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In response to an enquiry by JD of Taxi Driver Online, Jeanette Hicks Licensing Unit Manager of Manchester City council stated, "she is hopeful a report will be placed before the licensing committee in September 2008 informing councillors of their current policy in respect of vehicles granted PCO approval. Ms Hicks is of the opinion that there appears to be no barrier restricting the vehicle from obtaining a license.

She went on to add that, "there has been no approach to license one of the new vehicles here in Manchester but she intends to contact distributors KPM with a view to presenting a presentation to councillors".

On the related subject of licensing Rickshaws Ms Hicks told TDO that Rickshaws will not be licensed either as a hackney carriage or private hire vehicle.

The opinion of JD is that the new Mercedes vehicle is well and truly here to stay and it will soon be licensed by every council in the UK who currently adhere to the PCO conditions of fitness.

Regards

JD

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How many councils actually insist on PCO type approval nowadays.
I think that once the TX is being produced in China, LTI will close there plant here, so that those councils that still insist on it may well decide to come into the real world and scrap the turning circle requirement.
Then owners will be able to decide what type of WAV they want, there could be a big increase in Diablo sales coming up

I'll never be that desperate Skippy.

It makes you wonder why they are spending so much money on re-equipping their plant here

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Could it be for the battery one they are about to unleash on us, the one nobody wants

I think you will find a hydrogen fuel powered version on the cards soon. It's all going to be dependant on the mileage, 200 or more I'll be thinking hard about it.

why is it that the Yang Sing hotel are running three of them on free journey.Rickshaws that is

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

I have just read tonight's News and guess what....... Three rickshaws working for the Yang Sing hotel in Manchester are tootling around the city giving free rides.
I thought that this practice was under the Hire and Reward legislation and the vehicle had to be licenced as PH. No such thing as a free lunch.
Luckily for us we have the caped crusader to sort this out on his own turf.
Or possibly not.
Ged

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

The Rickshaws in question were the point of discussion and I raised the point specifically because of the fact that the Yang Sing had two Rickshaws stationed on display outside their establishment, therefore I was already ahead of the game.

The rickshaws are not licensed and nor will they be and neither do they carry passengers for hire or reward. However thanks to TDO we all know the legalities surrounding hire or reward and if the circumstances fit, then it could be construed that the Rickshaw service is in connection with the restaurants business? However it is early days yet and as far as I'm aware the vehicles have only been on display and not used.

We shall see what transpires and if it is the case that these Rickshaws are being used in the course of running a business then it will be interesting to see what is done about it. Considering enforcement in Manchester is practically invisible then I don't expect much movement on the issue, one way or the other.

Regards

JD

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