Simon Claydon H/C PLATE 6 wrote:
After passing the dsa test (reluctantly), all i can say is, i have already passed a test to drive a particular type of vehicle,(a car), like a bus driver takes a test to drive a particular type of vehicle(a bus), why should a mans livelihood and maybe his home,( if he has a new car on finance, how can he pay for that if he cant get his badges, because he failed his test?) be put at risk if he has bad nerves on the day of the test, or if he makes a mistake? That man might have a wife and kids to feed, and DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL want to put him on the dole, because all they are bothered about, is getting people to use public transport (ie: buses) they dont care about taxis.
Like the new bus that was supposed to start from the station to the airport,that is being subsidised by Darlington tax payers, that maybe 2 people will use in a week!
Another waste of taxpayers money.
I work from Darlington Station and in all the time i have been there, i think i have had 3 fares to the airport in two years!
I do understand where you are coming from, but I disagree with you.
A council must decide if we are fit and proper to drive a cab now, not when you passed your DVLA test.
In the same way if you did a knowledge test 20 years ago, yet left the trade 10 years ago, you couldn't say to your council when re-applying that as you have done it a long time ago, you needn't now.
The same applies to medicals. We all do one when starting, but are you saying that we needn't have one when we become 50, 60, 70, just becaue we have had one before.
In short if we don't need any extra tests or checks, then why do we bother with licensing?