Taxi Driver Online

Using this logic, a council which permits saloon car hacks wouldn't allow any saloon car to be a PH.

You are assuming that your council recognises the shape of the E7 as being why they recognise it a hack. This is unlikely since it's shape comes from the Peugeot van/minibus it is based on, a shape which is identical to the Fiat and Citroen versions and similar to a few others.

It's more than likely that it's approved due to it's specification, rather than recognised due to it's shape.

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

The spec is hackney spec

_________________
christine

What does that mean exactly?

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

As far as I am aware St Helens licensing haven't allowed any E7's on as a private hire vehicle (they have allowed one Peugeot ‘Expert’ with an installed partition screen as a private hire.)

Saints cars application to plate six E7's as private hire in St Helens is going to be refused purely on the seating capacity side of things , Saints cars want eight paying seats the council don't.

Yeah saints have been knocked back

_________________
christine

They are allowed down here. We have a colour coding with the hacks being known as a "Black & White, basically a Black cab with a White bonnet. Having said that an E7 would be allowed in Black as a P.H - no white bonnet.

The Hack drivers would be down on them like a ton of bricks if they saw them trying to do Hack work, and they know it.......so they do not - well, not very much.

_________________
if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

The LA will decide, and if it complies it will be accepted, but why change it to HC?

No, they ALLOW the E7 to be a HC, not that it RESEMBLES a "taxi" - which it doesnt - its a box on wheels

Your local hacks need to take a chill pill (once they have extracted heads from arses)

_________________
Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Every council in Sussex does.

_________________
IDFIMH

Have seen two to date here in Liverpool, old style e7 and the more recent one. Both have had the decals and top light removed.

What's decals

_________________
christine

The taxi stickers on the vehicle

_________________
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I still fail to see the problem licensing an E7 as a PH, its just an MPV with added rooflight

if the arguement is the E7 is used as a hack in the town so shouldnt be a PH, you could say the same for any vehicle plated as a hack apart from "purpose built" (Lti/Freeway) vehicles

what about marc vitos? if one was hack plated would it prevent the PH trade plating one?

_________________
Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Wouldn't Stop the general public buying them as used vehicles and using them as Private Vehicles...and it'll still look like a Hack.

I still fail to see the problem licensing an E7 as a PH, its just an MPV with added rooflight

if the arguement is the E7 is used as a hack in the town so shouldnt be a PH, you could say the same for any vehicle plated as a hack apart from "purpose built" (Lti/Freeway) vehicles

what about marc vitos? if one was hack plated would it prevent the PH trade plating one?
Under the 1976 act, they should resemble a HC

_________________
christine

CHRIS2610 wrote:
Understand what your saying, but in this town I would say 2/3 of the hackneys in this town are e7s, so to let private hire to be able to plate them is wrong, as they resemble a hackney cab



Wouldn't Stop the general public buying them as used vehicles and using them as Private Vehicles...and it'll still look like a Hack.


Haven't got a problem with the general public using them, they don't have a council plate on the front and back

_________________
christine