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| BLUELINE TAXIS (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED v THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (32 comments) Right NT Hack Driver, Let me ask you to wait until the Paperwork from District Judge Stephen Earl is produced by his Court Room Minutes, before I comment further as I do not want to be in contempt of Court. I think however David may well have u [...] |  Transport Manager 2012-02-04 19:55:18 |
| Ice cream, second-hand cars and taxis! By David Wilson (11 comments) Hello NT Taxi Driver, You are correct there was no NHS until 1948, but there was a Hospital in Inverness called Raigmore Hospital now, on the same site in 1941 & the North Highland Area Headquarters was in Inverness, therefore you do not take [...] | Transport Manager 2012-01-28 09:03:27 |
| Taxi firm Blueline’s licensing row rumbles on (16 comments) WHY DO ALL BLT DRIVERS WHINGE ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE.GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.WHY PUT MONEY IN TO THE POCKETS OF A REGIME THAT TREATS YOU WITH SUCH CONTEMPT. [...] |  TOMMY THE TAX EVADER 2012-01-25 18:45:51 |
| The Casey Column February 2012 (1 comments) Hello Wayne, Let me help you out a little bit here & shut the ****-up the Private Hire Industry once & for all!!!!! Lets go back to 1847, the Town Police Clauses (Statutes in Force) Act was written, now then the important thing here is [...] | Transport Manager 2012-01-22 12:34:22 |
| Italy taxi drivers strike against freeing up the sector (1 comments) Im obliged for the article.Thanks Again. Really Great. [...] |  Roma Howse 2012-01-21 15:31:48 |
| Recent Discussions (21 comments) I cannot believe it is that simple. [...] |  Fellam 2012-01-20 03:52:05 |
| High Court rules on bin advertising (2 comments) might give the hacks a chance if they are taken away, especially BLT ones cos they cant cover anything at the coast, waste of time them being there [...] |  Johnny 2012-01-17 23:51:10 |
| Taxi Insurance (20 comments) Thank you, Newcastle council You’re so intelligent. [...] |  forum hack 2012-01-15 16:37:31 |
| Out of Town Plates, What’s the Crack? (39 comments) Hello Admin, I have read your response with interest here, but you fail to answer my point…..Do You have the Official Draft Transcript or Not? On Wednesday you are right I did attend Northumberland County Council with the Petition Organiser, [...] | Transport Manager 2012-01-14 07:38:27 |
| Wigan cabbies loo-sing out on rail deal (1 comments) i totally agree [...] |  date calc 2012-01-09 10:45:04 |
| Oxford cabbies accept mandatory CCTV will now happen. (1 comments) Could the introduction of CCTV in Taxis/PH bring down the cost of insurance ? [...] |  Anth 2012-01-06 10:28:20 |
| Wrexham ‘locked’ taxi fare complaint investigated (1 comments) What about the TX series of cabs that lock when moving and while your foot is on the brake, is it not supposed to be a safety point, the only control of this is the brake and as for the fare it would be on the meter, black cab drivers usually only gi [...] |  M…..hayward 2011-12-21 22:36:00 |
| The Reiver January 2012 (1 comments) For an Idea of what may be in store for the Taxi trade in England & Wales Read This: http://toomanytaxis.com/news/2011/07/06/taxi-industry-set-for-huge-changes-northern-ireland/ [...] |  Admin 2011-12-19 22:30:58 |
| Vauxhall-Vectra-4-Passenger-Taxi (2 comments) Ideal Engines Vauxhall Vectra Engine & Gearbox, i certainly love http://www.toomanytaxis.com, keep on it !!!!! [...] |  Vauxhall Vectra Diesel Engine 2011-12-07 11:47:12 |
| Wanker of The Week (9 comments) Notice Newton and his cronies will be out at the weekends now with christmas coming up “OVERTIME” [...] |  Goose 2011-12-01 15:43:32 |
| Newcastle private hire driver is stripped of licence over abuse (2 comments) Totally agree, 6 pts on his license for having no insurance. [...] |  The coppa 2011-11-30 18:55:55 |
| Cardiff taxi drivers told to demand fees upfront after spate of fare dodgers (1 comments) I think every town city should charge upfront this would eradicate runners and save the police time in trying to trace the culprits 9 times out off 10 you never get the money back any way .Also I have been hearing about taxi company’s charging to m [...] |  Chris elder Dundee unie union taxi branch sec 2011-11-30 10:06:46 |
