Taxi Driver Online

This seems straightforward enough, but not much detail on what happened, precisely...

And, as often seems the case, I doubt the operator would have been named here if it hadn't been Uber


Uber driver given fine and told to pay court costs for plying for work at Aldershot taxi rank

https://www.rushmoor.gov.uk/your-counci ... taxi-rank/

A private hire driver has received a fine and must pay £5000 in costs after plying for hire at a taxi rank in Alexandra Road, Aldershot, on 27 May last year, without the appropriate licence.

Saifullah Achakzai, 24, from Hill Lane, Southampton, was working for Uber as a Private Hire Driver, licensed by Southampton City Council, but was plying for hire at a taxi rank in Alexandra Road, in Aldershot.

He was prosecuted by Rushmoor Borough Council at Aldershot Magistrates Court on 10 December.

He was found guilty, and received a £300 fine, £120 victim surcharge and must pay £5000 in costs.

Rushmoor Borough Council Cabinet member for Pride in Place and Neighbourhood Services, Councillor Christine Guinness, said: “Drivers and vehicles licensed with other councils can only pick up outside of the area where they are licensed if they have a prior booking through a licensed operator.

“If people want to get a taxi from a rank or hail one in the street, it must be a hackney carriage (in Rushmoor these will be wheelchair accessible vehicles, with a roof light and a white/ teal taxi plate on the back) licensed in the area where they are. This is important because Private Hire Drivers taking passengers without a prior booking may not be insured.”