|
taxi to airport in London
Hello ! for those who travel to london airport, I have an usefull information. If any wants London Airport Taxi Cab Transfer Service than they can try http://www.247AirportTransfer.co.uk and they also provide 10% discount when you book online. I have used the company a couple of times and they seem very helpful and cooperative. Thanks
|
taxi to airport in London
In message , Lola01
writes Hello ! for those who travel to london airport, I have an usefull information. If any wants London Airport Taxi Cab Transfer Service than they can try http://www.247AirportTransfer.co.uk and they also provide 10% discount when you book online. I have used the company a couple of times and they seem very helpful and cooperative. Thanks This is NOT a TAXI service it is a Private Hire service. Claiming to be a taxi service is mis-representation and, if. as you claim, you are licensed by Transport for London, you may be reported for attempting to mislead potential passengers with a question of being suitable people to run such a business. For those who don't know about such things, you will often find that many PH companies will claim to be taxis, use drivers who have not taken the extensive 'knowledge' test; do not have to take any additional driving test; may in fact be driving without a UK driving licence and frequently charge more than the metered taxi fare. If you want to get a properly licensed taxi you can try using one of the apps that are currently being introduced into the market. The two front runners at the moment are HailO and Gettaxi - others are available. I have no personal involvement with any of these companies. Be safe, be really sure, use a driver who IS properly qualified, has taken an additional driving test, can use bus lanes, and uses a purpose built vehicle with a metered fare. -- Mike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikehughes2011/ |
taxi to airport in London
In message , Paul
Cummins writes We were about to embark at Dover, when (Mike Hughes) came up to me and whispered: For those who don't know about such things, you will often find that many PH companies Lets test these claims... use drivers who have not taken the extensive 'knowledge' test; But are often training for it while earning and learning as TfL licensed PH Drivers There are *some* but they are a very small percentage do not have to take any additional driving test; Nor do Taxi Drivers. Wrong. Taxi drivers are required to take an additional driving test before they get their licence. This includes the correct procedure to accommodate wheelchair users. PH drivers take no additional test at all. may in fact be driving without a UK driving licence Unlikely, as a part of the licensing process is to check the driver is legal to drive in the UK, and has valid licence, insurance and CRB. They do not require a UK driving licence until they have been in the UK for 12 months - there is no additional test to get their licence. As for CRB checks, it is not possible to check back for those who are newly arrived in the UK, yet they are granted licences. frequently charge more than the metered taxi fare. PH Vehicles are not allowed to put meters in their cabs. As a result, they charge by mileage. Which is more likely to be higher that the meter rate. Minimum fare for the best known minicab firm is £12.oo minimum fare for a taxi £2.40. The majority of day time fares are less than £10 so using a minicab will cost more - and they can't legally go into bus lanes, or through Oxford Street. You can;t really use the old lies about Minicabs now they are all licensed by the PCO, and lies like yours What lie?. If you are at a nightclub in London you'll find that the prices they quote are higher than those for taxis. They are also uninsured if they pick up from the street i.e. their insurance is ONLY for pre-booked jobs. make i more likely I would use a Minicab, not a Hackney, if I need a cab in London. That is your choice, but when you're sat in traffic or diverted due to road works, or many of the various events that the roads are closed for, especially with the Olympics coming up, don't expect the Satnav users to know how to get around the closures. You could ask the lady who, after 3 hours of going round the centre of London in the minicab booked by the company she was visiting, ended up ion tears as he just couldn't get her the hotel - a simple 10 minute journey for me as I knew how to get around the roadworks. As I said it's your choice. -- Mike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikehughes2011/ |
taxi to airport in London
do not have to take any additional driving test;
Nor do Taxi Drivers. I am not now and have not ever been a cabbie but know there used to be an additional taxi driving test (separate from the written and interview "knowledge" tests). Has that really been dropped ? -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
taxi to airport in London
On 2012\06\07 01:46, Paul Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Mike Hughes) came up to me and whispered: For those who don't know about such things, you will often find that many PH companies Lets test these claims... use drivers who have not taken the extensive 'knowledge' test; But are often training for it while earning and learning as TfL licensed PH Drivers do not have to take any additional driving test; Nor do Taxi Drivers. may in fact be driving without a UK driving licence Unlikely, as a part of the licensing process is to check the driver is legal to drive in the UK, and has valid licence, insurance and CRB. CRB only really covers time spent in the UK. Since many minicab drivers are fresh arrivals from the third world, a clean CRB tells you nothing. As for valid licence and insurance, "Further inquiries into the rapist's firm revealed that each of its 32 drivers was working illegally in some way - either through their immigration status or by claiming benefit while working." See http://www.blackedoutwindows.com/ind...dge-speaks-out |
taxi to airport in London
In message , Robin writes
