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Ive got the answer

a cloak of invisibilty, ultimate stealth

and it buggers up speed cameras too

me and another PHV tried it out sunday down ASDA

good or what!

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Wow thats amazing. The LA would have a field day in Liverpool at the weekend if they wanted to be ar$y. Where did you find that little snippet?

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

It is only a opinion Doc, in court you need a great deal more evidence than that...

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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!

It makes a case for PRIVATE hire vehicles carryin NO signs or plates then surely?

(like our local "Limos", which are indistinguishable from a private vehicle which in turn means the public are unlikely to approach the vehicle to hire them?)

take all the signs off a vehicle and the situation wont arise, the council PH door signs alone are an attractant to punters...

back to stealth....

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i totally agree with the no signs or plates, still got the 2 out of 3 badges on display, plus i havn't a roof light on the vehicle. its not needed. thats only option i have on that part about display a light

Great post, Doc (As is becoming the norm.)

It effectively puts me back to my original query: The car park in question is behind a secondary shopping area. The spaces used are about the furthest from that shopping area; But, locals will know where to look and, IMHO, there is only one reason to park there.

As always the devil is in the detail: Have they ever picked up non-booked jobs? It is a little outlying from civilisation and the work would probably be very local. My risk comes in going to the official rank to queer their pitch and end up sat for an hour without a job!!!

What would your strategy be??

Cabbyman asked:



Either:

1: Put up with it
or
2: Get somebody you trust to "test purchase" them. If your fears are confirmed try reporting them to the appropriate authority, with all of the facts you have.


I will say that experience tells me that your LO will probably put his head into a waste paper basket at this point

Then, when squat happens - as seems to be the norm ................... watch this space!

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How about taking photographs.

times, dates and reg numbers

lets make say 150 to 1000 of them.

Ask for a meeting with your chief executive and Chairman of licensing.

Show them the pictures, show them two court cases on here.

Ask them if they would like time to respond to this obvious irresponsibility of the council and advise that you would like a response within 28 days or you will go to the local press.

CC

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Make them return to base and stop lurking in car parks (in bound!!!!)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjm2eslm6hI

Yep....whats a highly dubious condition of license between friends

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
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That wouldn't really be practical in the area I am bearing in mind the area we cover. If I went 10 miles back to base (which has double yellows outside it) then I job came in from where I just came it would seem like de ja vu every job. It just seems more reasonable to be able to wait in different areas rather having to return to base all time

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

No french please

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Dont forget the green issues here, if a PH vehicle had to RTB after every drop, the CO2 levels would be increased

anyway, im off down to the town now, i hope no-one asks me to take em home

i wonder if i got the wife to flag me down by the town rank id get noticed....

not that id EVER set out to wind anyone up, dear me no...

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unless the base is IN a car park...

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As mentioned elsewhere, but on topic nonetheless, there's a group of pubs in our council area, which attracts up to six PHV from a single company (a company based in a different council area). It's not so much a pseudo rank as a hangar.

The only flipside isn't really a flipside, and that's when folks flag a hackney with the familiar: "I phoned for one (a PH) but I've been stood here twenty minutes . Are you free? I'll call and cancel it...HOW MUCH?" It isn't really a flipside those folks could've just flagged a hackney anyway, and hackneys, to my knowledge aren't hacking PH company radios.

I'm doubting that's ever happened. It sounds ridiculous - hacking a PH company radio and just happening to turn up before the PHV whenever a customer needs an urgent cab - but it's not that different from PHVs group loitering with intent near busy spots. They're both intercepting trade.