Taxi driver ban (From Bicester Advertiser)
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Taxi driver ban
11:20am Wednesday 21st March 2012 in News
AN unlicensed taxi driver has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 and banned from driving.
Roy King, 53, from Church Street, Appleford, who was working for OK Corporate Cars, pleaded guilty and was also given eight penalty points for driving with no insurance.
Comments(14)
Lord Palmerstone
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12:01pm Wed 21 Mar 12
Dilligaf2010 wrote:If they haven't been done for permitting that will be because Roy was "self-employed" i.e. paid a % to the OK control in return for business. Hope that helps.
And what about OK Corporate Cars, don't they get prosecuted for employing him?
Dilligaf2010
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12:14pm Wed 21 Mar 12
Lord Palmerstone wrote:Surely though a company has to prove somebody is legit before offering them work, even if on a self employed basis?
Dilligaf2010 wrote:If they haven't been done for permitting that will be because Roy was "self-employed" i.e. paid a % to the OK control in return for business. Hope that helps.
And what about OK Corporate Cars, don't they get prosecuted for employing him?
Sid Hunt
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12:14pm Wed 21 Mar 12
Dilligaf2010
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12:39pm Wed 21 Mar 12
Sid Hunt wrote:Fishing ;)
Unlicensed in what way - no driving licence or no taxi licence?
Bart_Simpson1
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1:04pm Wed 21 Mar 12
Severian
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1:24pm Wed 21 Mar 12
SteveOX4
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1:38pm Wed 21 Mar 12
SteveOX4
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1:51pm Wed 21 Mar 12
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King Joke
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3:28pm Wed 21 Mar 12
Severian wrote:Pedants' Corner! 99.9% of the population recognise a private hire vehicle as a taxi, and indeed many PHV firms have 'Taxis' in their company name. Do you want to do them under trade descriptions laws?
Lax reporting from Oxford Mail. An "unlicensed taxi driver" is NOT a taxi driver! What he was is a driver who was taking passengers for a fee, whilst not being licensed to work for a private hire firm.
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
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5:25pm Wed 21 Mar 12
SteveOX4 wrote:I don't know why it was not on here, i read it on TVP website and even they don't know the difference between PHV and a TAXI. It was a phv not a taxi, but if the man was stupid enough to get into the car with a driver who is already breaking at least 2 laws, why he thinks that he wouldn't break any more. If he had got in a TAXI on St Giles it only goes £18 on the meter to the punchbowl so he would have saved money as well as his smashed up car. Always take a real TAXI we are professional drivers who charge the rate for the job, and not tell you it is £20 then demand £35 at the end of the journey and smash up your car when you refuse, we leave that to the PHV drivers.
Funny how Oxford Mail didn't report an alleged robbery and assault by a taxi/private hire driver a couple of weeks ago. I will post a link to it when I can be bothered.
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
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5:31pm Wed 21 Mar 12
King Joke wrote:King joke there is massive difference between taxi and phv, also no phv may have the word TAXI anywhere on or in his vehicle, even on the receipt cards. I am just waiting for the big accident with phv that has been flagged down cos when passenger finds out there is no insurance to pay for injuries and lifetime care, he will really know the difference between taxi and phv then. Not- pedantic new word for me had to look it up - but the true difference.
Severian wrote:Pedants' Corner! 99.9% of the population recognise a private hire vehicle as a taxi, and indeed many PHV firms have 'Taxis' in their company name. Do you want to do them under trade descriptions laws?
Lax reporting from Oxford Mail. An "unlicensed taxi driver" is NOT a taxi driver! What he was is a driver who was taking passengers for a fee, whilst not being licensed to work for a private hire firm.
another one bites the dust
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5:54am Thu 22 Mar 12
Church Street
Appleford
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 4PA
01235 848030
Category: Car Hire - Chauffeur Driven
HE'S BE DOIN' IT FOR YEARS
another one bites the dust
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9:00am Thu 22 Mar 12
another one bites the dust wrote:10+ YEARS!!
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Church Street
Appleford
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 4PA
01235 848030
Category: Car Hire - Chauffeur Driven
HE'S BE DOIN' IT FOR YEARS
Dilligaf2010 says...
11:59am Wed 21 Mar 12