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Taxi drivers’ fury at 134% licence fee hike

2011-04-06T15:25:00.000-07:00

Taxi drivers’ fury at 134% licence fee hikeTAXI drivers in Newport say council proposals to increase vehicle licence fees by up to 134 per cent could see their businesses go under.
Newport Hackney Drivers Association chairman Lionel Morris, branded the plans “ridiculous” and said drivers were already struggling to cope with falling trade and the rising price of fuel without having to incur further costs.
Newport City Council is proposing to raise the amount drivers pay to licence themselves and their cars, as well as operators fees for taxi firms.

Bouncers asked to help control illegal cab drivers

2011-04-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

Bouncers asked to help control illegal cab drivers
BOUNCERS from a town centre night club could increase the amount of time they spend monitoring a taxi rank to stop people using unlawful vehicles.
Door staff from Liquid and Envy, High Street, Colchester, organise the queue for the taxi rank opposite the club from 3am

Aberdeen: Limit on city taxis could be restored

2011-04-03T00:43:00.000-07:00

Aberdeen: Limit on city taxis could be restored
A cap on the number of taxis in Aberdeen could be brought back in amid pleas from drivers who are struggling with soaring costs.

Councillors have asked local authority officials to investigate proposals for a survey to be carried out on Aberdeen’s taxi trade. The move followed a request from drivers and could lead to the return of a limit on the number of taxis allowed to operate in the city – five years after a similar cap was scrapped......

Kirklees taxi drivers to strike over penalty points system

2011-04-03T00:41:00.000-07:00

Kirklees taxi drivers to strike over penalty points system
HUNDREDS of Huddersfield taxi drivers have voted to strike over a new penalty points system.

Kirklees Council last week agreed to the regime – which would run alongside the official penalty points system governing all motorists.

From January 1, 2012, cabbies will be penalised for offences including failing to pick up a fare; driving while using a mobile and failing to wear an official badge.

Any driver who racks up 12 points in a year could be stripped of...

SIAN O'CALLAGHAN: Swindon taxi drivers say you can still be safe

2011-03-28T14:43:00.000-07:00

SIAN O'CALLAGHAN: Swindon taxi drivers say you can still be safe

Do You Know Who’s Taking You Home? Not if it’s a Flimper or a Flyer!
TooManyTaxis.com sends condolences to the family of Sian and together with the vast majority of Taxi drivers,both PH & Hackney, we utterly condemn the use of a Taxi for the commission of any crime, especially one such as this. Taxi Licensing departments throughout the land have been warned time and time again about bogus taxis and illegal plying for hire. Clamp down now and maybe we can avoid more heartache for some poor family in the future......

Transport Select Committee meeting Tuesday 15 March 2011

2011-03-28T14:40:00.000-07:00

Transport Select Committee meeting Tuesday 15 March 2011
Issues relating to the licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles
Read the full transcript or watch the Video

Witnesses
1.RMT, National Taxi Association, and Licensed Private Hire Car Association
2.National Association of Taxi Users and Travel Watch NorthWest
3.Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport
read more at main site............

Call for study on number of taxis

2011-02-05T01:55:00.000-08:00

Call for study on number of taxis
CAMPAIGNERS have hailed a minor victory in their battle to reduce the number of cabs in Sevenoaks.

The Sevenoaks Town Taxi Drivers’ Association has spent nine months lobbying Sevenoaks District Council about the apparent surplus of vehicles licensed as Hackney carriages in the town.....

Licences suspended in taxis crackdown

2011-02-03T14:03:00.000-08:00

Licences suspended in taxis crackdown

The licences of six cabbies have been suspended in a clampdown on rogue taxi drivers in Bradford.Police are now urging residents to help them catch unlicensed taxi drivers following the recent operation.

Officers and staff from Bradford Council’s hackney carriage enforcement team completed licensing checks on more than 38 vehicles

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

2011-01-11T15:20:00.006-08:00

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

A strike by taxi drivers in Coventry has been called off.
It follows four days of action over the increased number of cab licences in the city. Drivers said there were no longer enough taxi ranks.
But after a meeting on Tuesday, the black cab drivers said the council had agreed to stop issuing licences for the time being.....

