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taximan
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 9:11 am 
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My LA Forest of Dean District have just sent us all letters telling us that they are now enforcing the fitting of meters and as we re-licence we will have to have them fitted. They state that they are the only LA in the UK that do not enforce this and are only doing it to come into line with every other LA. Is this true ?
Its the wrong time surely when there is no work about to make use spend £200 ish per vehicle ?
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taximan wrote:
My LA Forest of Dean District have just sent us all letters telling us that they are now enforcing the fitting of meters and as we re-licence we will have to have them fitted. They state that they are the only LA in the UK that do not enforce this and are only doing it to come into line with every other LA. Is this true ?
Its the wrong time surely when there is no work about to make use spend £200 ish per vehicle ?


you will probably find you will take more per trip as its easy to underestimate a fare

you dont HAVE to charge meter fare, but have to use it...

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skippy41
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:16 am 
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plenty on ebay at the moment, and depending on what vehicle you have you may need a transducer, that fits to the speedo cable at the gearbox.
Halda meters are quite robust mine is 20 years old and has never had a problem
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grandad
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 11:31 am 
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There are no meters in Rutland.

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markheaney2
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 11:53 am 
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you don't have to have a meter fitted on private hire in york
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captain cab
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 12:18 pm 
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taximan wrote:
My LA Forest of Dean District have just sent us all letters telling us that they are now enforcing the fitting of meters and as we re-licence we will have to have them fitted. They state that they are the only LA in the UK that do not enforce this and are only doing it to come into line with every other LA. Is this true ?
Its the wrong time surely when there is no work about to make use spend £200 ish per vehicle ?


No idea what the figures are - surprised that there are still yourselves and as grandad mentioned, Rutland who don't have them.

You could try calling the NPHA - they may have an idea as they do the fare league tables.

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roythebus
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 1:22 pm 
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No meters here in Shepway on private hire cars.
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captain cab
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 1:42 pm 
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The private hire aspect is a red herring in this thread - the 76 act states;


71 Taximeters.
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(1) Nothing in this Act shall require any private hire vehicle to be equipped with any form of taximeter but no private hire vehicle so equipped shall be used for hire in a controlled district unless such taximeter has been tested and approved by or on behalf of the district council for the district or any other district council by which a vehicle licence in force for the vehicle was issued.
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(2)

Any person who—
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(a) tampers with any seal on any taximeter without lawful excuse; or
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(b) alters any taximeter with intent to mislead; or
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(c)knowingly causes or permits a vehicle of which he is the proprietor to be used in contravention of subsection (1) of this section,
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shall be guilty of an offence.

Having said that - taximan doesn't actually make it clear if he's HC or PH :lol:

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Nidge2
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plenty on ebay at the moment, and depending on what vehicle you have you may need a transducer, that fits to the speedo cable at the gearbox.
Halda meters are quite robust mine is 20 years old and has never had a problem


You don't use yours.
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captain cab
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Nidge2 wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
plenty on ebay at the moment, and depending on what vehicle you have you may need a transducer, that fits to the speedo cable at the gearbox.
Halda meters are quite robust mine is 20 years old and has never had a problem


You don't use yours.



pmsl :lol:

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Nidge2
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taximan wrote:
My LA Forest of Dean District have just sent us all letters telling us that they are now enforcing the fitting of meters and as we re-licence we will have to have them fitted. They state that they are the only LA in the UK that do not enforce this and are only doing it to come into line with every other LA. Is this true ?
Its the wrong time surely when there is no work about to make use spend £200 ish per vehicle ?


Some Meter firms rent you the unit for something like £10 per month fitted. If there's any tariff changes it's all free.

These are the closest to you.

A Line Taximeters

Taximeters and Equipment Suppliers in Gloucester

26 Bay Tree Road
Abbeymead
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL4 5WD


Phone: 0797360...
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Nidge2 wrote:
taximan wrote:
My LA Forest of Dean District have just sent us all letters telling us that they are now enforcing the fitting of meters and as we re-licence we will have to have them fitted. They state that they are the only LA in the UK that do not enforce this and are only doing it to come into line with every other LA. Is this true ?
Its the wrong time surely when there is no work about to make use spend £200 ish per vehicle ?


Some Meter firms rent you the unit for something like £10 per month fitted. If there's any tariff changes it's all free.



£120 a year.......der.......

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taximan wrote:
My LA Forest of Dean District have just sent us all letters telling us that they are now enforcing the fitting of meters and as we re-licence we will have to have them fitted. They state that they are the only LA in the UK that do not enforce this and are only doing it to come into line with every other LA. Is this true ?
Its the wrong time surely when there is no work about to make use spend £200 ish per vehicle ?


Hackney or Private Hire?

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PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 8:03 pm 
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FOD Licensing regs

Quote:
Private Hire

2.8
Meter
2.8.1
A meter may be installed in a private hire vehicle however if installed it must have a sign
attached stating that ‘This is a private hire vehicle’ and clearly display the tariff to which the
meter is set.


Hackney carriage

Quote:
2.9
Meter
2.9.1
Hackney Carriage (taxi) meters may be tested for accuracy at the discretion of the Licensing
Officer.
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2.9.2 The holder of a hackney carriage licence shall have fitted to, and used on, the vehicle,
a taximeter which has been calibrated by the installer and approved by the Council.
No other taximeter shall be fitted or used.

The taximeter must be electrical and incapable of multi tariff operation.

The taximeter must be in a position so that the fare
display will be readily visible to passengers being carried and must not obstruct the
driver’s view to the front.

2.9.3 The meter must be calendar controlled and be of a type approved by the Public
Carriage Office.

Meters must be programmed to show Forest of Dean District Council
rates and sealed by a plastic seal or numbered hologram type seal. A calibration
certificate issued by the company installing the taxi meter must be provided.

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Sussex
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2014 8:15 pm 
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taximan wrote:
My LA Forest of Dean District have just sent us all letters telling us that they are now enforcing the fitting of meters and as we re-licence we will have to have them fitted. They state that they are the only LA in the UK that do not enforce this and are only doing it to come into line with every other LA. Is this true ?
Its the wrong time surely when there is no work about to make use spend £200 ish per vehicle ?

There use to be three councils in Sussex that didn't have meters, but now there are none.

I think there is one or two in East Anglia that don't require meters.

You may have a concern about meters, but having meters is a sound way to actually earn a living and not knock the bo****ks off each other. :wink:

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