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The promised meeting,with Lib.Dem. Leader of Newcastle-u-Tyne Council,took place today.
The Delegation of Taxi drivers met with Councillor John Shipley and Taxi Licensing officers to discuss the following points:
1. The Illegal Plying for Hire in Newcastle by Private Hire and Hackney Carriages from all Regions.
2. The Deliberate and Drastic Reduction of Rank Spaces throughout the City which has resulted in approximately 75 Rank Spaces for 780 Hackney Vehicles.
3. The New Threat of Prosecution by New Parking Control Officers (Blue Hats) and Council Controlled CCTV to anyone not sat on a Legal Rank Space
A member of the delegation said later “The meeting went very well and we now feel at last we are being listened to,we now feel we have a meaningful rapport with the Council on matters Taxi related”
At the suggestion of Mr. Shipley more meetings are planned for the future. It would seem that Mr.Shipley was unaware of the scale of Taxi related problems within the City and has vowed to look closer at the points brought up.
There is to be a meeting of the Taxi trade on Tuesday 17th March 2009, at the Newcastle Labour club to discuss the points raised and the Councils reaction to said points. It is in your interests to attend. See you all There!
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L79,
total rubbish
“GPS plotting means you have to be in the zone to get the work! ”
if you ALL sat outside the zone, a job would still go to the first driver! why should you park up on grey street etc etc … back in the ‘old’ days you had to drive to your job, whats the difference, clear the city streets of empty PH waiting for jobs and make them park outside only enetering ONCE they have taken a booking, isnt thats how its supposed to work anyway!
Just come back after one year away from the hacks i find it totaly unacceptable what is happening in our trade,Mr shanks wants his big fat greedy arse put in to place, what a disspicable horible corrupt man he is , When we get our town back i hope it destroys you.just want to say you can go on website and speak to your local mps and they will get in touch, so everyone should email them all your concerns if we all do this everyday they will soon listen!
why are all the hacks going on about berwick bages when we all no who is to blame for the fall of the taxi trade its the people the council leave alone because they shout its racist to say out to me get a grip lads and get them out
went to the meeting last night, dont want to say too much as theres other meetings in the pipeline, but all in all i went away feeling good that maybe we are now getting listened too. i guess only time will tell.
once again well done to the lads who are putting in so much hard work.
@ 190
actual I’ve already wiped my arse and done the NVQ.
And I don’t want to work the Airport if I did I would have put my name down 5 years ago when I PASSED MY LOCALITY TEST yes thats right once upon a time you had to sit a test. Could you pass one or would you strugle to spell your street name???
mb i going to work at airport can you yes i am out town and i have a house berwick as well and are you nvq bet not you will shit your self when you have to do it when all newcastle ph/ and hacks got to do it many thank to you l90
@ 190
Sorry but I’m abit confused with your comment. Are you saying that I should buy a shop or a car wash because if you are can i say that I don’t want to buy a shop or car wash. If I did I would probably be on another site and not on TOO MANY TAXIS.(the clue is in the name)
You have also said ‘stand on the a one tell all’. Do you meen A1 coz that would be dangerous I might get nocked over LOL.
And as for being a SAD MAN and as you say ‘berwick is go no were’ Berwick will go somewhere. Into the history books again because berwicks borders have moved more times than the LA’s policys on Taxis.
I take it from your comment that you are a out of town driver more than likley berwick. If so If you head up the A1 pass STANNINGTON, ALNWICK, FENWICK AND SCREMERSTON keep going for a few more miles and you will come to BERWICK-UPON-TWEED find yourself a nice rank space and please don’t come back.
Then I would be a Happy man.
Many thanks MB 27
mb you must realise the folk in berwick have a village mentality & a council with even a smaller one, the would`d use any car from out of town other then there own for a taxi its a town with a massive chip on there shoulders you would do best by telling your passengers not to holiday there & give as much bad publicty as you can,they think its hillarious that its cost the tax payer down here a lot of money for a pathetic meaningless judgement,leaving rich office proprieters rubbing there hands, and a small minded council with extra mney in there coffers,
I’VE HAD A BRAIN FART. BEST PROTEST IN THE WORLD.
The legitamate North tyneside ph/hack drivers and the newcastle ph/hack drivers are pritty much all in agreement that yes the credit crunch has affected our takings but the influx and ever inreasing amount of out of town cars takes the p**s.
So why don’t we all chip in a few quid and open a PH office called TOO MANY TAXIS in berwick using CB’s as radio’s and we could offer fares for a quid anywere within berwick.
We can have us PH lads working the desk and the hacks working as PH cars.
YES we will all be slighly out of pocket but we would only have to work one day a week as we could rotate drivers and DC’s.
The fares collected would cover fuel and some of the runnng costs and the DC,s would work for nowt until we get or point across( one day a week for a few hours).
NOW HERE COME THE FUN STUFF
how long do you think it will take the berwick lads and lasses to kick off with berwick council when people phone TOO MANY TAXIS for cheaper fares and their takings take a massive plunge.
How long do you think it would then take the council to possibly RE-THINK their policys on cars working out of town and taking what we are saying with more than a pinch of salt.
Then how much extra work would the police in berwick had to deal with when theres a load of out of town cars parked in their borough clogging up their town centre and parking on their ranks. I think they would want words with the councils to get it stopped.
And then when were finished their we can tour the other F*****G boroughs and F**K with their livings until all the councils agree that OUT OF TOWN PLATES aren’t a good idea.
Not wanting to name names but I’ve heard that a particular NORTH TYNESIDE ( not Newcastle )office is awaiting delivery of another 20 berwick plates and has drivers waiting. Don’t know if it is true but if it is Could the office please kick me in the left testicle as my right testicle can’t take any more abuse.
Cheers MB 27
Did any of the delegation happen to bring up the issue of boy racers clogging up the city centre using bus lanes and parking prity much were they want
I am eagerly awaiting the drivers meeting. This whole situation is a damn farce. Black cabs being given tickets for picking up outside the busiest pubs in town, causing the hacks to not pick up there, and guess what….Good old NODA private hire cars flimping the jobs from there.. It all seems a bit convenient to me. We get charged for trying to do our job effectively while the largest private hire company set up there own ranks all over town – behind the law courts, stowell street to mention a couple, and the police are getting rid of the hacks on Collingwood St and leaving it for the private hire to get all the jobs.. Does this seem right to you? We’ve got to stick togeather or it will not be worth coming to work at all!!