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

2011-01-11T15:20:00.005-08:00

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

2011-01-11T15:20:00.004-08:00

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

2011-01-11T15:20:00.003-08:00

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

2011-01-11T15:20:00.002-08:00

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

2011-01-11T15:20:00.001-08:00

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

2011-01-11T15:20:00.000-08:00

Animosity between Belfast’s private hire firms and black taxis intensifies

2010-12-19T05:35:00.000-08:00

Animosity between Belfast’s private hire firms and black taxis intensifies

A war of words has erupted between Belfast’s taxi drivers. The conflict between public hire taxis (black cabs) and private hire taxis (such as Value Cabs) has been simmering for years, but is set to heighten as a series of new black taxi ranks are about to be announced in the new year.

One senior representative of the private hire industry said the behaviour of black cab drivers is creating a bad impression for visitors to Belfast.

“They park on the bus lanes outside the station, get out of the vehicle and stand at the doors shouting ‘Taxi’,” he said...........

The moment when a passenger opens fire on a taxi driver, shoots him seven times and leaves him critically injured

2010-12-12T04:55:00.000-08:00

The moment when a passenger opens fire on a taxi driver, shoots him seven times and leaves him critically injured

Taxi drivers hit out at cash con clampdown

2010-12-12T04:53:00.000-08:00

Taxi drivers hit out at cash con clampdown

Taxi drivers in Preston have hit out at council chiefs after it was announced they are being targeted in a new benefits fraud crackdown.
Preston Council, in conjunction with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), is reviewing benefits claims by all taxi drivers in the city as part of a clampdown, which starts in January……

Four drivers prosecuted in Hyndburn taxi crackdown

2010-11-24T12:15:00.000-08:00

Four drivers prosecuted in Hyndburn taxi crackdown

AN undercover crackdown on private hire taxis in Hyndburn has led to four drivers being accused of operating illegally.

Plain clothed police, licensing officers from Hyndburn Council and Lancashire County Council’s Safer Travel Unit, targeted drivers who flout the law by picking up passengers at the side of the road.

Four drivers have been ordered to appear at court accused of driving without insurance after illegally plying for hire. The offence carries a maximum penalty of £2,500 fine.........

Taxi man denies raping passenger

2010-11-18T13:44:00.000-08:00

Taxi man denies raping passenger

A WOMAN passenger was allegedly raped by a taxi driver late at night while being taken to see a relative.
A court heard that Huseyin Aydin asked her if she could pay for the fare in advance and then told her something like: “You can pay for it in another way”.
A jury at Preston Crown Court heard allegations that he locked the doors centrally and drove to a secluded spot on the journey from Lancaster to Morecambe.
There it is claimed he raped her, ignoring her pleas for him to stop.......

Anger over card system for disabled taxi passengers in York

2010-11-18T13:40:00.000-08:00

Anger over card system for disabled taxi passengers in York

TAXI firms in York said they could lose out on business worth thousands of pounds if the council goes ahead with a plan to introduce a card system for disabled passengers.

Those eligible for subsidised taxi fares, such as students, elderly and disabled people, currently use a system of tokens, which are issued by City of York Council.

That system looks set to be scrapped in favour of a card, which will be read by a device in the taxi. However, smaller firms say they will now lose out because the card reader….

Drunken man's £2,000 taxi damage: South Tyne

2010-11-16T17:59:00.000-08:00

Drunken man's £2,000 taxi damage: South Tyne

A DRUNKEN man caused almost £2,000 worth of damage to a taxi after kicking out in a row with a woman, South Tyneside magistrates were told.
The woman and a friend were in the back seat of the taxi at about 3.45am in Anderson Street, South Shields, when the trouble erupted as Dean Salem opened the door and started arguing with them, said Glenda Beck, prosecuting.

The driver asked him to stop and go away, but Salem began kicking out at the taxi, damaging the rear arch panels. The driver called police and got out to confront Salem, who squar-ed up to him....

Brighton taxi drivers will pay £700 for CCTV

2010-11-14T03:32:00.000-08:00

Brighton taxi drivers will pay £700 for CCTV

Taxis in Brighton and Hove will be fitted with CCTV – at a cost of £700 for every driver.

