to use it for city tours with a difference.

Mr Huskisson, 34, only needs the go-ahead from Liverpool council, possibly by next month. First he will have to convince councillors of its safety, as officials have expressed fears its passengers might fall out.

Mr Huskisson said: “I first had the idea about six years ago. “My wife Paula and I went to St Lucia to get married, and our chauffeur out there had one. “I thought ‘they should not just be allowed out here – let’s get one back home’.”

Mr Huskisson, from Stoney- croft, imported his tuk-tuk late last year and applied to the council for a licence to run it as a private-hire vehicle. He said: “I am fully qualified to drive it and I am looking at running city tours, like a Beatles tour, for example.

“It is also an advertising opportunity for companies, and I have even had some interest from Chang beer about putting their logos on it. “I want to use it as a wedding car with a difference as well. It is quite a big vehicle, about the same as a medium-sized car.”

As well as being popular in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka, tuk-tuks can also be found in the less exotic British seaside towns of Hove, Bridlington and Southampton.

Mr Huskisson now hopes that if Merseytuk is a success, he might eventually set up a fleet of three-wheelers to run around the city. Liverpool council’s licensing committee is due to discuss Mr Huskisson’s plan on March 28. ACCORDING to the council, passengers would not need to wear crash helmets to ride in the tuk-tuk.

But any of its drivers would need to pass the taxi drivers’ "knowledge" test and be processed by the Criminal Records Bureau before taking to the streets. They would also need to meet all council rules relating to private-hire vehicles, such as insurance and an operators’ licence.

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According to Mr Sussex they should.

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And a brain implant.

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Former taxi driver

WHAT A LOAD OF SH1TE

What? Sussex's post? That's not very nice!

I wonder if he got a job lot from B&H, or it could be the one that went missing from the bus rout you cannot leave anything about when a scouse is about

Two Scousers are riding along the M62 from Manchester to Liverpool on a
tuk-tuk. They break down and start hitching a lift. A friendly trucker
stops to see if he can help and the scousers ask him for a lift. He tells
them he has no room in the wagon as he is carrying 20,000
bowling balls but will take a look at the tuk-tuk for them.

He tries everything he knows but is unable to repair it. Time is getting on
now and he's late for his delivery so he tells the scousers he has to leave.
"R hey lad" they say "gissa lift". The trucker once again explains that he
has no room as he is carrying 20,000 bowling balls. The scousers put it to
the driver that if they can manage to fit in the back will he take them and
he agrees.

They manage to squeeze themselves and their tuk-tuk into the back of the
wagon so the driver shuts the doors and gets off on his way. By this time he is really late and so puts his foot down. Sure enough PC Plod of Greater
Manchester Police pulls him up for speeding. The good officer asks the
driver what he is carrying to which he replies 'Scouse Eggs'. The policeman obviously doesn't believe this so wants to take a look. He opens the back door and quickly shuts it and locks it. He gets onto his radio and calls for immediate backup from as many officers as possible.

The dispatcher asks what emergency he has that requires so many officers.

"I've got a wagon with 20,000 Scouse eggs in it - 2 have already hatched and the b*****ds have managed to nick a tuk-tuk already".

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R A lad

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

I bet he got it at a bargain price from some bloke in Brighton

Anyway if they let him use it we can run a sweepstake on how long it will take before it gets pinched by joyriders