Taxi Driver Online

No he sounds like a sh*tbag who wants to circumvent licensing law.

CC

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I have some sympathy for his situation. He is at least trying to stay legal unlike many I know who are not! There are many councils in Britain like his although I do not know exact detail maybe he can enlighten us? Anymore emails Alex? I would love to try to change Flintshire HC policy but I am not rich enough or Knowledgable enough to try.

We have a few PH firms taking people on bit of a commute though!

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so therefore what is the conclusion? Is there any council in the uk that can allow me a hackney carriage which i can plate and use to take bookings without the operators licence rubbish etc.

There are so many councils in the uk. there must be one which is not so stringent.

hold the bus

our man is already a licensed PH driver........whats his problem?

mate, youve only gotta pay for the ops licence, how much can that be?

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I think it's a curates egg sort of situation.

Some have a knowledge, some don't.

Some have the DSA test, some don't.

Some insist on WAVs, some don't.

Some have Btecs, some don't.

All that said, I'm of the view if a person wants a cab license then they will endeavour to meet whatever standards are required.

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IDFIMH

After all the shouting about illegal hire and reward and volunteer drivers etc here is a guy who wants to get himself an operators license as cheap as possible without the BS. To all those with a private hire operators licensed from home WELL DONE you are one of the lucky ones with a decent council, or your daft enough to pay over £500 per year for op lic, badge, plate etc. A HC is all the guy wants or needs to go about his lawfull business. Shropshire HC http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/licences.n ... 4E005CD66D FEES are: http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/licences.n ... 44004B86B6 works out at £207 for year 1 then average of £147 per year for next 3 years. Ok he may have to travel a bit

Berwick?

Well I suppose one of the cheapest plates can be found in London.

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IDFIMH

Please enlighten us Mr Sussex

Well you can go and get as many as you like from the PCO if you present suitable vehicles.

The only fly in the ointment is that you need a London green badge to ply in all of London, but only a yellow one to ply in the suburbs.

So maybe your answer is to learn the streets of Wimbledon.

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IDFIMH

sounds like hard work! I have to say That I recently took good advice & telephoned Denbighshire CC. Well They said I may have a HC saloon, great I thought. I live in Flintshire....no problem! great even better! I need the HC to do PH work in Denbighshire & Flintshire, Wrexham etc. Silence well you will need a PH operators license to take bookings, why? I am a HC the vehicle is the operating centre I said, well if you make an appointment we can answer all your questions for you sir. Me thinks that I should keep quiet and just put in the application. £200 for the plate £90 for the license.