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I have come back to this.... Private hire drivers cannot form associations or unions on most private hire companies... if they do... they are immediately dismissed..... and if the law commission has their way they will imprison them even more..... somebody said the law is supposed to be just..... But we all know of law is only just if you have money.....

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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!

As I pointed out to Mr RP when I discussed this with him, I would be able to find the cheapest LA to license my vehicle and myself and then go work wherever I pleased on a PH circuit and he didn't disagree, which I found quite alarming

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

Isn't the LC's proposal to make fees uniform to avoid shopping around, and of course the PH standard would be the same everywhere?

You'd think so wouldn't you, til they mention the enforcement issue and also that would be uniform on scale

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

Really have never seen the problem with cross border hirings. If someone takes you there, then no reason why they can't bring you back. Think the real problem is the undercutting I bet.

The number of "out of town" hackneys working as private hire in oxford is beginning to mushroom. They haven't passed a local knowledge test, they're post code drivers, ask them to take you to Balliol College, they've no idea where it is. If you want to work in a specific area, you should be licensed by that area, if not work in your own.

Hell I could take my Oxford Cab to London and go work as PH for someone.

I believe their thinking is, if they are going to allow PH to be licensed anywhere and work anywhere, which is their current thinking, then why shouldn't HC be allowed to do the same for pre-bookings only, but not for plying the streets.

Although alarming as you say, there is some follow on logic, but no initial logic in that train of thought.

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And that is the bottom line.

And as I keep saying, 'If it's good enough for London, then it should be good enough for the rest of the country'.

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The laws of supply and demand will operate, if that's what you mean.

The problem as I've always seen it is that LA borders or zones are for local government administration purposes, not for the regulation of local taxi markets.

So some LAs could possibly be larger as regards cab licensing, while some could do with being smaller, ie zoned.

If they got that right then there'd be less need for cross-border stuff, thus less need to make it a free-for-all.

But of course since the LC's thinking is premised on the existing LA set up then to that extent it's all a bit too messy boundary-wise, so best to get rid of them, they seem to be thinking.

That's never been the issue IMO, as you say if a punter wants to book a non-local firm then so be it.

The issue is vehicles licensing in a low standards area and being given work by operators in a high standards area, to the detriment of those vehicles that have met those high standards.

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Exactly what I'm saying, standards set by Oxford city council are higher than south Oxfordshire, vale of white horse, west Oxfordshire and now we even have "hackneys" from Wycombe working here as private hire for 001.

001 in turn have set up "virtual offices" in those areas, yet don't even operate there. So in essence they don't have local knowledge, also thier "cabs" don't have the tariff as set by thier licensing authority, they have the local 001 ph tariff.

It must be very confusing for the general public to know what they're paying... and if it is the right price
and who do they complain to, if it is wrong?

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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!

All because of that case up north MR T, very confusing indeed

Well I hope they have the enforcement to back the mad scheme up otherwise there'll be taxis from all over the place plying for hire Not to mention the ph that will ply for hire as well

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Exactly.

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