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after association officials met with the council at liasion level to discuss the ongoing fiasco regarding the only private hire firm in the city and their illegal activities, the council's response was as follows...YES..PHV'S can tout for business...
YES..PHV'S can pick up anywhere without prior booking...
YES..PHV'S can spread themselves across the city centre and make their presence known to the public..
YES..PHV'S can cherry pick ranks..AND...
YES..we don't care if they do !! could have saved myself 30 grand then lads eh ? and YES... tayside police are in agreement with dundee city council.....

So Dundee city council and Tayside police have re-written the CGSA by themselves?????

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maybe all us wheelcair cab owners should threaten to dump the wav and go ph and see what happens then

Have you asked the council to put that in writing?

I'm sure many on here would love to see such a letter.

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IDFIMH

Get a copy of the CGSA with the relevant part highlighted regarding PH vehicles sent to the chief inspector along with a letter of complaint, he must then investigate it.

Try to post any documents that state what the council said here asap

You could always ask Skull to intervene?

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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!

Oh I

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Sounds a bit far-fetched - were you actually at the meeting?

the chairman of the dundee wheelchair taxi assoociation, of which i am a member was in attendance and informed the members of this.

This would look good in the national press, Tayside chief inspector and Dundee city council allow PH to break the law

Hopefully they will not be on the road much longer

I remember that when the company started and they only had PH there was a bit of stink about it in the press, with accusations of touting and the like.

However, it turned out that all they were doing was sitting on the streets waiting for work, but because there hadn't been much PH in Dundee for a good few years it was a bit of a novel idea for cars to be sitting on the streets while waiting for work.

I'm not saying that the company is whiter than white - and the situation at Fat Sams seems a bit dodgy - but I think things may be blown out of proportion a bit.

I'm surprised there's been nothing in the Courier or Tele about it, or have I missed something?

Of course, if PH are on the streets they may be considered to be plying for hire, but it depends on the circumstances, but maybe a few of the legal eagles on here could advise our point out the relevant case law.

Incidentally, I thought PH in Dundee couldn't advertise, but the cars have 20 30 20 emblazoned on the doors?

fae Fife have you been on your hols, you have missed loads.
just to keep you up to date if you have a PH you can legally pick up of the street in Dundee stop on a rank, get waved down and all with PC plods blessing.
What the hell is in the water up there, or has another consignment of Bucky gone missing

One long holiday up there mate.

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