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TfL warns yellow badge HCDs can't do app jobs out-of-area
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Author:  StuartW [ Sun Oct 18, 2026 12:50 am ]
Post subject:  TfL warns yellow badge HCDs can't do app jobs out-of-area
Saw this on Taxi Point, which was surprising - I'd always assumed that any London HC could accept pre-booked anywhere, as per the default in the rest of England :-o

That said, the stuff in this piece isn't wholly clear - and a curious mixture of stating the absolute obvious regarding plying for hire (and making it sound like it desperately needed clarifying, because it was unclear) and the slightly confusing stuff about pre-booking. (And, as per usual, maybe sidetracked slightly by the mention of apps etc - surely it's simply about pre-booking as opposed to plying for hire - to that extent, an app booking is surely no different to one by telephone 30 years ago.)


TfL warns suburban Yellow Badge taxi drivers they CANNOT accept fares outside licensed areas, including via apps

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Author:  StuartW [ Sun Oct 18, 2026 12:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: TfL warns yellow badge HCDs can't do app jobs out-of-are
Probably no point going through it all and trying to pick holes in it 8-[

But this final paragraph maybe sums up some of the less clear stuff in the whole piece - this reads like 'plying for hire' includes a fare via a 'digital booking platform' :-o

Quote:
For Yellow Badge drivers, the central message is that their authority to ply for hire remains geographically restricted, regardless of whether the next fare comes from a passenger on the street, a taxi rank or a digital booking platform.
Author:  Sussex [ Sun Oct 18, 2026 5:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: TfL warns yellow badge HCDs can't do app jobs out-of-are
I think that's all a load of old boll***s.

Clearly, the yellow lads can't rank up or get flagged down in green areas, but a radio/app job is a radio/app job.

Would this rule apply to green badge cabs at, say, Gatwick?

Clearly not, due to it also being a load of old boll***s. :-k
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