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My ex wife drives a minibus for the county council under the MiDAS system. She has confirmed that it was a case of just turning up for the course. Apart from the councils own vehicles, there are very few around here with any type of PCV disc in the window.

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Grandad,

I thought the "minibus" rules for drivers only allowed "volunteer" driving to be D1 101, if ANY money changed hands (fares, fuel, wages, etc) then the driver needed a D1 minibus test/pass and licence

if these groups ask for any monies off passengers in thier minibuses the law is being broken

better ask the councillor on the Melton group board for some explanation

and the LCC "officer"

Janet Mendham Chairperson Individual Member

Gerry Short Vice Chairperson Individual Member

Jane Horn Vice Chairperson Individual Member

Peter Burgess Melton Access Group

Philip Newmark Individual Member

Nicholas Goodman Individual Member

Sally Fagan Individual Member

Rosie Pearse Co-opted Member

Chris Ball Co-opted Member

Company Secretary Janet Mendham



Funding Body Representatives:

Anjana Bhatt Leicestershire County Council
Councillor Ron Marks Melton Borough Council

Id hazard a guess that LCC has a policy of subsidising these groups across the county, i found the charnwood group, melton has 1, if they all start doing 90,000 passenger miles a year...............

how did the melton group (unplated/unbadged) gain access to the tenders?

It would come under VOSA's sphere of influence...but if its anything like up here then anyone can drive a Minibus for reward and get away with it..no one ever, ever seems to check up on them..and for sure the drivers will not be properly insured to drive A Coif compliant operator licenced minibus for reward or not, unless they have a full D1 entitlement...

And By reward im not talking about whether the Actual Driver gets paid personally by the owner in Cash or in Chicken giblets...its about the owners making a profit, which is not the same as an owner driver running their own car for 40PPM.

they are county funded and backed, so your stuffed, cos county councils never, ever, do anything wrong



if they make a loss but get any money it still counts

grandad, remember i said that webpage with that melton job would be pulled?

guess what...............

It's a good job that I printed a copy then.

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Grandad,

check yr PMs...

Pink Ladies still out and about at Manchester airport T2 this morning in their renault van plate-less!. I thought, they were slapped down for this?

FFS..why do they refuse to take the lawful route to run a Business.....What is it with that bunch of trouble making cowgirls...P*sses me right off!!

Its not like they in a plain car trying to keep a low profile. They in bright Pink VAN lol

What you don't realiase is that these so called volunteers get paid from leaving their home to returning to their home .We taxi drivers only get paid while the customer is in the vehicle. In Durham all social services work is handled by one of these companies that has over 120 drivers on their books.
With only overflow work given to genuine taxis .So vulnerable children are being ferried around by these pirates , wait until something happens and watch the S*** hit the fan. But like all the other cases the council will deny all responsibility.

if 2 passengers (not an escort) travel in the same car some pay 2 x 40p per mile each way....

Pretty certain most do realise they get paid from home, and also pretty sure this is a big f*** off scam that is doing a large amount of damage to the taxi/PH trade.

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