Sorry - I'm blonde and female and NO I'm not thick - just why are LO's issuing FREE hackney plates (going rate here £10k) to people who put a purpose built and possibly un-crash tested vehicle on the road when none of them know how to safely position and clamp down a wheel chair in their vehicle and none of them have to prove that they are capable of doing so! Instead they just lurk about having 7 pax seats and take all the previous minibus work - darts / pool teams etc.

BUT I really do think that to get ten grands worth of plate free you should have to prove worthy and that there should be a further test to prove that you can work the controls within your vehicle etc.

Sorry - I'm blonde and female and NO I'm not thick - just why are LO's issuing FREE hackney plates (going rate here £10k) to people who put a purpose built and possibly un-crash tested vehicle on the road when none of them know how to safely position and clamp down a wheel chair in their vehicle and none of them have to prove that they are capable of doing so! Instead they just lurk about having 7 pax seats and take all the previous minibus work - darts / pool teams etc.

As my son is disabled I'm not going to be accused of anything but asking why? I agree fully that there are not enough of us out there picking up the "wheelie brigade" BUT I really do think that to get ten grands worth of plate free you should have to prove worthy and that there should be a further test to prove that you can work the controls within your vehicle etc. I used to drive a TX11 and had many many 2 quid fares who now struggle out of their chairs as these so called WAV cars are no longeravailable to them. Orhas LTI got something to do with this - make us feel guilty if we stray back to saloon car land? I would point out that I only gave up my TX as my own disabled son was was unable to access the vehicle - its his personal condition as my cab is also the family car so no replies onthat vein please.

Sorry - I'm blonde and female and NO I'm not thick - just why are LO's issuing FREE hackney plates (going rate here £10k) to people who put a purpose built and possibly un-crash tested vehicle on the road when none of them know how to safely position and clamp down a wheel chair in their vehicle and none of them have to prove that they are capable of doing so! Instead they just lurk about having 7 pax seats and take all the previous minibus work - darts / pool teams etc.

As my son is disabled I'm not going to be accused of anything but asking why? I agree fully that there are not enough of us out there picking up the "wheelie brigade" BUT I really do think that to get ten grands worth of plate free you should have to prove worthy and that there should be a further test to prove that you can work the controls within your vehicle etc. I used to drive a TX11 and had many many 2 quid fares who now struggle out of their chairs as these so called WAV cars are no longeravailable to them. Orhas LTI got something to do with this - make us feel guilty if we stray back to saloon car land? I would point out that I only gave up my TX as my own disabled son was was unable to access the vehicle - its his personal condition as my cab is also the family car so no replies onthat vein please.

Sorry - I'm blonde and female and NO I'm not thick - just why are LO's issuing FREE hackney plates (going rate here £10k) to people who put a purpose built and possibly un-crash tested vehicle on the road when none of them know how to safely position and clamp down a wheel chair in their vehicle and none of them have to prove that they are capable of doing so! Instead they just lurk about having 7 pax seats and take all the previous minibus work - darts / pool teams etc.