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I may do an article on this depending how events unfold, on the other hand I suspect Mr Cab has already set wheels in motion to do likewise. One would hope that if he uses the resources or references or feedback from this website he will acknowledges as such in any article he may author?

I have already stated the costs of purchasing the vehicles and franchise, this amounts to many thousands of pounds, why would any company go to such lengths to be outside of the regulatory framework, when licensing would cost a fraction of the amount.

Would it be the driving tests? the CRB check? the Conditions of License? or as this site puts it, the 'hassle' attributed to licensing.

One of the main reasons cited by Pink Ladies solicitor for going down this road was the constant need to keep records of hire, and such like. In other words red tape is the main reason for taking this route.

Regards

JD

Having today spoken with the Pink ladies solicitor in respect of the proposed new Franchise in Carlisle I can inform everyone that the section being relied upon is section 75. (B)

(b) apply to a vehicle used only for carrying passengers for hire or reward
under a contract for the hire of the vehicle for a period of not less than
seven days;

To get work for these vehicles they need to advertise for work, and when you advertise for work you are an operator.

The 1976 Act doesn't exempt operators.

If it was one pink lady, in one pink lady vehicle, doing one pink lady contract, with a start and finish date of more than 7 days, then everything is ticker-tee-boo.

But it's not, and shame on the brief who thinks it is.

But one thing I can't work out is WTF don't they just get licensed as PH. They seem to have pukka motors, they seem to want to have CRB checks, so why not just do it right?

Yes, I had assumed that the following from the newspaper article meant that some kind of official endorsement to the club idea had been forthcoming, but it's obviously just a line spun by the pinkies and accepted as read by the newspaper without getting the LA's side of things:

Because they are run on a membership basis, Pink Ladies does not need to be licensed by Carlisle City Council like traditional taxis

The devil is going to be in the detail of the contract which according to Mr Greene is not yet finalised? I suspect when the contract becomes available we will be in a better position to judge its legality?

In the meantime we will just have to wait and see if they produce a contract or go down the route of Warrington etc?

One thing they probably don't like is the fact that only those persons who currently hold a private hire driver license can drive a private hire vehicle. I suppose that might exclude their hubbies? lol

Regards

JD

One obvious question is the following scenario;

My wife is a club member, I am not, we want to go out on an evening, can I be carried?

Another scenario;

A club member go's out on an evening and wants to take a boyfreind home (for coffee obviously), can he be carried?

Captain Cab

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One obvious question is the following scenario;

My wife is a club member, I am not, we want to go out on an evening, can I be carried?

Another scenario;

A club member go's out on an evening and wants to take a boyfreind home (for coffee obviously), can he be carried?

Captain Cab


the answer to your above questions are

Q:My wife is a club member, I am not, we want to go out on an evening, can I be carried?

A: No

Q:A club member go's out on an evening and wants to take a boyfreind home (for coffee obviously), can he be carried?

A:No

on the latter you don't see many pink laides cars around warrington on friday sat night until about 4am then they seem to be flying around everywhere obviously pick our reputable warrington girls from various fellas house after there night of carnial fun

i have also been told by various people and customers they don't mention any of these scenarios and how the play out when you pay your £1 registration fee only when you decided to book a car so obviously there trying to make as much money as they can on the reg fee regardless

i have also heard that they refused a mother with shopping from asda with her 14 year old son and an elderly womans husband who is her full time carerer he was told i heard that they will take her but he will have to get an ordinary Cab also the run very late in warrington almost as bad im told as our biggest ph firm how they manage to run late when only catering to 6% of the population is beyond me


mctaxi Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject:

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as far as im aware in warrington the run the same meter rates as us hacks and only take payment via credit debit card or you can open an account with them simalr thing to pay and go pay loadup so much credit and use it for taxis they don't carry cash because they don't want to run the risk of being robbed oh ya and there trained in self defence

one funny story that i was told by a st helens licencing offical was a few of the girls failed the warriington knowladge test fair enough i did to on first attempt but rather than resit it they decided to go to st helens council and apply for hackney/private driver licences there theres no knowladge test in st helens you just have to pass the crb and pay the council they then came back to warrington and presented the badges to our LA stating they we taxi drivers and when our LO told them there badges only allow them to drive taxi's in the st helens area not warrington they went back to st helens council and demanded there money back which st helens council said politly NO