regjames wrote:
I hope that this wont make me to unpopular but I run a fire engine limousine here in Bristol. Looking through the archives of this forum I have come to the conclusion that the idea of any limousine let alone a fire engine may make me unpopular!
I think that the basic complaint has been against the authorities rather than the operators per se, although it may not always come across like that and/or be perceived as such - I was looking at a limo forum a few months ago and they obviously took a dim view of this site, although I think some of their critcism was unjustified since it made it look like anyone mentioning limos on here automatically deemed them to be cowboys etc.
However, one or two limo operators who have come on here in the past and tried to claim that they have been licensed when they actually weren't haven't been too popular.
But the basic grouse seems to be that the licensed trade has to go through all the associated rigmarole and has to adhere to this, that and the next rule, while in many areas a not unrelated sector doesn't have to bother licensing at all.
Of course, as mentioned at the outset this is not so much the fault of the operators as the LAs who prefer to turn a blind eye and/or effectively pass the buck to the DfT/VOSA etc, who to an extent do likewise, thus something of an impasse.
But that's government I suppose, but it'll all come out in the wash. Eventually
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