Taxi Driver Online

. . . and you know how much 3 anonymous (and 1 that should be) people that come down a cable in the corner of the living room affects me!

I must have read this post from GBC wrong because I can't see the difference?

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"Where to, Guv'?. Na sorry not going my way"

Surely if minicabs were licensed to the same standard then they would be a threat to the hackney trade because they could offer the same standard of service as the hackney trade BUT if a 2 tier licensing system exists with "lower" standards for private hire then the hackney trade can rightly claim to offer the better service and there is less of a threat from the "2nd class" private hire trade

I think they well know that only a handful would make the transition.

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IDFIMH

MP Vivian Bendall, the man who predicted the demise of the London cab trade in his commons speech in 1993, was a paid consultant of the "London Taxi drivers association".

He was paid to promote the positive side of the London hackney carriage trade and the negative side of the minicab trade. No doubt the consultant liased with his paymasters before he made his doomsday Commons speech, after all, that's what he was paid to do?

Knowing as we do now that Mr Bendall was a paid consultant of the LTDA, will shed some light and help us understand as to why he was so vehemently opposed to the separate licensing of minicabs.

Retaining MP's as paid consultants is and was common practice, even before Mr Al Fayed greased Mr Hamilton's oily palms with those now familiar brown envelopes?

Regards

JD

.... and heres me thinking you would appreciate my use of the word Bigot Blobby?

Seriously though, would you be happy having a man who promotes sectarian violence and wants to see the royals killed as your branch rep?

Where do we stop? Oh he's a paedophile, but don't worry he fights a good corner when it comes to stopping on red routes.

GBC Paedophile am I,might be time to look at the coverage your LTDA membership gives you or put the house and sherbert in the wifes nameI enjoy a good debate maybe you might like to reconsider that allegation?Or repeat it i could do with a few bob!

From where i see it the paedo reference is an example not an allegation, Name calling does no-one any good though.

Quite.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could get back to people's views, in the main, on the taxi/PH trade?

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IDFIMH

Thats the second time you've mentioned your bankrupt unions briefs?

Trouble is Terrence darling, it would mean taking all your posts into consideration, and I think you would be representing the rickshaws if your convenor ever read half of those.

Seconded please note both GBC and GMB branch secretary many of us are on this website to learn about and discuss the news and issues which affect our livelihood not to listen to people who are diametrically opposed slug it out in an insult contest if you want to play handbags at dawn fine but start a seperate thread lets stick to discussing the issues here please

EDDERS agree with you in principal,but we cant ignore threads that develop,so maybe it gets a bit tedious stilll,some things cant be ignored .
And the snivvlers said amen to that!!!

I have done a little research, and from what I can tell, the london taxi trade was not against mini cabs being licensed, they were against them being able to operate without a licence.
I am not saying that the london taxi trade is perfect, but at least when a london taxi driver gets his badge and bill, he deserves it.
I have been to many citys/towns in this country and abroad and have found london taxis the best.
Mind you, it does'nt stop them moaning

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stressed controller!!!

I can see you have been in hibernation for the past two weeks.

London weren't against licensing minicabs, as long as they were licensed to their standard?

What they were against, was minicabs being licensed under separate legislation such as the 1976 act and If you care to open your eyes you will see that is abundantly clear.

No doubt you will publish this new found research that leads you to believe London weren't against the separate licensing of minicabs?

Regards

JD

JD, my research involved talking to london taxi drivers, they all said the same thing, they were against people being able to operate as a PHV without any form of regulation, and I agree with them.

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stressed controller!!!