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I thought London taxis were only tested once a year? Therefore effectively less often than the average vehicle. Thus hardly 'constant checks'?

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They would be hard pressed to test 41,000 cabs in 254 days, that's assuming they don't work weekends and bank Holidays. It works out at 161.4 each day. It could happen if they farmed out the testing to other testing stations but even then, it would probably be a full time job just testing cabs.

I'm afraid once yearly tests for London Cabs in this day and age might be seen as inappropriate by some? However the PCO set the standards so I assume they know what they are doing? As for policing black cabs on the street I haven't a clue if this is done on a daily basis or periodically? If they follow the model of the rest of the country it is done periodically but may be London operates differently?

Considering London cabs contribute 24% to the pollution of the Capitol I'm surprised Mr Livingstone hasn't been more demanding of both LTI and Metrocab, to clean up their act?

The PCO won't allow cleaner greener vehicles to ply for hire on the streets of London unless they comply with the 25ft turning circle so the citizens of London are stuck with the status quo.

Regards

JD

Cleaner, Greener? Such as? Please don't suggest bread vans! muckiest emmissions on new vehicles I have ever seen?

ban dont license say the whole world every one hates miniscab driver

i think you will find they dont.
becuase if they did then there would be no work for the 40 odd thousnd of them.
in my area the drivers have to pass the same tests for PH and taxis.

funny that a miniscab driver crashed in to me in october and he told his insurance company he was retired we checked with the pco and the miniscabdriver who said he was retired was working as a miniscab driver avoiding tax and national insurance and did not have any hire and reward insurance and you say happy to be legit ban dont licence as u cant trust a miniscabdriver you are just a tout with a yellow sticker

cant see your point fella.
yes there are bad minicabs. yes there are bad taxis.
as for a tout.
im as much a cab driver as you. but i look at it as im a ph driver with a license to ply.

The PCO are out most days doing random checks at random places.
they are easily spotted with their dayglow jackets. (Whoosh I'm off)
If the cab attracts attention such as being dirty, these are the ones they go for.
Also one day they will be going down the line checking tyres, or how far your brake pedal goes down, or give a rev of the engine for SMOKE.

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Make trafic wardens redundant. PARK LEGALLY.
Congestion charge! Before it was free.

Yes, I think they have that in most if not all areas, but generally speaking I think the checks are fairly cursory, and if they are that obviously going to fail an ommissions test then it would have been rectified, thus the ommissions aren't really being checked properly.

And of course, as you demonstrate, many driver take steps to avoid the checks

Thus as regards each vehicle, I suspect that the claim of 'constant checks' (the claim I took issue with) isn't really appropriate.

The PCO may be constantly checking, but not each individual taxi.

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