Council bosses have insisted the vehicles are fitted with the cameras by 2012.

The cameras, which will record images and possibly sound, are being fitted after complaints that a minority of drivers were shunning disabled passengers..........

Taxi driver held at knifepoint crashes into house

2010-11-11T13:35:00.000-08:00

Taxi driver held at knifepoint crashes into house

A TAXI driver with a knife held to his throat crashed into a house in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The driver told residents he thought he was going to die in the attack, which happened in Morley Close, Pokesdown, at about 12.45am.

Police were responding to a report of a robbery.....

Criminal Record Checks Scaled down to reduce delays

2010-11-11T13:22:00.000-08:00

Criminal Record Checks Scaled down to reduce delays

The government is, from 6 December 2010, changing the arrangements relating to what information is to be made available in respect of an Enhanced CRB Disclosure certificate.

Currently, the CRB asks every police force for the areas in which an applicant has resided for the past five years if they have any information that they consider ought to be disclosed in light of the occupation (or proposed occupation) of the applicant. This is what causes much delay in the provision of CRB Disclosures.

As from 6 December 2010.......

'Bus lane's not fine with me' says taxi driver

2010-11-09T15:39:00.000-08:00

'Bus lane's not fine with me' says taxi driver

A TAXI driver is warning other motorists to be careful where they drive through South Shields town centre.
Paul Garvock, from River Drive, South Shields, was fined £60 for driving down a stretch of Fowler Street designated as a bus-only lane.
But the 45-year-old driver does not think it is clear that drivers could get fined for being on the road – and doesn’t want them to be penalised.......

Plymouth City Council PH drop-off crackdown

2010-11-07T13:47:00.000-08:00

Plymouth City Council PH drop-off crackdown

Plymouth City Council’s new camera car is imposing £35 fines on private hire drivers who drop off or collect passengers outside some parts of the city centre and Mutley.

Driver Andrew Ash said: “This could mean a young girl leaving a club late at night and worse for wear and having to go to an isolated street.

“Or an elderly person leaving the Theatre Royal on a dark..........

Cheltenham taxi drivers in go-slow protest over emissions rules

2010-11-07T13:46:00.000-08:00

Cheltenham taxi drivers in go-slow protest over emissions rules

Twenty-five drivers, supported by scores of supporters who turned up on foot, handed over a petition urging licensing bosses not to impose new EU rules on carbon emissions. Drivers like Rob Cowie say the changes could cost him his job.The 47-year-old cabbie, from Cheltenham, said: “I’ve been driving for 18 years and my car is nine years old. “If I can’t use my car, I’ll have to go on the dole. What else am I supposed to do?” The European.........

Taxi driver hurt in knife attack

2010-11-02T14:34:00.000-07:00

Taxi driver hurt in knife attack

A KNIFE-wielding thug attacked a taxi driver and stole £100 from his cab.

Salim Amla, aged 48, suffered cuts to his face and hand when two passengers turned on him.

Mr Alma, who is a driver for United Taxis in St Helens Road, Daubhill, picked up the two men at around 2am yesterday in Castle Street, The Haulgh.

They asked to be taken to Asda in Manchester Road, Bolton........

Plymouth City Council PH drop-off crackdown

2010-11-02T14:33:00.000-07:00

Plymouth City Council PH drop-off crackdown

A TAXI driver has launched a campaign against a crackdown on drivers stopping in Plymouth city centre.

Plymouth City Council’s new camera car is imposing £35 fines on private hire drivers who drop off or collect passengers outside some parts of the city centre and Mutley.

Driver Andrew Ash said: “This could mean a young girl leaving a club late at night and worse for wear and having to go to an isolated street.........

Rape boxer posed as city cabbie

2010-10-22T13:29:00.000-07:00

Rape boxer posed as city cabbie

A SHEFFIELD boxer tipped as a promising prospect for a British title has been locked up for seven years for rape – after attacking his victim while posing as a city taxi driver.....

Taxi judgement Stockton on Tees BC

2010-10-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

Taxi judgement Stockton on Tees BC

On 8th October the High Court handed down the judgment in the case of Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council v Fidler, Hussain & Zamanian [2010] EWHC 2430 (Admin).