| London black-cab drivers seek Olympics fare rise (1 comments) Guys, we’re from Hailo, a new black cab app, and we’re giving away £100 in free taxi rides! For a chance to win just ‘Like’ the Hailo taxi app Facebook page: hailo.to/7wVMc No strings attached and the odds are great! Good luck! [...] |  Jack 2011-11-18 16:42:05 |
| When is a Taxi not a Taxi? In Manchester !!! (12 comments) Last month I posted a picture of Manchester cars Private hire, using a liveried TX as an advertising vehicle. After much debate upon your web site( and others) Manchester council have ORDERED the vehicle off the road. It is now located in a city cent [...] | Admin 2011-11-12 13:15:30 |
| Wokingham Taxi drivers threaten strike action (1 comments) if anybody from the Wokingham trade association can get in touch with me at les3110@gmail.com, I may be able to help. [...] |  les3110 2011-11-11 06:44:49 |
| Touting: The Private land – Public place argument. (4 comments) Hello Admin, It is clear to me, as the removed post was one written by me, that the Licensing Department Staff seem to think when a Qualified Professional Transport Manager, who has the expert knowledge of how to expose the Council Employed Staff, [...] | Transport Manager 2011-11-10 07:49:20 |
| Man arrested after women mistake his car for a taxi in Newcastle (2 comments) Ford KA are all two door, the women in the back cannot get out, without the woman in front getting out first. [...] | Les3110 2011-11-04 21:46:27 |
| The Casey Column (1 comments) Hello Wayne, I have read this column with interest & to be honest my take on the whole problem is simple for the Law Commission and my view is this. Why totally re-write the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, or, the Local Government (Miscellane [...] | Transport Manager 2011-10-28 07:41:43 |
| Downright Cheek or Touting? (20 comments) Hello Lobby, Thank you for your enquiry, but you have come to the wrong website for that request, the one you need is www.transportmanager001.wordpress.com if you log-on to that website then follow the instructions, then I can email you perso [...] | Transport Manager 2011-10-26 04:51:33 |
| Under pressure cabbies to fight private hire plans (2 comments) Here in North Tyneside we have a licensing forum, members of the forum are comprised of licensing officers, hackney drivers, private hire operators, with representatives of the police,highways and parking control. The trade still has a lot of proble [...] |  Admin 2011-10-24 14:42:37 |
| London cab drivers and transport chiefs miles apart on Olympics route (4 comments) Thanks for the info. You write such a wonderful blog. [...] |  A4 Cars 2011-10-17 10:17:34 |
| Are Car Valeters the same as Private Hire Drivers? (2 comments) I think if a certain big office proprieter got his way with the poles ,it wouldve been the same,down here. [...] |  allan miller ( tc ) 2011-10-14 06:27:47 |
| The “road to reform” has already begun! (11 comments) Well drowning blueline driver, I think this could be a Case of Contempt of Court, which if you inform the North Tyneside Council, Not Alan Newton, as he could not prove anything, but inform Colin Macdonald at colin.macdonald@northtyneside.gov.uk [...] | Transport Manager 2011-10-07 06:32:05 |
| Man arrested over rape allegation in Byker, Newcastle (1 comments) is he defo a taxi driver pretending to be a taxi driver we get so much bad press when sometimes its not a real taxi driver [...] |  another nt hack driver 2011-09-27 22:26:56 |
| Comment of The Week (3 comments) nowt to do with common sense its pure greed can u lot not c it if they was no out of town plates means less cars more work 4 you more money 4 you and ntc attempt to enforce y shouldnt they ??? most offices did comply so y is blt any different t [...] | another nt hack driver 2011-09-27 22:19:59 |
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why is walker taxis saying they have new cars 56 plate and upwards what about there X reg for galaxy or the 04 plate skoda at least get ya facts right before blabbing on here that you have decent cars most of them are falling to pieces
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because i know they have pratt as i drive 1
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but there not all 56 plate upwards are they i was just stating the point and if you are driving one then i bet your getting your ass warmed on payments for it there never oot the garage
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Has anyone heard about private hire drivers being attacked in gosforth area on friday night?????
