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Old July 3rd 14, 04:22 PM posted to cam.transport,uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default What's it(!) with Uber?

In message , at 17:11:58 on Thu, 3 Jul
2014, JNugent remarked:
The only answer that works is tell people that they should only ever
book such cars in advance, and hence be more assured that it's not an
unlicenced one (with all the associated risks).


"Unlicensed minicabs" is a strawman. There are a few knocking about,
I'm sure, but not as many as people think.

The context is very handy for use as a bogeyman by the real offenders:
licensed minicab drivers who unlawfully ply for hire on the streets
(and that's the majority of them).


I'm not sure why using unlicenced cars as a bogey-man, to encourage a
publicity campaign to encourage people to only use pre-booked cars, is
in any way helpful to licenced minicab drivers illegally plying for
hire.
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Roland Perry