This is a long and involved judgment but it confirms very clearly that once a vehicle has been licensed as a hackney carriage by either a district council in England and Wales or by Transport for London (the Public Carriage Office) it is a hackney carriage for the duration of that licence, wherever it is currently located, and can therefore be used for pre-booked purposes in any district in England and Wales ................

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2010-10-17T14:52:00.000-07:00

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'Unfair' rent rise prompts demo by Leeds PH drivers

2010-10-16T03:55:00.000-07:00

'Unfair' rent rise prompts demo by Leeds PH drivers

Hundreds of Private Hire drivers from one of Leeds’ biggest private hire firms staged a mass demonstration in protest at a “unfair” rise in their base rent.

Drivers from Armley-based Amber cars, which has around 700 drivers, have been told by bosses their weekly rent will increase from £90 to £100 – a ten per cent rise…….

Taxi case 'prompts more women to report rapes'

2010-10-14T13:49:00.000-07:00

Taxi case 'prompts more women to report rapes'

Public horror over taxi sex attacker John Worboys has prompted more women to come forward to report rape to police, detectives in London have said.

Greater numbers are also telling police they they may have been drugged and attacked, specialist officers at Scotland Yard said.

Speaking a year after the launch of a sex crime unit to reduce rape offences in London, Commander Simon Foy welcomed more women coming forward to report offences. He said increases in offences being reported did not mean rape attacks were on the increase.

When asked why more women were now coming forward………..

Google Car Rival: Self-driving Taxi with iPad

2010-10-14T13:29:00.000-07:00

Google Car Rival: Self-driving Taxi with iPad

A few days ago we first learned of the Google Car, which is a vehicle that can drive by itself without input from a human driver. We know that there have been other programs going on, such as this self-driving taxi. See for yourself in the video.....

The Stig lands job at taxi firm

2010-10-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

The Stig lands job at taxi firm

The man who played Top Gear driver The Stig has got a new job – at a taxi firm. Ben Collins – who now appears unmasked on rival show Fifth Gear – will help … …

Arrests over Wokingham taxi driver shooting

2010-10-13T15:50:00.000-07:00

Arrests over Wokingham taxi driver shooting

Four people have been arrested after a 40-year-old taxi driver was shot three times in a Berkshire suburb. The man was injured in The Delph, in Lower Earley … »

Mum assaulted by taxi driver

2010-10-13T02:29:00.000-07:00

Mum assaulted by taxi driver

A MUM was dragged from a car by her hair and stamped on in a dispute with a taxi driver over a fare.

Aimee Todd was left with a broken foot and needing plastic surgery to a gaping wound.......

STOCKTON v. FIDLER,HUSSAIN & ZAMANIAN

2010-10-08T11:55:00.000-07:00

STOCKTON v. FIDLER,HUSSAIN & ZAMANIAN

The Judgement in yet another case involving the out of town hackney carriage saga.

Before :

LORD JUSTICE MUNBY

MR JUSTICE LANGSTAFF

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Between :

STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL Appellant
- and -
(1) ALAN FIDLER(2) HABIB HUSSAIN
(3) GHOLAMREZA KESHAVARZ ZAMANIAN

Middlesbrough trio jailed for taxi driver attack

2010-10-03T03:22:00.000-07:00

Middlesbrough trio jailed for taxi driver attack

THREE young men who tried to rob a terrified taxi driver, putting him in fear of his own life, start prison sentences totalling 10 years today.

A routine tea-time pick-up turned into a nightmare for Khalil Mohammed, a cabbie with Boro Taxis for 10 years.

He was surrounded, told “Give us your money” and attacked by his violent passengers Nathan Saine, Jamie Saunders and Jamie Freer.

Prosecutor Alexander Menary told Teesside Crown Court: “He was in fear of his life.”

The assailants encircled their victim………

Woman's taxi driver ordeal at cashpoint

2010-10-03T03:14:00.000-07:00

Woman's taxi driver ordeal at cashpoint

A WOMAN Taxi passenger was left terrified when a driver drove off with her in his car, as her partner nipped out to a cashpoint.

