Managing Director of surface transport at Transport for London, Leon Daniels has again been caught out misleading the Taxi trade, misleading the public and misleading the GLA transport committee.
First we had the farce of Uber's land line!
Daniels proudly gave out a landline number saying that this was indeed the required number Uber needed to take bookings and comply with their operators licence.
The number given out by Mr Daniels later proved to be the personal number of Ubers London general manager, not a booking or customer service number.
Now we have the issue of Uber driver's mythical on off hire and reward insurance:
It is our opinion that Daniels has used his position to personally accredit a commercial company which allows their drivers to illegally drive Private Hire vehicles, without the necessary Hire & Reward insurance.
In his most recent audience with the GLA transport committee, Daniels publicly stated that TfL have regularly check the validity of insurance and as these vehicles are cars, it's perfectly within the law to "switch on and switch off" the hire and reward element.
Trade orgs have been complaining about this so called "on off" insurance for many months, saying it is no more than a myth, but Daniels has been adamant and defended Uber's drivers at every opportunity, even though there have been multiple cases come to light through the media, where drivers have been shown to be uninsured at the time of major accidents.
On these occasions the company (Uber) turn their back on the passengers/third parties saying they must take it up with the driver as per their terms and conditions.
If a driver is found not to have hire and reward at the time of an accident, while carrying a fare paying passenger, then the vehicle is uninsured.
The United Cabbies Group have today announced they have conformation in writing from the Association of British Insurers that;
NO SUCH POLICIES EXSIST.
It is our opinion that for a civil servant to put the public at grave risk in this manner is not acceptable and Taxi Leaks believe Mr Daniels position at TfL is no longer acceptable. He should be given the opportunity to resign and if not, should be sacked with immediate affect.
Notice the mistake from TfL Taxi Ranks!
6 comments:
(This comment is for the article above re daniels. There is no comment link available).Malfeasance has been alluded to in these columns before. It's surly open and shut now. In my mind there is only one reason Daniels is still in office. I believe Emerson but particularly Daniels are being set up by 'higher powers'. With Hendy moved aside, deafness silence from the new man Brown when the proverbial hits the fan,as it surely will, this will leave Daniels in prime position to take all the flack. That he can't see this just proves how out his depth he is. It's his own fault, along with his cohort Hendy he has shown an unprecedented malevolence towards our trade which has clouded his judgement in my opinion. Even this evening we hear that co's are patrolling Praed street while minicabs use our rank at Paddington to wait for their pick ups. Who could have ordered such a thing?
AndyCabb
Sorry about spelling and grammar,difficult writing on a phone.
AndyCabb
What is wrong with sign ? It does not tell the uber drivers where they can park
As for insurance it's old news really, I and others got the same response from the industry BUT TfL are 'satisfied' with the arrangements .
Good thing is that anything happens Daniels is on the hook for it!
It's a clear case of corruption, I bet whoever penned the sign gets free bacon sandwiches for life :)
Why is it only the UCG that have taken up this blatant attempt to misinform the trade.Are the other orgs blind What happened to the power of the unions
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