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CABBIES AGAINST BORIS

C.A.B IS A PROTEST GROUP BY TAXI DRIVERS FOR TAXI DRIVERS WHO DEMAND THAT BORIS TAKES IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS.

1. PROPER REGULATION OF LONDON TAXIS.

THROUGHOUT THE UK LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE A TAXI LICENSING DEPARTMENT THAT REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THAT AUTHORITY AND IS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A FAIR, PROPER AND LAWFUL WAY.

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON IS A CORPORATION WHICH CONDUCTS ITSELF IN A WAY WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH PUBLIC LAW AND HAS IMPLEMENTED IMPROPER AND UNLAWFUL STRATEGIES ON LONDON TAXI DRIVERS.

A PROPER BODY NEEDS TO BE SET UP IMMEDIATELY TO MANAGE TAXI REGULATION IN A FAIR, PROPER AND LAWFUL WAY AND REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE GLA.

2. AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY

NEEDS TO BE SET UP IMMEDIATELY TO INVESTIGATE

THE FAILURE OF TFL TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE PRIVATE HIRE REGULATION. THIS IS NOT JUST UNLAWFUL IT COMPROMISES THE SAFETY OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC AND COMPROMISES SECURITY (HIGHLIGHTED BY THE RECENT TERRORIST CONVICTIONS). TFL’S MANY IMPROPER AND UNLAWFUL STRATEGIES WHICH HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ON TAXI DRIVERS WHICH INCLUDE THE OPERATION OF TAXI RANKS, THE OLYMPIC ROUTE NETWORKS, DRIVER IDENTIFIERS AND THE TAXI AGE LIMIT.

3. EMISSIONS

THE MAYOR AND TFL HAVE SAID THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM POLLUTION RELATED ILLNESS IN LONDON AND HAVE IMPOSED RIDICULOUS INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES ON TAXI DRIVERS WHO ARE THE VERY PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY POLLUTION (DRIVERS SIT IN IT FOR THEIR ENTIRE WORKING LIVES).

THE TAXI AGE LIMIT WILL DO NOTHING TO REDUCE POLLUTION AND IS PUTTING UP TO 300 DRIVERS A MONTH OUT OF WORK. IT SHOULD BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY.

PROPER AND EFFECTIVE EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGIES SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS A MATTER OF URGENCY TO INCLUDE A BAN ON PEAK TIME DELIVERIES FOR HGVS, PROPER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TO STOP ROADS BEING BLOCKED BY ROADWORKS ETC AND EFFECTIVE EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR TAXIS.

DRIVERS WILL BE PROTESTING EVERY MONDAY MORNING BY DRIVING TO TOOLEY STREET AT 11AM STARTING FEBRUARY 20TH 2012.

PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PROTEST REGARDLESS OF WHICH TRADE ORGANISATION YOU BELONG TO AND SAVE YOUR TAXI TRADE. THESE ISSUES AFFECT EVERY SINGLE DRIVER.

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL:

CABBIESAGAINSTBORIS@GMAIL.COM

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE TEXT UPDATES ABOUT THE PROTEST PLEASE TEXT THE WORD ‘CAB’ TO 66777 (STANDARD TEXT RATES APPLY)

CABBIES AGAINST BORIS

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

Well done London show the rest how its done

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C. Oakes


The Hackney Association Ltd
bbha@btinternet.com

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IDFIMH

So in an licensing area where drivers earn more than any other licensing area in the country, having spent 2/3/+ years getting a license, over 3000 drivers are leaving the trade because Boris wont allow them to license polluting sheds.

FFS.

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IDFIMH

Their chairman isn't Ken Livingstone perchance ?

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Latest info from this group.

Alex

In 2008 Boris Johnson lobbied for the support of London Taxi drivers
promising to ‘make their life easier’. In his 2008 campaign manifesto
‘Getting Londoners moving he said-


*Protecting London’s Cab Trade*

‘We believe that the cab trade has not got the support it deserves.’

‘we will enact right away to ease the burden on the cab trade’;


Taxi Globe reported-

As the New Year began in 2008,

Boris Johnson began his campaign to become Mayor of

London. At the Royal Oak he told cab drivers: “Taxi drivers

give London a great service – they are an institution. They

work hard to earn the right to drive on the streets of the

Capital and I do not believe in trying to wreck their trade

in the way that Mayor Livingstone has been doing over the

last eight years.” He continued by saying he would scrap the

mid year inspection. He said: “These inspections are adding

to the cost of the taxi drivers’ livelihood, increasing the cost

of their licence, putting an unnecessary burden on drivers.”

Secondly, Boris promised that cab drivers would no longer

be penalised for stopping on Red Routes to allow passengers

to use cashpoints. Thirdly, Boris promised to work with local

councils to make the rules on using bus lanes the same across

London, enabling cab drivers to use all bus lanes.

In response to a question the Mayor said

*Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): *I think that was the right decision on
the twice yearly inspection. We are not going back on that. There are a
variety of other measures that we are looking at to make taxis cleaner and
greener and to improve the quality of London’s air, but without punishing,
unfairly, taxi drivers who have invested in machines in good faith in the
belief and knowledge that these are the things that are their only source
of income.

In an interview with Cabbies in 2008 he said

‘They’ve had a pretty rough deal over the last few years and there are some
very simple things we can do to make life easier for the cabs and to get
traffic moving again’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLL4Bfd729g

So his promises in 2008 of ‘making life easier for the cabs’ and removing
burdens and his acknowledgement that

Taxi Drivers give London a great service and had earned the right to drive
on London’s streets led to the Back Boris campaign in 2008 which helped him
to win the election.

Since his election he has moved the regulation of London Taxis from the
Public Carriage Office to Transport for London who have done the complete
opposite of making life easier for taxis. They have failed to enforce
Private Hire regulation, they have taken away the right to drive on London
Streets during the Olympics, they have introduced an Age Limit which puts
drivers out of work and does nothing to reduce emissions and have now
removed hundreds of Taxi Ranks across London. HE HAS NOT KEPT HIS PROMISES
TO SUPPORT LONDONS TAXIS !

The Cabbies Against Boris protest tomorrow is to remind Boris of his
promises and demand that he makes immediate changes and stops the
persecution of the Taxi trade by TFL.

TFL have implemented a strategy of ‘Divide and Conquer’ by deliberately
causing differences between trade organisations. The protest tomorrow has
received support from members of ALL Taxi Trade organisations.

There is no political agenda or ulterior motive; the only people the Mayor
has to answer to is the London Cabbies themselves.

Please support this protest !. If the Mayor see that London Cabbies are
protesting against him he will have to make immediate changes. If the
protest is not supported he knows he can do what the hell he likes.

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