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PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:27 pm 
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JD wrote:
No matter how many attempts are made at educating the media both the press and the police will never change their opinion or reconcile the fact, that there is a distinction between hackney carriage and private hire.

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Sadly your right, if anyone write to complain, the result is nothing more than lipservice, half a dozen words below the births, marriages and deaths column.

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 Post subject: Re: doh... Stupid.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:05 pm 
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To be honest I can't see what the problem is with all this taxi/PH confusion via the press.

The bloke who raped the lady might well be a PH driver, he most probably isn't a taxi driver, so f***ing what.

The person is a rapist.

The fitness checks are the same for taxi drivers and PH drivers, so it doesn't matter which vehicle a rapist may drive, those checks have failed.

Or are drivers of taxis checked to a higher level than PH in your area, cos they ain't down here? :?


Its not the CRO check that makes the difference, its the character assessment you have to go through during the Knowledge that makes the difference in London.
One convicted rapist since the war should say it all.
The CRO checks for London Taxi drivers brought in two years ago, is nothing more than revenue raising

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 Post subject: Re: doh... Stupid.
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London Jim wrote:
Sussex wrote:
To be honest I can't see what the problem is with all this taxi/PH confusion via the press.

The bloke who raped the lady might well be a PH driver, he most probably isn't a taxi driver, so f***ing what.

The person is a rapist.

The fitness checks are the same for taxi drivers and PH drivers, so it doesn't matter which vehicle a rapist may drive, those checks have failed.

Or are drivers of taxis checked to a higher level than PH in your area, cos they ain't down here? :?


Its not the CRO check that makes the difference, its the character assessment you have to go through during the Knowledge that makes the difference in London.
One convicted rapist since the war should say it all.
The CRO checks for London Taxi drivers brought in two years ago, is nothing more than revenue raising


So London Cab drivers dont rape anyone and there are no previous convictions?

I do see your point partically, a criminal record check only checks the past, what we need is timecop!

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 Post subject: Re: doh... Stupid.
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Its not the CRO check that makes the difference, its the character assessment you have to go through during the Knowledge that makes the difference in London.
One convicted rapist since the war should say it all.
The CRO checks for London Taxi drivers brought in two years ago, is nothing more than revenue raising

You might have a point, but then the lad from Wigan should be campaigning for a London type assessment for his local PH trade, not having forty fits cos some numpty journalist is lazy.

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 Post subject: Re: the point.
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wigan is far smaller than your major city's, the media saying it was a "taxi" dosnt help our trade, we work from 2 train stations in the centre there are only 140 ish hackney carriages. sadly when people travel and come through to our cabs they see TAXI sign illuminated and presume its one of us,thats why I feel so strongly about it. Quite rightly also pointed out this crime should not happen anywhere but sadly it does. I will suggest though that even stricter tests should be carried out. The thing is alot of this human rights laws are being abused our council are supplying interpreters to help people with tests. Nothing more I can comment on regarding the human rights laws. ( if you get what i am trying to say ).

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