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[email protected] · April 26th 16, 06:19 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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On 25/04/2016 00:04, wrote:-
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On 23/04/2016 20:16, wrote:
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(JNugent) wrote:

On 22/04/2016 22:50, Mizter T wrote:

On 22/04/2016 20:05, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 19:12:08 on Fri, 22 Apr
2016, Mizter T remarked:

The complaint is they claim minicabs are plying for hire around St
Pancras and KX.

More specifically, uninsured minicabs.

Wrong, that's not the complaint.

Private hire cars (aka minicabs) are not allowed to ply for hire on
the streets, only taxis can do that.

I'd suggest that you'll find very few, if any, TfL-licensed but
uninsured minicabs out on the street in London - being uninsured
means they'll lose their licence.---

Is that what happens in London? The view taken here is that a penalty
applied by the licensing authority should not be disproportionate to
that applied by the courts. So a license suspension of 1-3 months is
more common following a plying for hire conviction to allow the driver
to ponder what he needs to do to make himself a fit and proper person to
be a hire car driver again.

Boris Johnson introduced a one-strike-and-you're-out policy
regarding private hire drivers touting for business. If they are
caught doing it, they lose their private hire license which means
no licensed cab firm can give them work.

That is very harsh given the penalties applied by the courts and against the
legal advice given to Cambridge councillors. Drivers (outside London at
least) have a right of appeal to the Magistrates' Court. Have any disbarred
drivers so appealed, and with what outcome?

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Colin Rosenstiel