Comments on: Northumberland: New Licensing Policy

By: jimmy d

jimmy d — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:05:07 +0000

stephen,these berwick plates arnt suddenly springing up,they’ve alwasys been here,as you rightly state berwick council no longer exist,and nothumberland council arnt handing out berwick plates,what they are doing is,when a hack plate falls due for renewal,they are replacing existing plate i.e berwick,tynedale,castle morpeth etc etc with the new northumberland hack plate,”td” denotes it is licenced to hack tynedale zone,bv blyth valley and so on,are these “out of town plates” responsible for stuffing up the trade in newcastle and north tyneside?
yes,to a certain extent no doubt,if a driver changed from say berwick plate to north tyneside hack plate would that stop him flimping in the toon,very much doubt it because he’s already proved he dont give a toss about the laws and regs attached to his licence,if you think somebody is flimping get his reg no,plate no.and licensing authority and phone them up or e-mail them and dont let it lie there,keep banging on their door until you get a satisfactory answer as to what there doing about your complaint,make enforcment justify why WE pay their wages.
as for newcastle council blaming berwick council for this fiasco,they too have some blame to take,they should be clamping down on operators who take on out of town hacks,make it a condition of their operators licence that they use only licenced cars from within their own licensing area,and if the law needs changing to ensure this,then they should be using the courts to get the laws introduced.if 100 berwick hacks change to newcastle ph and 100 change to north tyneside ph,your still going to have those 200 cars doing exactly what there doing now,then who do we blame?.the people we should have been blaming all along…THE COUNCILS and their enforcement teams or should that be lack of enforement,these are the people we should be venting our anger at.lets stop attacking each other and set our sights on the licensing authorities,if there enforcement officers do there jobs properly they’ll soon catch and weed out these clowns who wont play by the rules.

By: thelighthousekeeper

thelighthousekeeper — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:57:34 +0000

@Stephen (FKA Central Enth.), I believe Tynedale Council Zone have been very pro-active in there approach to their front door stickers for their zone, already deciding to issue a white front door sticker with a blue outline with the TD infront of the plate number on the front door sticker for new Tynedale Hackney Carriage Licence Renewals, but perhaps when the information comes out from the 16 July meeting at the County Council, then perhaps only perhaps the Airport and Out of Town Tynedale Hackney Carriages could be the first to lose there plates, if the Licensing Enforcement Officer is as quick off the mark, as they have been so far. I know nothing about what is happening in the New County Council with relation to there New Hackney Carriage Policy Decision on Thursday 16 July 2009 at 4pm. Take Care All.

By: Stephen (FKA Central Enth.)

Stephen (FKA Central Enth.) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:40:54 +0000

OK Referring a Bandit to a Murderer was naughty, I apoligise!, but I can’t help wandering why more Bandits are springing up from a Council that no longer exists!…..
Monday gone I saw a Northumberland Hack with ‘TD’ in front of it’s number, this Car had a Plate bolted on and blue and white Door Crests on, it looked fit and proper.

By: Stephen (FKA Central Enth.)

Stephen (FKA Central Enth.) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:13:03 +0000

IF YOU DON’T LIKE COMMENTS OR BANTER ABOUT BERWICK HACKS, SHUT UP AND LEAVE THEM ALONE, I AM SURE JACKO’S MONKEY ‘BUBBLES’ WOULD KNOW THAT BERWICK CARS HAVE SCREWED THE TRADE IN NORTH TYNESIDE & NEWCASTLE!

By: Smudger

Smudger — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:59:37 +0000

Alright clever Mr OH NO,

I am a Blueline driver and happy,so what do mean regarding going back to our caves etc! and dregs whatever that means ??

Just rememember that admin is responsible for all of the comments on here and its people like you that bring the whole lot of us a bad name as anyone can view this site.

By: Smudger

Smudger — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:49:53 +0000

@OH NO! Shanks has taken on another driver., What do you mean when you say the dregs of society as i work at Blueline and just wonder why you make a stupid remark like that! Next time you have a shave look in the mirror!!!!!

By: Private hire driver NCLE

Private hire driver NCLE — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:54:14 +0000

@Stephen (FKA Central Enth.), I agree with Jimmy D, it was really stupid and vigilante like of you to put this post on. People like you can do more harm than good sometimes.

