Bath & North East Somerset Council has received and granted an application by the controversial private hire operator Uber, to operate across the Bath area.
The application was considered in line with the Council’s policies and procedures and as all the necessary criteria have been met, the application was granted.
Cllr Martin Veal (Conservative, Bathavon North), Cabinet Member for Community Services, said: “We have recently issued a private hire operator’s license to Uber Britannia Ltd which uses a smart phone application to connect passengers and drivers.
“The company has operated in other cities such as London, Manchester and Bristol for some time now and offers a new type of service to passengers.
“Public safety is of paramount importance to us and we are reassured by the company’s intention to use only Bath & North East Somerset Council vetted and licensed drivers and vehicles.
“This is a relatively new type of service and we will continue to monitor it very closely to see how it works.”
Editorial Comment:
Typical example of another council which has not done their homework. They intend to licence, then monitor closely!!!
How is this a paramount safety factor towards the public. Surely the councillors should have taken greater steps to investigate Ubers record first, in the interest of public safety. All they had to do is Google Uber and read the wealth of complaints from users world wide.
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The theme running though most press stories concerning a Uber is;
They do not adhere to any form of current PH legislation, do not take pre-bookings as required, use drivers(some of whom) have had no CRB/DBS checks, use drivers who do not know the local area and have to rely on satnav technology. Use drives from outside the licensing area to work along side ayhorised drivers and most do not have sufficient insurance cover.They've also had numerous complaints regarding customer account hacking leading to fraudulent transactions (well publicised).
Allowing this company to ride roughshod over Bath's existing taxi and privat hire trade, will undoubtedly herald their demise.
Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick.................
Semtex
the was the same council that tried to ban sat navs - they have stated the firm can only use local vehicles - yet seem to forget the deregulation act which allows it - I am seriously coming to the conclusion that no licensing authority in England or Wales is actually fit for purpose.
When will they arrive in Harrogate Andrew Jones the local mp&transport minister....
When will they arrive in Harrogate Andrew Jones the local mp&transport minister....
Public safety is important to Uber ,so is Tax Evasion/avoidance,I hope they have a army of staff to deal with customer complaints,and ensure that all operators have in place FULL Hire & Reward insurance before their cars are Licensed by Bath city Council and only cars/drivers from Bath allowed to work on the App...Not like in London / the rest of the Country.
They have resulted to using out of town drivers, more out of town drivers than bath drivers, so the public safety they don't give a toss about. Wankers
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