Two years ago, the Swindon Advertiser wrote:
At that meeting licensing manager Kathryn Ashton said that was against council policy of “one driver, one badge, one operator,” and that was necessary for public safety.
Two years ago, the Swindon Advertiser wrote:
Expert Desmond Broster from the National Taxi Safeguarding Service also warned against the change.
He said: “You have an excellent system in Swindon.
"You don’t want the shambles you see in Bristol, with one driver with four different operators’ badges on his car. That leads to drivers picking up people who have booked through different operators, and sometimes the wrong people.”
Councillors voted unanimously to keep the current system.
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