do not have to take any additional driving test; Nor do Taxi Drivers. I am not now and have not ever been a cabbie but know there used to be an additional taxi driving test (separate from the written and interview "knowledge" tests). Has that really been dropped ? No. it's still a legal requirement. The person who wrote the above does not seem to be very well informed. The danger is that this lack of information may lead to conclusions that are, at best, simply wrong, but at worst can seriously affect judgement when it comes to hiring 'minicabs'. The best know one is - or should be - that PH vehicles are only insured for pre-booked jobs, yet people will still get into a vehicle that is not booked. If the drivers are prepared to break the law on hiring, ask yourself what other laws they are prepared to break. -- Mike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikehughes2011/ |
taxi to airport in London
In message , at 10:24:23 on
Thu, 7 Jun 2012, Mike Hughes remarked: You could ask the lady who, after 3 hours of going round the centre of London in the minicab booked by the company she was visiting, ended up ion tears as he just couldn't get her the hotel - a simple 10 minute journey for me as I knew how to get around the roadworks. That happened to me in Washington DC. A taxi from the airport ended up going round the block three times without getting any closer to our very centrally located hotel, so we got out and walked the last hundred yards. And I had the same problem in Sheffield earlier this year - the road pattern has been completely changed since my satnav's database. I went round three times trying to find out how to get to The Crucible, before giving up and walking the last 400 yds. (Every route I tried ended up either at a "buses only" or a "pedestrians only" blockade). -- Roland Perry |
taxi to airport in London
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Mike
Hughes) came up to me and whispered: Wrong. Taxi drivers are required to take an additional driving test before they get their licence. This includes the correct procedure to accommodate wheelchair users. Wrong. This is not a "Driving test" as the DSA do not implement it. It is a Conduct test. AS for the rest of your drivel, why don't you try going into somewhere like, say, London Executive in Great Suffolk Street, tell them you are a Licenced hackney driver wanting a job, and see how quickly they show you the door. I doubt you'd be going slow enough to notice there's a floor... -- Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead Wasting Bandwidth since 1981 IF you think this http://bit.ly/u5EP3p is cruel please sign this http://bit.ly/sKkzEx ---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ---- |
taxi to airport in London
Mike Hughes wrote on 07 June 2012 10:24:23 ...
In .domain, Paul writes [snip] make i more likely I would use a Minicab, not a Hackney, if I need a cab in London. That is your choice, but when you're sat in traffic or diverted due to road works, or many of the various events that the roads are closed for, especially with the Olympics coming up, don't expect the Satnav users to know how to get around the closures. True, but don't assume that it's always the taxi driver that has the knowledge. In my last two cab journeys, both involving heavily congested roads, the minicab driver (Monarch Radio Cars, W4) was superb, both in driving skills and knowledge of the street network. By contrast, the taxi driver with an all-London badge, hailed on the street at Edgware Road H&C station, needed advice from me on 4 separate occasions because he evidently had very poor knowledge of West London. -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
taxi to airport in London
We were about to embark at Dover, when
(Richard J.) came up to me and whispered: True, but don't assume that it's always the taxi driver that has the knowledge. To be fair, it's the Bike couriers that have the best knowledge. I proved this in 2005/6 when I had to regularly be in offices just off Old Street by 10am on a Saturday, and was regularly parking my car outside the door at 9.55, having left Basingstoke at 9am and stopped at Old Street McDonalds on the way. And I hadn't done Courier Work in London for over 8 years at that point. -- Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead Wasting Bandwidth since 1981 IF you think this http://bit.ly/u5EP3p is cruel please sign this http://bit.ly/sKkzEx ---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ---- |
taxi to airport in London
In message , Paul
Cummins writes We were about to embark at Dover, when (Mike Hughes) came up to me and whispered: Wrong. Taxi drivers are required to take an additional driving test before they get their licence. This includes the correct procedure to accommodate wheelchair users. Wrong. This is not a "Driving test" as the DSA do not implement it. Get your facts straight. It is a DSA test - failure means that you don't get your licence. It is a Conduct test. AS for the rest of your drivel, why don't you try going into somewhere like, say, London Executive in Great Suffolk Street, tell them you are a Licenced hackney driver wanting a job, and see how quickly they show you the door. I doubt you'd be going slow enough to notice there's a floor... -- Mike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England Interested in American trains real and model? Look here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikehughes2011/ |
taxi to airport in London
Wrong. This is not a "Driving test" as the DSA do not implement it. It is a Conduct test. It's sometimes hard to tell on Usenet who is right and who is wrong so, having had a few minutes spare to waste, I did a little digging. As regards the term "driving test", it is used both in the underlying legislation (the London Cab Order 1934 (1934 No. 1346)) and colloquially by TfL and the DSA for what taxi drivers in some areas are required to undertake. Turning to who carries out the test/assessment/whatever, TfL think they have a contract with DSA to design and carry out the tests; and DSA think they run them and invite people to book them on their website. See eg http://www.dft.gov.uk/fyn/practical.php http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpar...ire/17726.aspx) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...ase-in-VAT.pdf Of course I may well have missed something but at that point I moved on to waste my time on other things ;) -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
taxi to airport in London
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Robin) came up
