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So that portion of the work you do for free?

Does an ambulance driver get pay docked when he is loading a wheelchair passenger?

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Meter starts when you are hired.

If you load a passenger before you are hired, will they be covered by your insurance?

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That's strange!!

Because the Minister did not attend, as there was a big announcemnt in Parliament that day.

And that's why I never went because there was no point with him not attending.

But my mate Ron went & reported back.

And the Stockton on Tees case presented by Brian with a Y apparently received no comments at all.

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I always put the meter on when i have made contact, or at the book time.
Put it this way.Picking up from a pub, you are not going to sit outside waiting for the customer to finsh off his /hers pint, then you put the meter on when the person gets in the vehicle, are you

You cannot do another job between waiting for the joe public to enter the vehicle, can you

That's unenforceable.

It's a condition on a Hackney Carriage driver & HC drivers are governed with Bye-laws & not conditions.

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Since when?

So if you get called out to a pick up & they keep you waiting for 25 minutes they get that free do they?

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No it would not!!!

You are working!!!

You are loading the passenger; you are working!!!

You should get paid for your work; everybody else does.

Where's the legislation that says you can't charge for when you are working?

All you have is a DRC document that says that a taxi driver should load the passenger for FREE!!

That's not legislation!!

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Same old story.

People think they hire a taxi.

They don't!!

They hire a taxi driver.

He's the one that gets paid, not the taxi.

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You have gone off track! We are talking about wheelchairs etc and that is totally different. If you are called to a wheelchair job and shall we say it is for 10.00 am and the person does not appear after shall we say 5 mins then you put the meter on and the same for an able bodied person who has a problem finishing their drink, having said that I have driven away from a (drink) job rather than let them p!ss me off.

I thought that we were discussing someone who is ready on time, and that most drivers including myself are a bit miffed that we are not being paid for our time. Down here it states that you start the meter when your wheels are rolling, I do not agree with it, but there you go. The downside is as already stated, is that people who need WAVs at very busy times have great difficulty in getting a lift..............I wonder why.

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So we now agree that the meter can go on for a WAV job before the WAV is loaded & all we are now arguing about is the degree of time before the meter is switched on.

And yes they do wonder why they can't get cabs!!

And in Brum that applies in quiet times too.

As for pub jobs; if they ain't outside when I arrive, they call again & get refused because they weren't ready the first time.

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I have never had that situation. After 5 minutes I would be gone!

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That's the point I'm making; it's all about degrees of time.

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policy in Thurrock

section 29 of terms and conditions

The driver of a hackney carriage shall, at the commencement of the journey,activate the meter so that the word hired is clearly visible and shall keep the meter operating until the termination of the hiring
commencement of journey means
a...when the hirer enters the vehicle
b...when the driver has attended at an appointed place and has made his presence known to the hirer
c...when the driver has presented him/herself at an appointed place at a specified time

Although I personally agree with that, again they are conditions of licence on a HC driver & there is no such thing in law.

Therefore those conditions are not enforceable; they must be bye-laws.

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He sent a DVD presentation.

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