JD wrote:
MR T wrote:
J.D. A long time ago the issue of plates being returned to Liverpool was raised, and I was not forthcoming with a reply, I think I will now ,when Liverpool was de-reged and the plates went from 300 to 1400+ the system that was used was poor, for E.G. if you were issued a plate and handed it back in it simply went on the shelf and was handed back out to the next person came in , so Liverpools records only show a transfer of licence.mrT.....
I think Dusty has previously stated that like you he is of the opinion that it is hard to envisage plates not being handed back but Jacobs found no evidence of this and neither has Mr Edwards, so unless you know of a specific case it has to remain hearsay.
I can't really remember who said what about whatever, but unless Liverpool was only unrestricted for 5 minutes then I find it difficult to envisage that no plate were handed back, indeed someone on here claimed that taxis were being abandoned on the streets, so maybe that explains it
In an unrestricted authority a fair few people will leave the trade and join it each year, so in a city like Liverpool you would expect a few dozen each year to be handed in at least.
But if someone leaving the trade sells their vehicle to someone else, then this might be recorded as a transfer, as Mr T says?
I can't remember the exact argument, but I think it was basically that no one ever left the trade, which was bollocks.
Of course, I doubt if any have been handed in since restriction
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