By: jimmy d

jimmy d — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:19:15 +0000

peter sutcliffe’s still in nut hoose and fred west’s deed.car had plate on,probably not affixed
where it should be,but does a top sign mean its a bonafide taxi?,was he working,was he piking his missus up,did you ask him?,probably not, so just stick his plate number up on here and basicaly brand him a thieving murdering flimping bandit,and all because he had a berwick plate on his car,stephen VIGILANTE springs to mind,maybe we should all keep an eye out for this plate,grab the driver and burn him at the cross,or if your feeling really cruel and vindictive…..BUY HIM A SEASON TICKET FOR ST.JAMES PARK NEXT SEASON

By: Stephen (FKA Central Enth.)

Stephen (FKA Central Enth.) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:52:32 +0000

Plate No. 1100 Berwick, picked up at ASDA in Gosforth today, NO Top Sign or ID, just a adhesive Plate stuck on the Boot, could be anybody!, Peter Sutcliffe or Fred West!!!!!!, lets hope they all go!

By: PHD

PHD — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:14:35 +0000

Well the meeting was held yesterday at Northumberland to adopt the new taxi policy.let’s see how long it takes for these Berwick plates to fade away.

By: OH NO! Shanks has taken on another driver.

OH NO! Shanks has taken on another driver. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:25:30 +0000

The Nothumberland situation is a chance for us so see an end to all the dregs of society that mr Shanks has driving for him,I pray to God that all these Bandits are refused plates(most of them prob wouldnt even know where Northumberland is!!!!!!)and they can go back to the caves they crawled out of.

By: thelighthousekeeper

thelighthousekeeper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:10:59 +0000

@PHD, I think you will find that is not true. I do not know if Blueline has an office in Cramlington, but what I do know is that Blyth and Cramlington Hackney Carriages are the old Blyth Valley Region of Northumberland and there are only 45 Hackney Carriage Licences for that area, as there is a capped limit in place in Blyth and Cramlington Zone and has been for years although there was 4 new wheelchair hackney carriage licences issued a couple of years ago, that the New County Council have not removed. The last new issue Blyth and Cramlington Region Hackney Carriage Licences to be released was in 2006/2007, if my memory serves me correctly when the limited number that had been 41 was increased to 45 because there was a lottery style draw for the 4 new issue wheelchair vehicle licences that were to be issued to drivers who applied, who aledgedly as soon as they recieved the confirmation papers, so the story goes, recieved the deposits for the brand new wheelchair Hackney Carriages by putting them in the name of the finance provider for the wheelchair vehicles and those plate numbers were 42,43,44 and 45 in Blyth Valley.

You will find if you read your Hackney Carriage Licence that the plate is registered to the vehicle registration number and that belongs to the finance hire-purchase or loan provider until you have paid all the payments and the vehicle is yours, but the keeper of the vehicle will be stated on the log-book and that is the person who is listed on the licence as the any other person who is the proprietor or part-proprietor of the vehicle.

The Finance provider can only be remove when the log-book keeper recieves the confirmation of settlement on the vehicle papers, because in law the vehicle still belongs to the finance house intil the final payment is made and the settlement papers are released.

I hope this clears up this mistaken belief that Ex-Berwick are now plated in the Blyth or Cramlington Region of Northumberland.

I am not writing this as a Blueline supporter, but as an honest person who will agree with Blueline when they have not done wrong and disagree with them when they have, as Ian would probably agree, if he had answered this response himself.

By: PHD

PHD — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:57:10 +0000

@Private hire driver NCLE, Shansys got a office in cramlington so all his ex berwicks are plated there now! Nowts changed.

By: Private hire driver NCLE

Private hire driver NCLE — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:59:36 +0000

@Live the Dream, It has BV before the plate number so I assume it is a Blyth Valley zone Northumberland hack.

By: Live the Dream

Live the Dream — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:30:21 +0000

What the hell’s that black Mondeo doing driving around town with a Northumberland plate on,I hope this isnt the start of another Berwick Fiasco.
Oh it has BLT mags on the side SURPRISE SURPRISE!!!!!!!