Taxi Driver Online

Angry taxi drivers are planning a city centre protest line as they battle for more official ranks.

Members of the Hackney Drivers’ Association Ltd, who work from Preston’s train station, have been told to line up outside the Preston Council headquarters, on August 2.

In a letter addressed to council chiefs, Charlie Oakes, chairman of the group, said: “Further to our earlier complaint about the actions of enforcement officer and the lack of ranking spaces supplied by Preston City Council for our members who work at Preston Station.

“I have been instructed by the members to inform the council that a peaceful assembly will take place at the Town Hall on the 2 August 2010, by the hackney drivers from Preston Station.

“Unless urgent talks takes place to resolve the issues which our members have suffered and continuing to suffer.

“It would be regrettable if such action would need to be taken but our members fell aggrieved by the actions of the licensing department.”

Pete Tyson, treasurer of the Preston Hackney Carriage Association, said: “The situation is very frustrating, we do not have enough places for cabs who want to wait, it has been ongoing now for several years really.

“That is partly because of parking restrictions and partly because of the amount of hours drivers are now working in order to make a living due to the recession.

“Drivers are working longer hours because of the recession and because of that there are more taxis which are not moving.”

But Mr Tyson said he would not be advising his members to take part in the action.

He added: “I am aware of it but we prefer to work with the council through negotiations because we need town hall on our side.

“I am not in favour of it, I am in favour of carrying on with exhausting the channels we are going down.”

A spokesman for Preston Council, said: “We are currently looking into the situation and will respond to them in due course.”

Two years ago cabbies protested after the number of spaces at Preston railway Station was reduced.

An estimated 100 drivers took to the streets for a go slow demonstration after the number of spaces was cut.

source: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Never has an association been so limited

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

What was the result of that demonstration?

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Larger Underpants.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

The drivers that stayed behind.... cleaned up.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

So apart from the above stated did it have no effect?

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

I think the rail rank in Preston is on Rail property......hence the permit fee.

I would say it would have no effect because the people that should be making ranks on rail premisis are rail people, not councils.

But then again, I'll be rightly accused of being a little funny on this and picking on Charlie.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

As our council keeps pointing out to us there is NO legal obligation for the provision of rank spaces i.e. accept what you have got the protest about preston station should be taken up with Virgin trains surely who are the operators of preston station how about driving in circles around their offices honking horns it might get better results

So the Councils aren't obliged to provide ranks?? OK then we aren't obliged to give them £70,000 each year then in licensing fees.

yes your right 185 cabs and around 30 if that spaces during the day. around 22 spaces on the station for about 100 cas very limited.

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C. Oakes


The Hackney Association Ltd
bbha@btinternet.com

Don't let them say what they don't have to do, get them to address what they need to do.

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IDFIMH

That maybe correct, but very often the highways are controlled by other agencies, and each authority has to have a local transport plan, which taxis should be included.

The latest LTP's have recently been drafted.

Get a copy on a PDF and search the word taxi.

If you dont get a mention, object to the plan.

Then sit back and watch them sh*t themselves.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin