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As a taxi driver would I be allowed to pick up a friend and drop them off somewhere? Say if they go somewhere on a weekly basis and would prefer to use me as they know me. They would obviously pay me whatever they would have paid a taxi.

Is this acceptable?

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"Yesterday I was clever, and I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise,and want to change myself"...Rumi

If you are a hackney there is no problem. If you are PH then the booking needs to be made through the booking office.

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Grandad,

pre booking can mean 2 minutes....

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Im going to be a PH. So a booking has to be made through the rank. They can ask for me everytime and as long as the rank get the cut, im not doing anything illegal right?

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"Yesterday I was clever, and I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise,and want to change myself"...Rumi

whats prebooking?

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"Yesterday I was clever, and I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise,and want to change myself"...Rumi

pre booking is what private hire work is. All private hire work has to be booked through the private hire office. There is no such thing as a rank for private hire and if you sit or wait on a rank you can expect to have your balls chewed off.

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Grandad,

no of course i wouldnt sit at a rank. But for example if a friend says pick me up from x place at x time and pays me, id obv still let the office know...but that is ok is my question? As in favouritism for one driver?

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"Yesterday I was clever, and I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise,and want to change myself"...Rumi

Unless you have an operators license you can't accept bookings. Your friend would legally have to book through your booking office and request that you do the job.

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Grandad,

yeh thats what i thought! that clears it up for me!

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"Yesterday I was clever, and I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise,and want to change myself"...Rumi

cant a driver call in a job, so long as its in the base bookings before passengers actually get in the car?

ive handed folks who asked my card, told em to ring the number and taken the booking

on my mobile

then told em to get in

lol

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Shouldnt make a difference to the office should it? i mean your paying a set fee to them, not a per job basis!

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"Yesterday I was clever, and I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise,and want to change myself"...Rumi

Yes but probably have an operators license.

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Grandad,

Way off topic....Trigger died!!!!

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"Yesterday I was clever, and I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise,and want to change myself"...Rumi

bases ive worked on wouldnt allow "private" bookings, and they were all hacks, which further demonstrates how bases rule the owners working/renting through the bases

i once ripped a radio out and went and sat on the rank, the base op (20yds away) ran up to see what was up, i made more without the radio than with it

the same base has won a 5 mile school run with Leics at £25 a day, id love to know what they are passing on to whoever does it

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

As a PH driver i cant accept private bookings without the office being involved?

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"Yesterday I was clever, and I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise,and want to change myself"...Rumi