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| Worker was employee owing to mutuality of obligation (23 comments) The Contracts(Rights of Third Parties)Act 1999 1.(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act,a person who is not a party to a contract(a”third party”)may in his own right enforce a term of the contract if- (a)the contract expressly provides that he may, [...] |  newsman 2012-05-23 18:40:19 |
| Minicab boss could face criminal prosecution over bus lane row (1 comments) Yet another case of back tracking by Addison Lee, because he has been caught with his pants down & thought he was to Big & Rich to be Challenged! [...] |  Transport Manager 2012-05-23 05:26:35 |
| Taxi drivers deny green lights on roof signs are racist (1 comments) Well it was Varadkar who said in september 2008 that foreign national should be given inducements to go home. They should be paid 6 months welfare payments and asked to leave Ireland! Is this not racist? I suppose when you are an arsehole like him it [...] |  Robbie Kidd 2012-05-20 19:01:29 |
| Taxi and Private Hire Services (34 comments) Andy, I just enjoy winding David up, as he is unwilling to accept he had Delegated Powers, but refused to accept even when told by the Judge in October 2008, he could have refused to Licence! He even admitted in a previous post on this site he wa [...] | Transport Manager 2012-05-19 07:33:47 |
| Touting: The Private land – Public place argument. (6 comments) Joe, The L/A must have permission from the private land owner to site a rank and that permission can be withdrawn at any time,normal consultation criteria does not apply in these cases. [...] | newsman 2012-05-18 08:13:15 |
| Recent Discussions (22 comments) When you refuse to face the truth, you deceive yourself and live in falsehood, also known as denial. What do you think? [...] |  soaplySmoolla 2012-05-15 13:15:31 |
| Is the nature of Private-Hire being exposed? (5 comments) I’m one doing victorian style hours, it sucks and yes the owners are exploiting us en mass. [...] |  Anon 2012-05-15 05:55:30 |
| Trafford Council taxi licence inquiry: Two men arrested (7 comments) Transport Manager, You may wish to cherish what I am about to say, because I may never have reason to say it again, but you’re right, section 72(2) does incorporate section 44(3) to the effect that it applies also to an offence under Part II. H [...] |  David Wilson 2012-05-10 16:15:40 |
| Law Commission advise of date of consultation (19 comments) So it’s a national private hire plate? All very well for the operators looking to constantly expand but what happens if your working from a low cost taxi firm as they’ll all probably be and you finish work 50 miles from home every night? And am [...] |  Andy Warhol 2012-05-10 08:48:25 |
| Taxi victory for campaign group (3 comments) Mike, You are correct in your assumptions but unfortunately a lot of HACKNEY CARRIAGES in the North East are working from private hire offices and charging fares greater than allowed under the rulings of the private hire operator being a specialist [...] | newsman 2012-05-05 10:28:36 |
| Fears voiced over rear loading taxi decision (1 comments) Where was Daphne when gov’t made us all spend thousands on WAV nearly bankrupting us all u can’t please some people!!! [...] |  Taximan 2012-04-30 19:35:17 |
| Petition calls for taxi charge change (8 comments) Newsman, I find it very strange that Two Millionaire Business people with Peter Stringfellow & John Griffin being the Nadine Quashie Lap Dancer Case, then the Private Hire Industry with Addison Lee. Could be a very interesting time, with th [...] | Transport Manager 2012-04-30 05:56:01 |
| ‘It’s absolutely shocking’ — north-east Fife taxi operators face grilling for failed tests (9 comments) Admin, What is wrong with wanting to have higher standards in the Taxi or Private Hire Industries. Now you say I am being pedantic, but I personally wish when these type of figures are released, they would release the figures as Hackney Carriag [...] | Transport Manager 2012-04-27 06:04:38 |
| TFL 1 – 0 Addison Lee (1 comments) Well 3,500 Drivers, I guess that is a lot of Tax Evasion, if the Treasury decides to follow Ian Austin MP for Dudley recommendations the co-chair Cyclist questioning in Parliament? [...] | Transport Manager 2012-04-26 20:31:48 |
| Written Questions about the Government’s relationship with Addison Lee & self employed status of private-hire drivers (3 comments) I listened to the Vine show as well, and Jeremy Vine has certainly gone down in my estimations. He kept refering to Private Hire Taxis. Mind you, the chap from the LTDA did himself no favours by referring to people ‘getting off the plane or boat’ [...] |  wayne casey 2012-04-26 08:43:02 |
| Minicabber loses his way in argument against cyclists (4 comments) Taj, Simple Fact is Addison Lee, had a Problem with Cyclists, but also stated he would pay his Drivers Fines in relation to Bus Lanes at the same time! Maybe you should read the MP Ian Austin, who just happens to be the Dudley MP & Co-Chair o [...] | Transport Manager 2012-04-25 12:40:54 |
| Tory minicab donor Addison Lee fires first shot in battle of London bus lanes (5 comments) David, You will one day realise, that I do certain things, to give you the opportunity to enter the debate, as if it was not for you being selective with Mr Shanks about which parts of the 1998 Act, you want & which parts you do not want! N [...] | Transport Manager 2012-04-24 07:25:28 |
| Council wins crown court taxi appeal (1 comments) At last some sanity has prevailed. [...] | Transport Manager 2012-04-23 18:01:36 |
| Prepared to take the Risk? (1 comments) Thanks for this, but as the Government Only has a Policy for Hackney Carriage Type Vehicles, is it not funny how the Article mentions the Private Hire Vehicle & Driver. Now the DDA 1995 applied conditions to a Hackney Carriage Vehicle, but not [...] | Transport Manager 2012-04-21 09:07:20 |
| At last, sanity prevails courtesy of Tewkesbury Borough Council (1 comments) Now if only Berwick council had thought of a simple little thing like a knowledge test….maybe things would have turned out a little different  [...]
