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I am sure that I read somewhere about a local authority which has a colour of hackney which is not available to buy and every car has to be re sprayed,can anyone tell me where this is please

So a breeze to sell on in the second hand car market then :lol:

Same colour scheme as this smilie in fact :lol:

There have been several cases in respect of colour, some won some lost. Apart from the stockport case they are all on TDO including the Durham case and the case which might interest you most that being in respect of a particular shade of red.

I think that must be one of the cases the liars forum found hard to find, so if they found it hard to find I'm sure you might have the same difficulty?

Regards

JD

Author:	the thinker [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:14 am ]
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I am sure that I read somewhere about a local authority which has a colour of hackney which is not available to buy and every car has to be re sprayed,can anyone tell me where this is please

Author:	grandad [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:19 am ]
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Derby used to insist on a certain shade of yellow. I dont know if they still do. Nottingham have to be a certain shade of green. I am sure that I heard that some councils have black cars with white bonnets as well.

Author:	captain cab [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:58 am ]
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Quote: I am sure that I read somewhere about a local authority which has a colour of hackney which is not available to buy and every car has to be re sprayed,can anyone tell me where this is please Wasnt there something in Darlington....I seem to remember a red colour fading and an ensuing court case. I cant recall what happened though. CC

Author:	TDO [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:25 pm ]
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the thinker wrote: I am sure that I read somewhere about a local authority which has a colour of hackney which is not available to buy and every car has to be re sprayed,can anyone tell me where this is please Don't know about an all-over colour, but quite a few have coloured bonnets and/or boots. I think Leeds has white saloons with black bonnets? Brighton has white saloons with Teletubby green bonnets? Not many of them in car showrooms. But if the thinker is correct then it's another nail in the coffin of the "councils know best" argument.

Author:	JD [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:07 pm ]
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There have been several cases in respect of colour, some won some lost. Apart from the stockport case they are all on TDO including the Durham case and the case which might interest you most that being in respect of a particular shade of red. I think that must be one of the cases the liars forum found hard to find, so if they found it hard to find I'm sure you might have the same difficulty? Regards JD

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Author:	TDO [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:07 pm ]
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Can't say I'm an expert on this, and I haven't read all the cases, but did any of them concern a colour which couldn't be complied with without a respray, as per the original question?

Author:	badger [ Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:35 am ]
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the thinker wrote: I am sure that I read somewhere about a local authority which has a colour of hackney which is not available to buy and every car has to be re sprayed,can anyone tell me where this is please I do not know if it still stands,but up until about two years ago the middlesbrough hacks had to be black and yellow.

Author:	TDO [ Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:05 am ]
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So a breeze to sell on in the second hand car market then Same colour scheme as this smilie in fact

Author:	badger [ Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:14 am ]
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TDO wrote: So a breeze to sell on in the second hand car market then Same colour scheme as this smilie in fact Probably the same mileage as well only joking

Author:	MR T [ Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:16 am ]
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JD wrote: There have been several cases in respect of colour, some won some lost. Apart from the stockport case they are all on TDO including the Durham case and the case which might interest you most that being in respect of a particular shade of red. I think that must be one of the cases the liars forum found hard to find, so if they found it hard to find I'm sure you might have the same difficulty? Regards JD It has become apparent from many press reports within 2000-2001, that many councils specify a particular shade of a colour and due to differences in manufacturers perception this has resulted in vehicles being considered to be the wrong shade of that colour and have thereforeee been refused a licence, however there have been several cases where the courts have upheld the vehicle owners appeal against such decisions. Many of these slight shade variations can be caused by fading due to sunlight or respray over different base colours, due to this one would be advised to accept slight variations which may occur and would not be noticeable when vehicles are viewed. It has been reported that several cases have taken place in recent years with respect to variations in colour. Another was reported in 2002 in Darlington where the court said that in principle that a colour, (red in this instance), was enough to distinguish a vehicle and that the shade was irrelevant. It was further said that a taxi could be any colour provided that the public could identify the vehicle as a hackney carriage. from the Book..

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