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I want to be a BlueLine Desky ! I heard they gettin a 7 Grand Christmas Bonus. OK I know they drivers are havin to pay a ten spot each to pay it but that’s some shithot bonus..
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The desk clerks dont get all the bonus some of it pays for the managements annual trip to spain !!!!!!!!!!
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None of you get it yet.
Driving a cab, private or otherwise is a dying trade. The authorities have no intention of setting limits on driver or car numbers and all we do is make a noise or two and hope things will get better. The winners are the company owners, they don’t care as long as their wallets are filled, there is no loyalty there.
This may be news to you, but things are not going to improve unless we all wake up and act as one. No one will listen otherwise, so don’t think ignoring the problem will make it go away.
I am trying as hard as I can on my own, I’ve approached my MP, MSP, local councillors and the transport minister, but without support from any of my colleagues they will not listen, far less act on any thing I may say.
I know most of you don’t want to rock the boat, but if nothing is done soon to put some sort of limit on licences, there will be no boat to rock.
All the best to you all.
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% think the “new northumberland council are takin the wee wee all our costs are up now we need a CRB every year and they charge us £54
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after reciving a flyer through my door for well known private hire company , Fare Pay, great idea i thought, if its free ? so i made an effort to inquire.it seems & i stand to be corrected that there is a fee attached to this, it dose not say any thing on flyer though. so how fair is the fare pay, may be a fee for a text a fee for the use of a card .will make the use of using a hackney carrige just as fair…
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According to there NEWS LETTER it costs the punter £1.00 to use the service, can’t see that on the flyer though… They are also saying they are the only ones taking secure credit card payments, I’m sure NODA have been doing that for years, but oh yes i forgot He lives in his own little bubble and what he says is gospel. One more point to add It’s this weekend, the 18th i think that NT Council have given all there offices til to get rid of there out of town hacks. Lets see how long it takes for his NT license to be revoked… Just like his Newcastle license. “Do you know who’s taking you home tonight.. yeah one of the 900 cars working from an unlicensed office!!!”
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I have read with interest about this Fare Pay System and the Charges?
Now call me whatever names you like as everyone does, but I have to say as a Businessman Ian Shanks is very clever, as the MITH continues that Blueline are cheaper than a Street Rank Taxi, but are they really, because when you examine all the factors I am going to enlighten you to, you decide?
Blueline attracts all these so called Self-Employed Drivers, many of which firstly Rent a vehicle off Blueline, then pay Insurance for the Vehicle to Blueline, then pay £110 a week Finders Fee for work to Blueline, Ian (Blueline) then tells every Driver who pays them £110 you must do as I say & not as you want to, Ian (Blueline) sets the Rate of Charge to the Passenger & the Driver cannot charge his own Rate of Charge, Ian (Blueline) then tell the Drivers they cannot have a rise because of the current Economic Climate, but then introduces a Fare Pay System that Rewards Blueline more Revenue as a Charge for the Service not the Driver, oh yes and does Blueline not now Charge all Drivers who do Credit Work that must go into some sort of Blueline Bank Account a Commission to access the Drivers own Revenue that is already done at a discount rate reducing the total amount the Driver actually receives for doing the work in the first place?
Now in the terms and conditions at the HMRC, just how are Drivers who Control none of the Elements of Self-Employment, Self-Employed at Blueline?
The only person getting a Rise here & just about every time a Rise is wanted by a Driver is Ian Shanks or Blueline the Company, if you want to be technical about it, but here is the thing?
when you add all these extra hidden charges to the Passenger, who uses Blueline, is it not cheaper for a Customer to simply get into a Hackney Carriage TAXI Vehicle, not a Pre-Booked in Advance Blueline Private Hire Vehicle, because with all these hidden charges Tarriff 1 between 0700 until 2200 hours does not seem all that bad to me, and the small enhanced Tariff 2 from 2200 hours to 0700 hours for an Immediate Vehicle on time every time with a Friendly Driver, who charges the same clear to see Flat Rate of Charge to the Passenger in every North Tyneside Taxi for the first 2 passengers, then 40p a passenger above 2 passengers, meaning £1.60p start on Tariff 1 or £2.40 start on Tariff 2, if there are only 2 Passengers travelling?
