edders23 wrote:
toots I think the gist of the argument is that newspapers credit PH as being cabbies when they are not if the press and the general public were properly informed via the meia they might actually understand the difference which would probably be quite good for both hackney and PH trades
It doesn't make one bit of difference to the public, the only people that make a fuss about it or care about it are the taxi drivers. The HC drivers here are no more qualified to drive the public from A to B than I am. All the public want to know is if the driver and the vehicle are safe, end of. So in your opinion what makes a cabbie, a light on the roof?