Taxi Driver Online

Sorry that should say under the 1976 act they shouldn't resemble a hackney

_________________
christine

But 10s of 1000s of them are being used by various unlicensed organisations, particularly the WAV versions.

And as the Captain alluded too, Skodas and Mondeos are used as taxis again by 10s of 1000s of people, so are they banned from PH or private use?

Of course not.

_________________
IDFIMH

If the wee Taxi light bulge was removed then it would just look like any other Fiat Scudo, Peugeot tepee or Citroen dispatch.

As for a PH not resembling a Hack then it might well be that the E7 resembled a PH as possibly PH used them before the Convertors turned them into Hacks.

No I'm this town they were recognised as hackneys first by the council.. It's bad enough in this town already, it's bad enough already in this town as it is, people don't know the difference between a hackney and private, and a lot of people think you can just get in a private, so imagine if privates look like hackneys

_________________
christine

You are cobbling together a crap argument .
You are also deluding yourself by thinking anyone gives a stuff, apart from a few HC drivers in your town.

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

This is a discussion forum, don't expect to be insulted, and it's more than a few hackney drivers, it's the whole of the trade in this small town, there is only 63 hackneys, yet over run by private hire, so yes this done mean a lot to us, who have put a lot of money into our businesses. Might as well get rid, and just plate my e7 and become a private

_________________
christine

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

You need to refer to R v Bournemouth Borough Council ex parte Thompson (1985) 83 LGR 662

If you put the above into a google search you will find varied opinion.

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

FFS, its a people carrier with a screen and rooflight

if people cant read they will get in anything

tell your local hacks to stop whinging

_________________
Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

oh, so its the whole PH trade you cant compete with, not just the re-plated E7?

i still havent seen why the E7 isnt suitable for PH work when a Scudo MPV is?...the E7 tag is just a conversion label

_________________
Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

My point exactly.

And if he thinks what I said was insulting, perhaps a discussion forum is just not the place for him

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

they came on here for advice - not a lecture - however, it seems to me their position is one of being a member of a trade body and not liking the advice they've received - or not being a member of anything and trying to get the advice on the cheap.......either way - that's the whole point of the forum aint it?

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

Hi captain, I have read this somewhere before, could you please let me know how I find this info again. There is already 1 e7 in the town, and another that they are trying to put on was actually being used as a hackney

_________________
christine

well it wont be hack without a rooflight or "taxi" signage will it

what other vehicles does the local PH use? the only type not allowed are Lti/Fairway "london cabs"

_________________
Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

well an E7 isnt a hackney carriage per se....unless allowed by the LA

if an E7 isnt allowed as a PH cos theres a hack E7 in town, that means every vehicle used/plated as a hack gets excluded for use as a PH....cos thats the argument isnt it?

_________________
Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most