Private-Hire drivers across the borough face double the penalty if caught illegally plying for hire after councillors decided a bigger deterrent was needed. Dudley Council’s taxis committee has decided to double the minimum penalty private hire vehicle drivers can expect for plying for hire. The starting point for a first conviction has been increased from [...]
A man snared in an undercover police sting to catch private hire cars illegally picking up passengers without bookings has been slapped with a driving ban. Shaimaz Javed, of Gladstone Street, Peterborough was given a four-month driving ban and fined a total of £400 at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court yesterday. He had pleaded guilty at a [...]
Another Northumberland taxi driver has been convicted of illegally plying for hire in an uninsured vehicle in Gateshead. Dumitru Mihai Munteanu-Mace, a hackney carriage driver from Newcastle, attended Gateshead Magistrates Court on 22 July 2011 to face charges of plying for hire outside of his licensed area and of operating without proper insurance. He pleaded [...]
TAXI drivers whose cars are not wheelchair-accessible could be required to convert them under new proposals being considered. Crawley Borough Council is asking for the views of drivers and the public as it looks at changing its policy on taxi licensing. Drivers have told of their fears that converting their cars would be too expensive [...]
A private-hire driver has been given penalty points by a Berkshire council after being caught on camera urinating in a Slough road. The driver, who has not been named, admitted the offence and was given six points on his private hire licence. A Slough council spokesman said the driver had “apologised profusely”. But Colin Davey, [...]
A minicab driver who carried out a brutal rape on a teenage girl was easily caught after he accidentally left a petrol station receipt at the scene. Masood Ahmed, 26, of Seaforth Avenue, New Malden, was convicted at Guildford Crown Court on Tuesday, of two counts of rape, one of making a threat to kill [...]
TAXI drivers staged a demonstration yesterday evening, and have already planned another for next week, after claiming the high number of licences which have been handed out in the city is jeopardising their future. About 50 to 60 members of the St Albans Taxi Association drove in convoy around the city centre for some two [...]
Public asked for views on taxi and private hire vehicles A public consultation has been launched to gather views about the standards for licensed vehicles in the Borough. Licensed vehicles include taxis and private hire cars. The licence to operate one of these vehicles is awarded by Bedford Borough Council’s Licensing Committee. Currently licences are [...]
THE limit on the number of Hackney Carriages in Thurrock has been removed. The current limit for the number of Hackney taxis in the borough is set at 100. However, at a full meeting of the council last Wednesday, it was revealed that ten of the licenses for Hackney taxis are still available. Concerns were [...]
New York City has approved the Ford Taurus sedan and Ford Transit Connect van for use as taxis for the next two years, allowing the carmaker to keep a foothold in the New York cab market even as it phases out the Crown Victoria sedan. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission approved the vehicles Thursday. [...]
