Changes to Taxi Rules Could Indirectly Lead to Lower Safety Standards - Banbury FM

Changes to taxi rules could indirectly lead to lower safety standards - Banbury FM

Cherwell risks making their system too onerous, leading to some drivers using the “Wolverhampton” loophole Concerns have been expressed that changes to taxi rules being proposed by Cherwell District Council could lead to taxi users unknowingly travelling in vehicles operating to lower safety standards, licenced from outside the area. The council is proposing tightening up the rules for both private hire and Hackney carriage operators, but these …

How does Wolverhampton Council support its hackney carriage taxi trade?

City of Wolverhampton Council uses a series of ways to support hackney carriage drivers in the city and protect their taxi trade from illegal competition.The authority is continuing its Operation Trojan programme, which targets private hire drivers illegally plying-for-hire. This offence occurs when a private hire driver picks up passengers without a pre-booking through an operator licensed by the same council, or enters a hackney carriage rank …