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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:45 am 
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I note some trade members didn't attend, which is an interesting development. :-k

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I am reliably informed that the nominated NTA representative for this meeting was taken seriously ill and hospitalised on the morning of the day of this meeting, which started at 14.00hrs.

There was insufficient time to arrange for a replacement to get to the meeting in time.

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Brummie Cabbie wrote:

There was insufficient time to arrange for a replacement to get to the meeting in time.


A likely replacement was on a course in Scotland :wink:

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has his own agenda.... continuously stands up against misinterpretation of thel law ..has a good soul... but does mean he he is always right


No in my experience....

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jimbo wrote:
MR T wrote:
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Bryan Roland National Private Hire Association
has his own agenda.... continuously stands up against misinterpretation of thel law ..has a good soul... but does mean he he is always right


No in my experience....


Although three out of four 'aint bad...

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jimbo wrote:
jimbo wrote:
MR T wrote:
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Bryan Roland National Private Hire Association
has his own agenda.... continuously stands up against misinterpretation of thel law ..has a good soul... but does mean he he is always right


No in my experience....


Although three out of four 'aint bad...

I was just finishing a bottle of brandy as I was writing this post.... it should have read.........but he is not always right..... :wink: and neither am I. :lol:

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Tommy McIntyre Unite the Union

17. Tommy McIntyre welcomed the review. He thought that the way forward was to specify some national standards – possibly even a “national taxi badge” – he suggested looking at some of the sensible taxi byelaws around the country and drawing on them might be helpful. He thought that taxi licensing should be locally financed with local accountability.

44. Tommy McIntyre thought that there should be a qualification which applicants should achieve before entering the trade.

Now it will come as a surprise to no-one that I don't particularly have a lot of time for this union, but I would like to know on who's authority he committed his union to these comments? :sad:

Would his London members be fans of a national taxi driver's license?

I wonder who would be arranging this new supa dupa qualification?

Surely not him and his gang? :roll:

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Looks like those that dont have to make a profitable living from Taxiing or PH'ing are the ones that shout loudest and who advocate change just for the sake of it. I guess it would be in their financial interest to peddle change as it perpetuates their very reason for existing without which they would not earn their megabuck salaries.

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56. David Wilson raised the issue of CRB checks; he said that in response to his own recent survey there were 208,000 vehicle licences in issue and 313,000 driver licences. This, he thought, indicated strongly that many drivers had acquired driver licences in more than one area – and the problem was that each of those drivers would have had to get a separate CRB checks for each of the licence applications.

I missed this little gem first time around. #-o

I wonder if the reason there are more driver licenses than vehicle licenses reflects the bloody obvious fact that some vehicles have more than one driver? ](*,)

Just a thought. [-(

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56. David Wilson raised the issue of CRB checks; he said that in response to his own recent survey there were 208,000 vehicle licences in issue and 313,000 driver licences. This, he thought, indicated strongly that many drivers had acquired driver licences in more than one area – and the problem was that each of those drivers would have had to get a separate CRB checks for each of the licence applications.

I missed this little gem first time around. #-o

I wonder if the reason there are more driver licenses than vehicle licenses reflects the bloody obvious fact that some vehicles have more than one driver? ](*,)

Just a thought. [-(
I have been waiting for someone to make a comment about him.... and he's passing himself off as an expert on taxi licensing.....

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captain cab wrote:
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There was insufficient time to arrange for a replacement to get to the meeting in time.


A likely replacement was on a course in Scotland :wink:

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captain cab wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:

There was insufficient time to arrange for a replacement to get to the meeting in time.


A likely replacement was on a course in Scotland :wink:

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BTech, NVQ, Golf?


I'm going to say 'golf'. This is the NTA we're talking about here :lol:

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I would like to know if all those that were invited to this meeting brought along a piece of two be two sharpened at one end to a point, or is there a special place where one has to obtain this equipment in order to attend these meetings?

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56. David Wilson raised the issue of CRB checks; he said that in response to his own recent survey there were 208,000 vehicle licences in issue and 313,000 driver licences. This, he thought, indicated strongly that many drivers had acquired driver licences in more than one area – and the problem was that each of those drivers would have had to get a separate CRB checks for each of the licence applications.



This ridiculous type of speculative guesswork should show how shambolic the guys thinking is....many of those numbers are probably part timers as well as second drivers.

Sadly those in power that read and act on this kind of guff often fail to pick up on its inaccuracies and then re draw the rule book due to Tittle tattle and Scaremongering, it leads to new and needless legislation that just further financially cripples an already struggling trade.


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Who's gonna save us from the dark forces of Ignorance !!!

The good folks of TDO, pointing out to the tens of thousands of lurkers that view this forum, that what is being said in our names is utter rubbish, and being put forward by people with no mandate from the trade, and with many hidden agendas. :sad:

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David Wilson also suggested that if a two tier system were to be retained, all PHVs should carry a roof sign saying “Advance bookings only”.


ffs

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David Wilson highlighted the difficulties facing licensing authorities when fixing a table of fares for taxis; should the tariff be fixed at a level which properly recompensed the owners of brand new wheelchair accessible vehicles – in which case the people who stood to gain most from that would be the owners of older saloon cars whose costs were lower and who actually provided a worse service for passengers? It would not be possible to set a higher tariff for wheelchair accessible vehicles because that would have a direct discriminatory effect on the disabled people who had to use them. He thought it was easier to set a tariff where all taxis were wheelchair accessible or all were saloon cars. He stressed that he was not advocating a particular approach; he was simply raising the fact that it was a hugely problematic issue.


this bloke really is f*cking special......considering he actually lowered age limits and sent vehicles out of area for testing.

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Tommy McIntyre rebutted Kris Beuret’s point about fares being distorted in areas with quantity controls; he said that Liverpool had a policy of controlling taxi numbers but it also had relatively low fares


Thats if of course you can actually find a cab that will take you within the area..... :lol:



The thought actually occurs that perhaps what we currently have in taxi and PH laws is probably about the best we can hope to achieve........and the people sitting around the table are in fact a bunch of complete idiots.......sorry I correct that......a bunch of not complete idiots who are actually getting paid for spouting sh*te.

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