On the 5th August, a briefing paper was introduced into the House of Commons library, laying out the present position and the Law Commission's intentions regarding Taxi and private hire licensing.
I've read the draft in it's entirety. Once again, another pointless, misaligned research study, that has no doubt cost a fortune to compile.
This is a must read for every Taxi driver concerned with the future of the trade. In our opinion most of the content is hypocritical and biased.
Section 3.4 poetically deals with the reason why parliament should not define "Plying for Hire" in law, but instead give a clear definition to pre-booking alongside a new offence of making it illegal for any service other than a Taxi to accept a hiring there and then.
Controversies surrounding Uber in London:
While the trade and the GLA were astonished at the lies told to the transport committee by Leon Daniels about Uber's so called "on off" insurance, it would seem that his words have been accepted by the author of this report (Louise Butcher) as genuine fact.
Also contained in the final section in a run down on where we presently stand with TFLs long drawn out high court action regarding a definition of the Taximeter used by Uber, with TfL pointing the finger at the LTDA for holding up proceedings.
Anyway, before we give any serious opinions about the danger of this briefing document which has now been submitted and added to the House of Commons library, read it for yourself and discus with your colleagues and trade reps.
Editorial Team Comment, From Semtex:
5 comments:
Leon Daniels needs to be personally held responsible for loss of earnings to the taxi trade.
We should take out a class action against him
He should also so be done for malfeasance
I've read the draft in it's entirety. Once again, another pointless, misaligned research study, that has no doubt cost a fortune to compile.
Typical political drivel, and to be honest, I don't know what segment of society or political group it is aimed at.
The report and it's erroneous conclusions were apparent from the start on page 1, titled "What is a taxi?" I rest my case !
TFL have allowed the standards of our trade to become so blurred, it requires academics to spell out what a bloody taxi is now !!!
Would they have asked what a taxi was in the 60's ?
Not only that. The Law Commissioners advice of more effective law and enforcement procedures dealing with touts and the likes, has gone unheeded.
The laws are there, but are of absolutely no use unless some bugger is out there watching that they are complied with !
Why is it hard to understand ?
Another booklet of utter shite produced at no doubt huge expense, pretending to the professionals that all is well, all is being managed and all is under control.
None of the above applies ! Another ruse to look like something is being done. It aint ! We are dying !
No parliamentary or judicial confidence or following for me mate ! If any of you think the laws or Government Scrutiny Reports will save you, start digging an escape tunnel now !
That bloody clock is ticking its little face off now folks, and the only thing we have got to look forward to, is we nick an extra hour in October !!
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock............
Semtex.
Louise Butcher should be made aware that the licencing of taxis and drivers is an activity undertaken by the DVLA and not by the TfL or it's predecessor, and has been so since 1st Jan 1921. Documents issued by the regulatory authorities are only "forms of Licence" and remain vacuous, as the authentic licence to drive and use a vehicle on the public highway is the mandatory ones as issued by the DVLA.
This you may confirm by reference to the Roads Act 1920, at which time the powers to take licence fees from cab owners was withdrawn under section 14(1) of the Roads Act 1920, and the collection of fees being subsequently undertaken by Commissioners of Customs and Excise,and now a function undertaken by the DVLA
See below for the enabling legislation
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/10-11/72/section/14/enacted
There's little doubt about it, those men you were talking about have been and gone; you just don't know your dead yet!!
I'm still waiting to see what the next ruse is to get you all distracted and ranting so more months of your destruction tick by whilst you panic about the Yellow badges and ignore the rest.......
You all think you got it clocked but they're still baffling you with Uber
It's the same ruse as the high financiers use to distract us from there own actions:
There's a table with a plate of twenty cookies. Around the table are a banker, a worker and an immigrant.
As the banker takes 19 cookies he whispers in the workers ear "watch out for the immigrant, he's after your cookie!!"
Get smart and forget Uber: it's time to take down the authority; not the minions!!
1:12 Anon.
Like your post mate ! And you are right. Operation Mincemeat all over again ! Deception, cunning and corruption ! That said, Uber will no doubt have several key players of the authorities in their pockets, they wouldn't have had such free passage otherwise. We are pushing our luck with the ferret so much, we may be investigated by the RSPCA soon.
Good post though mate. Be lucky.
Semtex.
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