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You are righ Ears, everyone will suffer, the rumour in our office is that the drivers and proprietors will both be prosecuted as there seems to be lies andd deceit on both sides,
Seems speculation is rife among the PH offices ! To put you all right,
on Wed 4th August Licencing and regulatory committee heard from both drivers and proprietors. Both parties presented documented evidence and made verbal statements to the committee. the point of the meeting was to determine who owned the licenced vehcile.
Proprietors had bills of sale in various guises. Some written and signed by driver, some printed but not signed by driver and some written by proprietor themselves.
Drivers presented documented evidence ie Insurance certificates in their name only, log books in their name only, finance details for the vehicles in their name only, bank statements proving all payments relating to the vehicle were paid by them through their bank accounts, repair bills bearing their names only and vehicle details, printed contracts/agreements regarding terms of their business arrangement, and of course the recorded telephone conversation which was presented in transcript and as a cd recording. That recording was copied on to a disc by trading standards at Northallerton at the insistence of Taxi Licencing.
The police are involved and are working alongside York council in investigating the events and actions of certain individuals leading up to that meeting. Police involvement was at the insistence of both DVLA and the finance companies involved after 'unusual' requests were made of them prior to the council meeting !
Unfortunately for all Hackney proprietors, some have gone to extreme and illegal lenghts and methods to try convince the authorities that they own the vehicles, and their actions will reflect in future licencing rules and regulations as has already been proved.
Drivers took this action after requests were made by the proprietors that were wrong and illegal. Each and every proprietor was given the opportunity, by the drivers, to buy the vehicles from them and therefore abide by the licence conditions. Unfortunately these few refused to do so because they did not want the expense of the vehicle or the responsibility of maintaining that vehicle !
The alternative was for the drivers to create a paper trail that would indicate to Taxi Licencing that the vehicle was owned by the proprietor, but in fact, the drivers were the owners and would still be responsible for all running costs of that vehicle. YES they could have done it, but due to the unscrupulous behaviour of the proprietors in time gone by and the desire to abide by the law and the licencing conditions, they have taken it upon themselves to do the right and just thing. A lot of thought and consideration went into making that decision and it was not easy.
A man will only take so much [edited by admin] from another man and a bully will always meet his match. These drivers will not be bullied by anyone anymore either now or in the future. They have done whats right and nothing will change that !
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