The woman had been waiting in the back of the black Fiat Doblo cab outside Tesco in Pontyclun while her partner got some money to pay the fare.

The driver then drove off before stopping about half a mile away in Heol Miskin, Pontyclun, where the woman managed to get out and flagged down a police car……..

Minister probes foreign cabbie’s licence to get lost after being taken for a ride

2010-10-01T00:57:00.000-07:00

Minister probes foreign cabbie’s licence to get lost after being taken for a ride

Taken for a ride: Transport Minister A Government Minister has launched an inquiry into the employment of foreign cab drivers after he was caught up in an outbreak of ‘taxi wars’…

'Inexperienced' taxi driver heads wrong way down fast lane of M6

2010-10-01T00:56:00.000-07:00

'Inexperienced' taxi driver heads wrong way down fast lane of M6

This is the shocking moment a taxi driver was captured on camera driving the wrong way up a motorway.

Cars were forced to swerve out of the way as.......

Bradford taxi drivers fearful of attacks

2010-10-01T00:55:00.000-07:00

Bradford taxi drivers fearful of attacks

“I was sat in the front of my cab and the couple behind started attacking me. The man was punching and the woman got a knife out and cut my face. They robbed me of around £100. I was terrified”.

Death of 'victim' rocks rape case

2010-09-15T14:11:00.000-07:00

Death of 'victim' rocks rape case

Kenneth Fisher is accused of assaulting the alleged victim after picking her up as he posed as a taxi driver. But prosecutor Alison Di Rollo told the High …

Taxi driver who attacked fare dodger walks free

2010-09-15T14:10:00.000-07:00

Taxi driver who attacked fare dodger walks free

A taxi driver who beat up and took money from a passenger who was sick in the back of his cab, then refused to pay for it, has walked free from………..

Czech company designs iPhone app to stop taxi drivers ripping off tourists in ...

2010-09-15T14:09:00.000-07:00

Czech company designs iPhone app to stop taxi drivers ripping off tourists in ...

You arrive in a foreign land and the taxi driver takes a ‘shortcut’ into town. You emerge, an hour later and considerably poorer, only to……

Norwich taxi worker caught in undercover sting

2010-09-05T15:05:00.000-07:00

Norwich taxi worker caught in undercover sting

A Norwich taxi worker was caught in an undercover police operation using the cab offices where he worked as a base to receive stolen goods. David Goodall, 57, who works for Beeline Taxis in Prince of Wales Road, was caught on four occasions receiving stolen items at the taxi offices after he was approached by an undercover officer, called Jim, who offered to supply him with stolen goods, Norwich Crown Court heard yesterday..........

Clamp down on illegal parking in Gloucester

2010-09-05T14:57:00.000-07:00

Clamp down on illegal parking in Gloucester

The council and Gloucestershire Constabulary will be issuing offenders with tickets after taxi drivers said they could not get to their rank.

A spokesman from the authority said the crackdown would help taxis collect revellers leaving clubs in Eastgate Street.....

Police warn revellers to be on alert for bogus drivers after taxi stolen

2010-09-04T09:32:00.000-07:00

Police warn revellers to be on alert for bogus drivers after taxi stolen

POLICE and licensing officials are warning city centre revellers to be on their guard tonight in case they fall victim to a bogus driver in a stolen taxi.

The warning follows the theft of a fully-badged private hire taxi earlier this week.

The black Skoda Superb Comfort TDi, registration number SB05 ZVW, was taken from outside an address in Cromartie Street, Dresden, between 11.15pm on Wednesday and 6.45am on Thursday.

Police are concerned that the car...........

Illegal cab driver raped student

2010-09-02T13:02:00.000-07:00

Illegal cab driver raped student

An illegal minicab driver is facing a long prison sentence after being convicted of raping one of his passengers.

Astor Murray was caught after being stopped by police for taxi touting six years after he attacked the 22-year-old student.

The 49-year-old’s DNA was checked against unsolved crimes and matched to evidence in the rape in 2003......

Taxi association warns of delays during Eid festival

2010-09-01T15:17:00.000-07:00

Taxi association warns of delays during Eid festival

A TAXI drivers association is warning customers of reduced service and long delays later this month as its Muslims members prepare to celebrate the Eid festival.