to me and whispered: As regards the term "driving test", it is used both in the underlying legislation (the London Cab Order 1934 (1934 No. 1346)) and colloquially by TfL and the DSA for what taxi drivers in some areas are required to undertake. and it's broadly the same application process for Taxi and PHV licensing. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...river-operator -and-vehicle-licensing-guidelines.pdf Including the requirement to hold an EEA licence, have a CRB check and, if previously living abroad, to supply a "Certificate of Good Conduct". And any licenced hackney driver would know this, as he has to jump through exactly the same hoops as a PHV driver, ad has done for more than 10 years. So any Hackney Carriage driver claiming otherwise is either 10 years out of date or deliberately stirring **** to cause Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. "Look at us - we're proerly checked and licensed" - Just like John Worbouys was: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...cd=2&ved=0CFgQ FjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2 Fuknews%2Flaw-and-order% 2F5194618%2FBlack-cab-rapist-serial-sex-attacker-John-Worboys-jailed-indef initely.html&ei=sUDRT42GKeO-0QXcnZAy&usg=AFQjCNHC14Uwpy5Hkv06xui4Y24ilT4h1 g&sig2=8byObS7w5qG6cZkVt3EB3w -- Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead Wasting Bandwidth since 1981 IF you think this http://bit.ly/u5EP3p is cruel please sign this http://bit.ly/sKkzEx ---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ---- |
taxi to airport in London
And any licenced hackney driver would know this, as he has to jump
through exactly the same hoops as a PHV driver, ad has done for more than 10 years. "Exactly" apart from (in London) "the knowledge" and from the test by the DSA (if you do now accept that it is a test and by the DSA)? -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
Quote:
and want to go to the suburbs. Although most green badge taxi drivers know Central London extremely well, many are out of their depth in the suburbs, particularly the outer suburbs. It's one of the reasons taxi drivers sometimes refuse to take passengers to the leafy suburbs. (The other main reason, of course, is that they are unlikely to get a fare back into the middle) Your other point is also valid. Many minicab drivers know their patch very well indeed and have no difficulty finding alternative routes when the main routes are congested. |
Quote:
in an accident, is his insurer going to investigate if the journey had been pre-booked? |
Quote:
than those of a typical minicab firm. Most minicab firms' minimum charges are between £3.50 and £5.00. By the way, anyone can drive down Oxford Street after 19.00 hours, even minicab drivers. |
taxi to airport in London
On 2012\06\08 16:22, Robin9 wrote:
'Richard J.[_3_ Wrote: ;131057'] True, but don't assume that it's always the taxi driver that has the knowledge. In my last two cab journeys, both involving heavily congested roads, the minicab driver (Monarch Radio Cars, W4) was superb, both in driving skills and knowledge of the street network. By contrast, the taxi driver with an all-London badge, hailed on the street at Edgware Road H&C station, needed advice from me on 4 separate occasions because he evidently had very poor knowledge of West London. Your experience is quite typical of many who hail a taxi in Central London and want to go to the suburbs. Although most green badge taxi drivers know Central London extremely well, many are out of their depth in the suburbs, particularly the outer suburbs. It's one of the reasons taxi drivers sometimes refuse to take passengers to the leafy suburbs. (The other main reason, of course, is that they are unlikely to get a fare back into the middle) Your other point is also valid. Many minicab drivers know their patch very well indeed and have no difficulty finding alternative routes when the main routes are congested. ...although the suburban taxi drivers found at suburban ranks have done the knowledge for their suburban area and know the suburbs better than anyone. |
taxi to airport in London
In message , at 16:27:31 on Fri, 8
Jun 2012, Robin9 remarked: If a minicab is involved in an accident, is his insurer going to investigate if the journey had been pre-booked? If doing so avoids paying out to that passenger, of course they will! -- Roland Perry |
taxi to airport in London
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Roland Perry)
came up to me and whispered: If doing so avoids paying out to that passenger, of course they will! That's the one thing that can never happen. The passenger is a third party. -- Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead Wasting Bandwidth since 1981 IF you think this http://bit.ly/u5EP3p is cruel please sign this http://bit.ly/sKkzEx ---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ---- |
Quote:
cheers Flacks |
Quote:
hi there... probably the best idea would be check with them on their website, www.247airporttransfer.co.uk :) I think that they offer transfer from milton keynes, why not ? |
Quote:
them for their quote? |
Quote:
The bestowed Luton Airport Transfer provide rapid and cost efficient transfer services to all chief regions of the city.They persistently supervise arrivals at Airfield making certain our drivers land around 20 minutes ahead of you land.This Luton Airport Transfer is at ease and can settle more public comfortably with extra luggage space as well. |
london airport transfer
Hello ! for those who travel to london airport, I have an usefull information. If any wants London Airport Taxi Transfer Service than they can try https://mkltransfer.co.uk/ and they also provide 10% discount when you book online. I have used the company a couple of times and they seem very helpful and cooperative.
MKL Transfer goes beyond conventional transportation. With a vast fleet and professional drivers, we ensure you reach your destination promptly. We take pride in our versatile vehicle options, including saloons, estates, MPVs, minivans, and minibuses, catering to various travel needs. Plus, our competitive prices and exclusive discounts make us the cost-effective choice. Thanks |
| All times are GMT. The time now is 10:49 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2006 LondonBanter.co.uk