Taxi Driver Online

We here in glasgow got our letter stating that the age limit for private hire vehicle will be now 7 years only and will be put of the road if older. If you car is on hp agreement you can carry it on for four years only. Maybe others on here might be able to clarify this situation as i cant find the letter now ,so its just what i remember. But what is happening is that some of the cars are going into other licensed areas were vehicle age there is no restriction. Then there still working at our base with different plates and older cars. They all moan about it but do nothing.

is it a definate age limit or advisory (save exceptional circumstances)?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

All this age lark does go against what the gov said in their draft guidance, which one day, before we all die, might actually become real guidance.

If a car is fit for the job, then it's fit for the job.

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IDFIMH

Glasgow, 7 years

Renfrewshire, 5 years

East Renfrewshire, no restrictions on age & vehicle type

Plate in East Renfrewshire

Once quotas are sorted out it shouldn't be too difficult to get a realistic policy on vehicle age limits.

We should be concentrating on taking licensing gout of the hands of councils and having a national structure with regional bodies that aren't political, something like transport has at the moment. We need to travel far down the road of reform but it wont be achieved if the trade is fragmented.

Regards

JD

The joke in Glasgow is as far as I know the age limit only applies to private hire & not 'purpose built' taxis

Are 'purpose built' taxis like the TX & E7 really better built than saloon cars ?

Age limits are fine as long as there's not a single bus older than the oldest taxi.
They to serve the public.


If this was the case here i could drive a model T and get away with it!

plenty of buses round my way 20 plus years old and running on school contracts and town service routes although to be fair as we are completely deregulated the council couldn't impose age restrictions even if they wanted to

A fragmented industry achieves fragmented results.get organised.as for non political all decisions on any issue.ie the price of bread,to shut your hospital is political.Get real face the real world not the one you dream of.
ORGANISE EDUCATE AGITATE !!!!!!!

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The views expressed by this contributor do not neccesarily reflect the policys of The GMB Nationally or of the GMB London Region.

Indeed, could we therefore rely on support from the GMB, and their MPs, in relation to the repealing of the seven day exemption in the forth-coming Road Safety Bill.

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IDFIMH

Sussex we support the policies of our members,so why not?Its up to them
to decide,not me!
No vehicle age limit in London,first proposal fromPCO 5 yrs limit props divided GMB no way vehicle condition only criteria.Yes were useless!interesting fact since licensing average of vehicle licensed 6yrs.Dont forget licensing opposed by safety conscious HACKS.They must be proud of themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ORGANISE EDUCATE AGITATE>>>>>>>>

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The views expressed by this contributor do not neccesarily reflect the policys of The GMB Nationally or of the GMB London Region.

If you believe that your council could not impose an age limit, think again.

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Former taxi driver

You seem to enjoy following government guidance .......................... when it suits.

Government have confirmed on more than one occasion that local councils are best placed to decide transport requirements.

And rightly so.

B. Lucky

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"Here's a simple solution. If you don't want to pay more for a premium service then wait in the queue, problem solved".
Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

On the age limit issue.

I believe that a vehicle should be no more than a certain age upon grant of licence, say 3 years old.

However that should be the only restriction. Providing the vehicle passes a COUNCIL test for vehicle compliance its age should be irrelevant.

The test should therefore be carried out BY THE COUNCIL's own MOT tester with the added relevant checks depending on the use of the vehicle.

The frequency of test could also be increased.

B. Lucky

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"Here's a simple solution. If you don't want to pay more for a premium service then wait in the queue, problem solved".
Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

Thats if you can find out where the Councils MOT testing station is

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bi ... 0795,61463,