The Wycombe Private Hire Trade Association – made up of town centre Hackney carriage drivers and private hire cabbies, and whose members are all Muslim......

Police in Northampton link two attacks on taxi drivers

2010-09-01T15:15:00.000-07:00

Police in Northampton link two attacks on taxi drivers

Police in Northamptonshire are linking two separate attacks on taxi drivers.

In the first robbery in Birchfield Road, Northampton, on Monday night a taxi driver was throttled and had his takings stolen by a man and a woman.

Officers said they were linking this to an attack on a second taxi driver.......

Taxi driver ‘terrified’ by sword and bats attack

2010-08-30T12:20:00.000-07:00

Taxi driver ‘terrified’ by sword and bats attack

A TAXI driver has re-lived the moment two thugs tried to rob him and attacked his car with swords and bats.

Iqbal Ismail, who drives for Metro in Tonge Moor, said he had a lucky escape after the armed men banged on his car window and said: “Give us your money.”.......

York taxi drivers call for cameras as protection against violent passengers

2010-08-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

York taxi drivers call for cameras as protection against violent passengers

CAMERAS could be placed in the cars of cab drivers in York who fear for their safety.

City of York Council is to bid for funding from Safer York Partnership to buy a “bank” of the tiny devices, which cost about £400………

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2010-08-28T11:50:00.000-07:00

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Warning after bogus taxi driver assaults woman

2010-08-28T11:47:00.000-07:00

Warning after bogus taxi driver assaults woman

Police have issued a warning following the case of a woman who was indecently assaulted after getting into the car of a bogus taxi driver.

The incident happened at 0200 BST on Thursday when the woman got into a......

Telford taxi driver’s eyebrow bitten off in attack

2010-08-28T11:46:00.000-07:00

Telford taxi driver’s eyebrow bitten off in attack

A taxi driver was hit in the face with a brick and another had his eyebrow “bitten off” in a vicious attack in Telford. Taxi bosses are warning some parts could become “no-go areas”.

Conlon On Crime: Taxi attack help needed

2010-08-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

Conlon On Crime: Taxi attack help needed

VIOLENCE and aggression against taxi drivers remains all too commonplace.

There seems to be an attitude among some people, especially after nights out, that it is acceptable to behave in an anti-social and, at times, criminal way against cabbies……..

Huntingdon Taxi Driver fined £1,500 for smoking in taxi

2010-08-25T14:48:00.000-07:00

Huntingdon Taxi Driver fined £1,500 for smoking in taxi

A HUNTINGDON taxi driver has been fined more than £1,500 for smoking in his cab.

In the first prosecution of its kind since the smoking ban was introduced, Huntingdonshire District Council brought criminal proceedings against cabbie Simon Meeke.

Meeke, who works for well-known local firm Steve’s Taxis, pleaded guilty to smoking.....

Jail warning for Wrexham women who attacked driver

2010-08-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

Jail warning for Wrexham women who attacked driver

A TAXI driver has re-lived the moment he was kicked, punched and headbutted by three women in a Wrexham town centre takeaway.

The trio responsible for the attack on 63-year-old Gwilym Lloyd Jones now face jail.
Chelsea Edwards, 21, Karen Paula Jones, 27, and Paula Louise Evans, 42, each admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Mr Jones.

CCTV footage.......

Glasgow City Council hand more work to taxi firm

2010-08-21T10:59:00.000-07:00

Glasgow City Council hand more work to taxi firm

SCOTLAND’S biggest council are giving work to a controversial taxi firm – despite trying to ban them.

Network Private Hire are cashing in on Glasgow City Council cutting more expensive black hackney cab school runs.....

Taxi driver fined after being caught smoking behind the wheel

2010-08-21T10:58:00.000-07:00

Taxi driver fined after being caught smoking behind the wheel

A TAXI driver has been fined £30 after being spotted smoking in his cab while waiting for a customer.

A Carmarthenshire County Council officer issued the £30 on-the-spot fine in....

