only good thing is we should all be on a level playing field.

So your Council is applying the rule to PH too?

Level playing field eh?

So your Council is applying the rule to PH too?

So your Council is stopping subsidy for buses and all other forms of competing transport?

our local council in their ultimate wisdom are applying the mandatory wav rule from this year(subject to change)
only good thing is we should all be on a level playing field,i hope.

Brighton & Hove City council have recently written in giving support to a mixed fleet of vehicle sating that it see's no reason to change it's policy. Brighton is one of the areas designated to be all WAV in the governments recent article on WAV accessability.

However, any new plate being issue (19 recently and 5 per year for the next three years has to be a WAV)

I sometimes wonder how London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield and the hundred odd other councils manage to operate a taxi service.

Or maybe I don't.

And isn't it funny how the only drivers defending a mixed fleet, are those that a) might have to buy a WAV in the future, or b) advocate others coming into the trade buy them.

No it's not funny Andy, you can discriminate against able bodied people as well as diabled people. A lot of people don't like WAV's, alot of people will walk round a WAV to get to a saloon, it's proved that in Dundee. If you look in all the cities you mention the PH trade are making a killing because of the WAV's. I can speak for Nottingham because they have F***ED the HC trade up big style with it being all WAV's, a mate of mine works in Nottingham for Trent cars and says their trade has increased 40% since the WAV rule was bought in 8 years ago, the HC trades prices have been increased to cover the extra costs of the WAV's this being passed on to the public. A ride to Mansfield from Nottingham is £20 in a PH, in a HC it's £30+ not a deal of difference is there??