| Wayne Casey 2012-04-13 20:41:17 |
| Pivotal taxi case ends in conviction (3 comments) You mean to say Newcastle actually has enforcement officiers…..maybe we need a judicial review into that rumour. Newcastle seems to have become a multi_plate,multi fare city with everyone doing their own thing as long as they get away with it. L [...] |  John dodds 2012-04-04 04:39:33 |
| Photos (1 comments) just to let you know E.C.M.L have told the drivers at central station we have a 12month contract, just waiting for the paper work to be posted out,they had promised us a 24 month contract, I think this is due to the 9 million pound refurbishment of [...] |  Central Station Drivers 2012-03-29 23:11:44 |
| Is Northern Ireland a testing ground for future UK taxi law? (2 comments) Salutations from over the sea. Great taxi site I will return for more. [...] |  Allen Ralon 2012-03-29 14:37:08 |
| Locality Tests!?! What Locality Tests?? (60 comments) f***in racist cun*, white drivers are worst! [...] |  ALAN MURRAY 2012-03-13 21:59:44 |
| Taxi road rage video a YouTube hit (2 comments) Just watched this Video CCTV & shocked at the level of Road Rage, but thought straight away of a 10CC Song called “Dreadlock Holiday” The laid back lifestyle of the Assaulted Gentleman, meant clearly it was not David Haye verses Chisora, although [...] | Transport Manager 2012-03-13 08:14:22 |
| PH Firm speaks out after vehicles are banned from council car parks (1 comments) Well for once the Transport Manager cannot be blamed for this matter. The Law is simple on this subject matter, but the problem is Council Staff working in Licensing, Planning & Highways clearly all over the country do not have the correct Qua [...] | Transport Manager 2012-03-07 07:37:56 |
| A Multi Billion Pound Organisation (1 comments) Very Good Article, The problem we have in the North East is many Taxi Proprietors are the Sick, Lame & Lazy, who believe they do not need to invest in the future & therefore decide to allow silly give away prices to rule the Business Value of [...] | Transport Manager 2012-03-06 07:06:18 |
| Taxi firm Blueline’s licensing row rumbles on (18 comments) Delboy, There is case law regarding the renewal of licences after expiry. I do not believe that Northumberland or any council has a specific policy on the point, but would chose to consider each on its own merits. If you have Taxi Licence Pr [...] | David Wilson 2012-03-01 19:46:39 |
| Mystery Shoppers at The Coast (4 comments) Central Private Hire Driver, ha ha ha, The Law is the Law, but when North Tyneside Council force you to travel back to Central`s Office, with its Off-street Parking Facilities, when you do not have another Hiring to go on to, then Central will [...] | Transport Manager 2012-02-24 13:54:04 |
| St Albans taxi drivers facing stiff competition (1 comments) Council hide behind ‘Office of Fair Trading and Department of Transport reports on best practice’. They can re limit Taxis if they reallly want too. Demand a Halcro Unmet demand survey, that will show how many Taxis are required in St Albans….and r [...] |  Chelmsford Taxis 2012-02-23 12:42:57 |
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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
because i know they have pratt as i drive 1
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
Has anyone heard about private hire drivers being attacked in gosforth area on friday night?????
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..
The desk clerks dont get all the bonus some of it pays for the managements annual trip to spain !!!!!!!!!!
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.
% 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
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…
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!!!”
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!!!!
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.
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.
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!
so u parked on a hack rank with your private hire car so thats 2 offences really ?? plying for hire ??
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”..
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
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.
hello toomanytaxis.com-ers iv just registered ,, tina cots
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
I cannot believe it is that simple.
When you refuse to face the
truth, you deceive yourself and live in falsehood, also known as denial. What do you think?