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M4 Bus Lane

Transport for London (TfL) and the Public Carriage Office (PCO) in particular have received a number of enquiries recently over the regulation and control of the M4 Bus Lane.

The Highways Agency (an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport) is the relevant highway authority for the M4 Bus Lane, and enforcement of the bus lane is undertaken by the Metropolitan Police.

As well as buses and motorcyclists the bus lane is available to all licensed taxis and is signed accordingly. Private hire vehicles, licensed under the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998, are not permitted to use it and drivers should be aware that contravening the prohibition is an offence.

Mary Dowdye

Head of Standards & Regulations

For previous PCO Notices visit tfl.gov/uk/pco

Currently!! watch this space, powder dry.

TFL ACCESS LANES FOR USE OF ALL PRIVATE HIRE USERS

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Are those who continually commit road traffic or licensing offences able to be regarded as 'fit and proper' when it comes to the safe and legal conveyance of the public?

Not in this part of the UK

CC

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17 pages about scabs in bus lanes?

why would tfl want scabs in bus lanes?

To pi ss off folks like you.

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IDFIMH

Are you a scab then?

No the true scabs are the London black cabbies who carry on working whilst their colleagues are on a demonstration i.e the other 95%.

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IDFIMH

Yep that aint very clever,

Are you a taxi driver then?

As defined by the Home Office, oh yes.

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IDFIMH

Why do you sound like a scab then, are you PH

I'm both, now pick the bones out of that.

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IDFIMH

Thats what I thought, you would see things differently if you were a taxi driver. PH is the easy option, thats why it attracts low lifes

Which part of the word 'both' do you not understand?

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IDFIMH

GMB AND RMT PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS JOIN FORCES TO DEMAND FOR A PUBLIC ENQUIRY ON THE RUNNING OF THE PUBLIC CARRIAGE OFFICE (PCO)

London’s Hackney Cab drivers and Private Hire drivers are joining forces in their demand for an inquiry into the running of the Public Carriage Office (PCO) which regulates the London’s mini cabs cabbies and black cabs. Both sets of drivers are unhappy with the PCO’s structure and position on many issues concerning the industry in the Capital including:

1. How Private Hire drivers who are unable to speak English are able to pass the vital typographical and other tests and checks.
2. Why the ban on driver safety shields when drivers are regularly attacked and even killed in their cabs.
3. Why fit CCTV cameras in vehicles with no sound recording?
4. Why does the PCO alert Private Hire Operators offices of the dates when they will carry out regulatorary checks which gives the operators time to sort out paperwork and conceal any illegal conduct such as the hiding the employment of unlicensed and illegal drivers?
5. Driver standards. The killer on the ‘Knowledge’ was already a badged PH driver.
6. The too comfortable relationship with the major Private Hire Businesses.
7. The PCO’s acceptance of poor standards of driver paperwork.

Terry Flanagan, GMB National Organiser of professional drivers said, ”Both sides of the London Passenger Trade, mini cabs and black cabs, joining together on the vital issues of the running and standards of the PCO will be a much stronger force than from just one which would be attacked as been biased towards one side or another.”

Eddie Lambert, Chair of the RMT London Taxis’ Branch said, “By coming together on these specific issues we are letting the PCO know we are not going to be ignored by them and we will force them to address the flawed way that they operate. We will challenge the entire PCO operation as it is currently structured. Public Safety is too important to be used as a political play thing and we are a demanding a PCO that is genuinely fit for purpose.”