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Chester is not a restricted area and we have a dual badge so the application criteria is the same for both.
Since de restriction in July 2008 the number of hackneys has doubled and the fight for the work that is out there has intensified.
There is a constant battle to stop certain Private hire drivers from acting like Hackney drivers and picking up off the streets.
There are lots of Private Hire drivers who do the job correctly who are also getting fed up with the les scrupulous ones who are giving them all a bad name and then there is gasntan who thinks they are being persecuted for nothing.

We have a situation in our area, where the licensing enforcement officers are all over the private hire trade with a fine tooth comb, but leave the hacks to their own devices. We've recently had 2 P.H. cars lifted and taken to the pound, and both drivers incurred costs and fines of approx. £1000, and 6 driving license penalty points, both of them guilty of taking an 'unbooked' fare worth less than £10.
Meanwhile, the hacks are constantly over-ranking, driving past empty ranks to tout, off-rank, outside nightclubs. Circling past our office queues at 1 mph until they get a flag.
Our council has now outlawed lap belts in the rear of our vehicles, on safety grounds, but allow them in the exact same model vehicles, if they have a hackney plate on the rear.
Our association has reported all this to our local authority 'solutions' team, and they can't see a bias. We are now awaiting a report from the 'ombudsman'. Where would we stand withholding our license fees until our officers give us what we pay for, a level playing field?

You must be having a laugh....All over private hire - watch this video then say that with a straight face.

http://youtu.be/IlBxqV6EAsY

What are these non-inclined playing fields used for?

Football, rugby, hockey, netball, rounds?

Is there any limit to their uses?

lap belts? whats he driving a Mk2 cortina? havent seen a lapbelt for years except in a easyjet

My VW Sharan has one.

What about a lti , never been in one i guess

Didnt really think youd been driving long,your inexperience shows x