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[email protected] · July 21st 16, 07:41 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Peter Smyth)
wrote:

Richard J. wrote:

Well, that's the way it's arranged currently, apparently. But if a
taxi driver gets hailed by people who want to go to Hull, presumably
he has the option to refuse them, if only because it would take him
over the n hours per day driving limit. If so, a shortage of
available driving hours can apply equally to the car or the driver;
it doesn't make much difference.

Aren't there already different classes of black cab drivers' licences on
London?

Currently there is no limit on taxi drivers hours although there have
been occasional calls to introduce such a limit.

Taxis are only required to be hireable within the licensing area, so Greater
London or the City of Cambridge. Beyond those limits it's entirely a matter
of negotiation, no different from a hire car (or minicab as Londoners tend
to misname them).

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Colin Rosenstiel