I Found the answer
If anybody spots a uber with a roof light please take a picture and send it in to licensing

. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
It is an essential legal requirement that Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Vehicles are readily distinguishable from each other.
Section 47 of the 1976 Act enables the Council to require that any Hackney Carriage Vehicle be of such design or appearance, or bear such
distinguishing marks as shall clearly identify it as a Hackney Carriage.
Furthermore, Section 48 provides that a
Private Hire Vehicle shall not be of such design and appearance as to lead any person to believe that the vehicle is a Hackney Carriage.
With these requirements in mind the licensing system will specify that Private Hire Vehicles are to be identifiable
by the coloured licence plate and may be additionally marked on the front driverand passenger doors
(subject to the approval of the Council), to indicate that the vehicle is a Private Hire Vehicle.
Private Hire Vehicles are NOT allowed roof signs of any description

West Brom PH have rooflights saying........."not a taxi"

That is a blatant breech of the Act about top signs, the word TAXI is forbidden to be displayed on a private hire vehicle.

That is a blatant breech of the Act about top signs, the word TAXI is forbidden to be displayed on a private hire vehicle.

Not in all cases. If my company is called grandads taxis and I run mainly hackney carriages the workd grandads taxis can still be used on my one private hire because it is the company name.

What's the source for that?

I think it was on here somewhere because a few years ago we had a company here that was called XXXXX taxis and they used the same name on their PH vehicles. I complained to the council and put it on here and both gave the same answer. If you run mainly hackney and the word taxi is part of the company name you can use the company name on your PH.

I think it was on here somewhere because a few years ago we had a company here that was called XXXXX taxis and they used the same name on their PH vehicles. I complained to the council and put it on here and both gave the same answer. If you run mainly hackney and the word taxi is part of the company name you can use the company name on your PH.

64 Roof-signs on vehicle other than taxis.

(1) There shall not, in any part of England and Wales outside the metropolitan police district and the City of London, be displayed on or above the roof of any vehicle which is used for carrying passengers for hire or reward but which is not a taxi—

(a) any sign which consists of or includes the word “taxi” or “cab”, whether in the singular or plural, or “hire”, or any word of similar meaning or appearance to any of those words, whether alone or as part of another word; or

(b) any sign, notice, mark, illumination or other feature which may suggest that the vehicle is a taxi.

as a companies name in some cases MUST be shown on a PH its obvious a AAA Taxi ltd car must have......."AAA TAXIS"


councils dont think that far in advance do they

1 hack on a fleet means "taxi" can be used on all cars

Why are the lewes private hire working for uber driving around Brighton with roof lights on?
I thought lewes private hire were not allowed roof lights