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| Author: | Buzz [ Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Hi, I am currently attempting to pass my knowledge test in the Durham area. I have already failed the test once. The pass required being 100% regarding legislation and policy. I passed the locality tests with ease but even though I had been issued with a pack to learn for the knowledge, there were several questions in the test that weren't included in the information I had. I failed only getting 80%. Is there an online guide anywhere as to private hire vehicles/drivers and the laws they are subject to. Cheers. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Buzz wrote: Hi, I am currently attempting to pass my knowledge test in the Durham area. I have already failed the test once. The pass required being 100% regarding legislation and policy. I passed the locality tests with ease but even though I had been issued with a pack to learn for the knowledge, there were several questions in the test that weren't included in the information I had. I failed only getting 80%. Is there an online guide anywhere as to private hire vehicles/drivers and the laws they are subject to. Cheers. Ask the question here and you will get the answers. |
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| Author: | Buzz [ Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Thanks. 1. What is the law regarding carrying children in pushchairs? 2. What is the law regarding children and door child locks. I.e. what age before you don't use them? 3. Do you have to carry a copy of insurance on private hire vehicles? |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Buzz wrote: Thanks.
1. What is the law regarding carrying children in pushchairs?.........you cant, pushchairs/prams arent safe, and cant be strapped down like a wheelchair 2. What is the law regarding children and door child locks. I.e. what age before you don't use them?......not covered by law, its personal choice 3. Do you have to carry a copy of insurance on private hire vehicles?.....by law no, by LA regs maybe |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
wannabeeahack wrote: Buzz wrote: Thanks. 1. What is the law regarding carrying children in pushchairs?.........you cant, pushchairs/prams arent safe, and cant be strapped down like a wheelchair 2. What is the law regarding children and door child locks. I.e. what age before you don't use them?......not covered by law, its personal choice 3. Do you have to carry a copy of insurance on private hire vehicles?.....by law no, by LA regs maybe I am not sure about your answer to question 2. |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
grandad wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: Buzz wrote: Thanks. 1. What is the law regarding carrying children in pushchairs?.........you cant, pushchairs/prams arent safe, and cant be strapped down like a wheelchair 2. What is the law regarding children and door child locks. I.e. what age before you don't use them?......not covered by law, its personal choice 3. Do you have to carry a copy of insurance on private hire vehicles?.....by law no, by LA regs maybe I am not sure about your answer to question 2. The "non taxi" UK DVLA website says... Quote: 102 Children in cars, vans and other goods vehicles. Drivers who are carrying children in cars, vans and other goods vehicles should also ensure that children should get into the vehicle through the door nearest the kerb child restraints are properly fitted to manufacturer’s instructions children do not sit behind the rear seats in an estate car or hatchback, unless a special child seat has been fitted the child safety door locks, where fitted, are used when children are in the vehicle children are kept under control. Worth a read http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/legal_matte ... ks-on-taxi |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Basically they all want escorts, they all want no kids in the front and they all want to choose the route "Too many cooks", erc Oh, and none want to pay for the transport |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
The use of child locks in a hackney or PH could be viewed as stopping the punters from exiting the vehicle should a situation arise that puts them in danger. |
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| Author: | Cabby John 1 [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Quote: Thanks. 1. What is the law regarding carrying children in pushchairs?......... you cant, pushchairs/prams arent safe, and cant be strapped down like a wheelchair A bit of a contentious issue and one that I am quite prepared to be corrected on. Across the trade there is confusion as you will see it done in practically every City/Town etc. I have always understood that it is not illegal as such, in a nutshell (I believe) what may come about is say an insurance issue in the event of an accident. If I am wrong then I am wrong, unfortunately there is blog after blog on the net with conflicting advice and general confusion. |
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| Author: | mancityfan [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Then you enter the realms of the latest child seat belt laws, as documented from the Department for Transport. They stated: "In cases where there is no child restraint in [licensed] vehicles:- a child under 3 years may travel unrestrained in the rear; and a child 3 years to 135cms in height must use an adult belt and travel in the rear. Children up to 135cms in height may only travel in the front seat of any vehicle if they use the correct child seat/booster. Drivers remain responsible for making sure that passengers under 14 years use seat belts/child seats/boosters as required." So - it's clear as mud!!! - as obviously licensed drivers are not required to carry booster seats. So if the child in the pushchair is 3 or under, where do you put them? They cannot be carried in the parent's lap; they must be separate. But "unrestrained"? |
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| Author: | mancityfan [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
There is no law that Iam aware of; it's been down to the individual driver, and drivers have transported pushchairs with children still in them for donkey's years. However, i agree totally that the practice is dangerous, unsafe, not recommended under any circumstances. The only court case that draws a parallel is concerning the Birmingham black cab that was transporting a teenaged girl in her wheelchair, along with her father as carer. The wheelchair was not anchored correctly, the cab driver had to brake severely, the girl had brittle bone disease and the braking action broke her neck and she died. The coroner said that the driver was exonerated, because it was the father who had loaded his daughter in that manner/position in the taxi, and it was the father who had supervised her seat belt and chair anchorage, or lack of it. It's as i have always said: it will take a dreadful accident involving a child in situ in its pushchair before anything 'formal' is done about this practice. The outcome of such accident would be determined by whether or not the driver actually placed the child/pushchair inside the taxi him/herself (in which case he would be deemed to be responsible), or whether the parent placed the child/pushchair together in the taxi and insisted that they be carried this way. You have been warned? |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Cabby John 1 wrote: Quote: Thanks. 1. What is the law regarding carrying children in pushchairs?......... you cant, pushchairs/prams arent safe, and cant be strapped down like a wheelchair A bit of a contentious issue and one that I am quite prepared to be corrected on. Across the trade there is confusion as you will see it done in practically every City/Town etc. I have always understood that it is not illegal as such, in a nutshell (I believe) what may come about is say an insurance issue in the event of an accident. If I am wrong then I am wrong, unfortunately there is blog after blog on the net with conflicting advice and general confusion. strap a puschair down well and the frame will collapse, nowadays thats a £500 bill for the driver |
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| Author: | mancityfan [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
"Warning: It is unsafe to carry children in pushchairs in the taxi. Please remove your child from the pushchair before the taxi moves off." |
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| Author: | Buzz [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
Thanks for the replies. My head is buzzing already! |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Private Hire Knowledge Test. |
one problem is that there is no definition of "child", seat belt law states height .....not age |
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