BECAUSE WHEN ALL THE HIDDEN CHARGES TO A PASSENGERS MOBILE PHONE BILL ARE ADDED TO THE PASSENGERS FARE FOR TEXT BACK AND FARE PAY THIS INCREASES THE CHEAP BLUELINE PRIVATE HIRE TO PROBABLY A RATE THAT IS GREATER THAN THE North Tyneside Hackney Carriage STREET RANK Taxi CHARGE!!!!!!
Just some food for thought before you use a Blueline Private Hire Vehicle, because every Passenger is a;
Blueline,
North Tyneside,
Section 55,
Operator Licence Passenger, at all times?
Why! because,
Section 56 (1) confirms the Liability cannot be Transferred to the Vehicle or Driver!!!
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
These are the facts Passengers need to remember!!!!
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Does anyone know anything about a taxi driver being arrested for rape on Algernon Road yesterday? Heard it on the news at tea time but no one seems to know anything about it. Taxi drivers have bad names anyway without this going on, but i dont know the facts so i wont jump to any conclusions.
@ Transport Manager I like the way you talk about Blue Line being a Private Hire operation, most of his cars are out of town hacks, which are now illegal in North Tyneside as well as Newcastle, so as you pointed out about section 55/56 wont matter much soon, simply beacuse his NT License WILL be revoked! And yes as you say the only ones making any real cash at Blueline are the owners, i think his little credit card scam that you talked about is a great idea.. for Blue Line. His latest money making scheme is if he catches one of his drivers without a uniform on they get disabled for 24 hours.. fair enough you might think… But he also fines the driver £100.. yes you read that correctly ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. How he keeps his drivers Ill never know.
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beware all private hire drivers.. on sept 22nd i pull outside the anson and literally sprinted in to the public toilets as i was bursting only to return and find the councils little hitler with aparking ticket for £35.. ( 5hrs takings gone )..i pleaded for him to see reason but the b****ard just revelled in the fact that i was commiting the crime of the century.. i excersised my right to appeal to the council and recieved their decision this morning.. they said tough shit even though i went in for a piss.. seriously lads dont let the same happen to you.. ps one final message to north tyneside council parking control.. due to spending cuts i hope you all lose your jobs.. goodbye.
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Parking controls Gaffer , Gary Hoyle , has stated that if drivers put a notice on the dashboard stating “back in 5 minutes” any appeal will be successful.
Bad news is that there is a meeting tomorrow about the impending privatisation of north tyneside parking control. Then things will be bad!
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so u parked on a hack rank with your private hire car so thats 2 offences really ?? plying for hire ??
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dont need to ply for hire mate.. still plenty of money in private hire.. thats why all you skint hacks have to come cap in hand to private hire offices… as alan partridge would say “back of the net”..
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u were parked on the rank so u were plying 4 hire !!! plenty of money mmmm £35.. ( 5hrs takings gone ).. take ya rent and fuel off leaves u with £10 if u r lucky thats really good money must get me self along 4 a data asap
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Last week I almost ran over some bus passengers due to arriva drivers dropping their passengers off at the taxi rank in North Shields. I contacted arriva to complain about this constant practice which is illegal and I was told that the matter would be dealt with urgently as it was regarded as a serious matter. Today I received a reply from arriva stating that they have told their drivers to take more care when dropping passengers off at the taxi rank, Does someone have to be killed before this practice stops.
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hello toomanytaxis.com-ers iv just registered ,, tina cots
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Welcome tina, i hope you had a good Christmas and New Year.
Please be aware of some asshole on here who calls himself Peter, i think the surname is Isson, or maybe like a kettle etc. IS on, I am not sure.
take care x
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I cannot believe it is that simple.
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