Taxi Driver given ticket for parking on taxi rank

2010-08-21T10:56:00.000-07:00

Taxi Driver given ticket for parking on taxi rank

STUNNEDTaxi driver was issued with a £70 penalty ticket for parking his taxi — on a rank.
Furious Frank Allen, 44, says he left his licensed Ford Mondeo on a stand at South Street, Newport, so he could spend a penny in a nearby pub.......

Teen attacked taxi driver after drink and drugs cocktail

2010-08-14T17:20:00.000-07:00

Teen attacked taxi driver after drink and drugs cocktail

A TEENAGER who consumed a cocktail of drink and drugs attacked a taxi driver because he could not pay his fare.

Leon Jennings ordered a taxi from the Co-operative at Hanford to take him to Tesco, Trent Vale, at 10.20pm on February 19.

After stealing a bottle of wine…….

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2010-08-14T17:19:00.000-07:00

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Crackdown on using cabs as ‘roadside billboards’

2010-08-10T13:27:00.000-07:00

Crackdown on using cabs as ‘roadside billboards’

Council chiefs have declared war on cabs dumped at Glasgow roadsides.

Parking bosses believe some firms are using the cars as “billboards on wheels”, leaving them at prominent city locations in full corporate livery, complete with phone numbers.......

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2010-08-10T13:26:00.000-07:00

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Sex attacks taxi driver sent to jail

2010-08-09T15:28:00.000-07:00

Sex attacks taxi driver sent to jail

Judge Maureen Roddy jailed Hassan for six months for the first offence of attempted sexual assault and 12 months for the second offence of sexual assault. The sentences are to run consecutively.

She told him he had abused his position of trust.

“These were vulnerable young women on their own………

Poo Powered Car

2010-08-09T15:26:00.000-07:00

Poo Powered Car

In these increasingly environmentally-conscious times, car manufacturers across the world are working hard to come up with motors that run on more eco-friendly fuels.

As a response to the growing demand for greener cars, Mercedes brought us the electric.....

Licence increase may see taxi fares rise

2010-08-09T15:25:00.000-07:00

Licence increase may see taxi fares rise

TAXI drivers may be forced to pay more to stay on the roads if councils merge their hackney carriage licences.
Cabbies in Hartlepool currently pay more than £200 just to get on the road, but have been warned that their costs could rise steeply.
Councils across the Tees Valley are to discuss standardising their hackney carriages and private hire licenses.

Taxi firm boss slams council following branding change demand

2010-08-05T11:42:00.000-07:00

Taxi firm boss slams council following branding change demand

Stephen Haines founded 1st Choice Cabs four weeks ago and bought three vehicles for his company.

But council officials have now told the 54-year-old that he will have to remove his company’s branding from his cars.

This is because the private hire licence that he has purchased does not allow vehicles to be described as cabs.....

Taxi group to take action over regulation Act

2010-08-02T12:47:00.000-07:00

Taxi group to take action over regulation Act

A COUNTRYWIDE taxi driver organisation is to challenge the legislation under which the taxi industry is regulated.

At a meeting to be held in Dublin later this week, the newly formed Tomanai Tacsaí na hÉireann, which has over 1,000 members, will tell drivers it will bring legal action against the Minister for Transport on the grounds of failures in the Taxi Regulation Act 2003.

Taxi drivers have been expressing concerns about the policing of the industry by taxi regulator Kathleen Doyle, their loss of income due to an oversupply of taxis and the introduction of new standards for vehicles.

Lockhart, O’Leary, Maher, solicitors on behalf of the new group, wrote to Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey last month outlining drivers’ concerns but…….

Funding cuts see Oxfordshire speed cameras switched off

2010-08-01T08:22:00.000-07:00

Funding cuts see Oxfordshire speed cameras switched off

All 72 fixed and 89 mobile camera sites cameras will be switched off from 1 August after £600,000 was axed from the road safety budget.

The money had earmarked for the Thames Valley Road Safety Partnership, which operates the cameras.

Officials backed the cuts at a full council meeting on 27 July.

While cameras generate revenue from fines……..

