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1, Any driver wishing to drive taxis or private hire, must hold a UK driving licence for a minimum 3 years before applying, for an operators' licence or drivers badge,
This is to stop people from over seas coming over and working strait away without knowing where they are going.
2, Any operator requiring drivers regardless of if they have a vehicle of there own or is company supplied, must pay that driver the minimum wage,
this is to stop the unscrupulous practices that go on in the taxi PH industry, where the owners claim the drivers are self employed, and reduce the amount of tax credits that are illegally obtained by some.
3 The practice of making vehicle owners change or buy a specific coloured vehicle needs to be scraped, as it devalues the vehicles instantly if they have to be re-sprayed,
and some colours are hard to obtain
4 London taxi drivers should be able to buy the vehicle they want and not what's forced on them by TFL.
5 Meters should be fitted to all PH vehicles and set at the same rates as the taxis.
6, Drivers badges should run for a min 5 years and cost no more than £50 from any council
7, There is no need to include funeral and wedding cars in the act, but all volunteer drivers must be fully licenced and have hire and reward insurance.
8, The requirement to have a brand new vehicle tested needs to be looked at, as a private motorist does not require an MOT until the vehicle is 3 years of age,
it could be tested at 1 year from date of first registration instead, then annually from that date, up until 6 years where it will require 2 tests per annum.
9, CRB checks, Enhanced checks for all, but once completed any person who has had it done to drive taxis or PH should not require another one unless they leave the trade and return.
10, licence fees for both taxi and PH should be set by the traffic commissioner and not councils, as some councils charge over excessive fees for vehicles and drivers,
Councils will still be the first point of contact and will collect the fees, and issue the licences.
11, In areas where the councils have stipulated that all taxis be wheelchair accessible, things need to change as 95% of drivers have never carried a wheelchair passenger, and owners have gone to great expense to comply with the councils wishes
and a sensible maximum weight limit set to what a driver is expected to push and manage inside the vehicle, taxi drivers have complained that the ramps used have not been tested, and some have collapsed when picking up a wheelchair user.
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