Shropshire taxi drivers’ attacks fear

2010-07-31T10:52:00.000-07:00

Shropshire taxi drivers’ attacks fear

Taxi drivers across Shropshire are refusing to work on Friday and Saturday nights after suffering a barrage of threats, abuse and violence from drunken louts.....

Residents' anger over urinating Slough taxi drivers

2010-07-30T12:08:00.000-07:00

Residents' anger over urinating Slough taxi drivers
Angry residents have claimed taxi drivers are ruining their “quality of life” by urinating outside their homes.

People living in Kenilworth Close, Slough, have put up a sign saying, “This is not a public toilet……….”

TooManyTaxis in Lowestoft ?

2010-07-30T12:05:00.000-07:00

TooManyTaxis in Lowestoft ?
TAXI drivers in Lowestoft and Waveney are appealing to the district council to reduce the number of licences being issued after fears were raised that lives could be put at risk.

Representatives of the Waveney District Council Hackney Taxi Drivers’ Association made their plea to this month’s licensing committee but their request was turned down by councillors........

Cambridge taxi fares to rise as council backs 2.3% hike

2010-07-24T12:55:00.000-07:00

Cambridge taxi fares to rise as council backs 2.3% hike
The cost of getting a taxi in Cambridge will go up in September – and it could soar further if fuel prices continue to rise.

Licensing chiefs approved an increase in the basic hackney carriage fare, and also created a new 40p surcharge which will be brought in if fuel hits £1.47 a litre.

They declined a request for a new add-on of………

Passenger enticed minicab driver into back seat of cab, court told

2010-07-21T17:00:00.000-07:00

Passenger enticed minicab driver into back seat of cab, court told
A taxi driver accused of raping a young mother in the back of his cab told a jury she begged him for sex.

Mohammed Ahmed, 42, of Clifton Villas, Manningham, Bradford, said he picked up the woman in his minicab……

Woman in taxi ‘terror’ is cleared

2010-07-20T14:49:00.000-07:00

Woman in taxi ‘terror’ is cleared
A woman who bit the hand and ear of a taxi driver who locked the doors and drove off with her trapped in the car has been cleared of assaulting him.

Mother-of-two Holly Burnett, 24, fought against taxi driver Terry Thornton after he trapped her in his car and drove away from her home at high speed, Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard yesterday.

Mrs Burnett was left “terrified” after the ordeal at Milltimber on March 19 last year but was arrested by police and kept in custody for two days. She was found not guilty of assault yesterday following a trial

Taxi drivers attacked in brutal assault in Queensferry

2010-07-19T17:10:00.000-07:00

Taxi drivers attacked in brutal assault in Queensferry

TWO taxi drivers were beaten and stamped on in a brutal daylight assault at a cab rank.

Seventy-year-old Flintshire cabbie John Evans was told he would get “the worst beating of his life” after warning two verbally abusive passengers they would have to leave the car.

Fearing for his safety, he pressed an emergency………

Taxi robbery sparks police search for suspects

2010-07-17T12:28:00.000-07:00

Taxi robbery sparks police search for suspects
TWO men are at the centre of a police search following an alleged robbery on a Doncaster taxi driver, which may have involved a knife.

The incident happened on Friday June 4 at around 11.40pm when the 36-year-old taxi driver picked them up in Doncaster town centre.

They asked to be taken to Stainforth. One of the men sat in the passenger seat with the other man sat behind the driver.

Taxi driver 'attacked and robbed' in Bridgwater

2010-07-14T12:20:00.000-07:00

Taxi driver 'attacked and robbed' in Bridgwater
A Taxi driver was attacked and robbed after picking up a fare in Bridgwater, police revealed today.

The taxi driver collected two men from St Mary Street on Saturday, July 3 at about 11.15pm and drove them to Purley Drive.

Detectives say the driver was assaulted when they arrived before he was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton where he was treated for head injuries........

Yob hurls paving slab through taxi windscreen

2010-07-12T13:34:00.000-07:00

Yob hurls paving slab through taxi windscreen

A taxi driver and his passenger escaped serious injury after a yob threw a paving slab through the windscreen of the vehicle as it travelled through Preston.

David Neale, who has been driving cabs in the city for the last four years, was left covered in broken glass after part of the windscreen and the passenger side window shattered inwards......