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Robin9 · October 17th 15, 09:02 AM

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In article ,
(JNugent) wrote:

On 16/10/2015 23:05, wrote:
In article ,
(Roland Perry) wrote:

In message , at 11:41:37
on Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Paul Corfield remarked:

Haven't you been introduced to Mr R Perry, Honourable Member for all
things Nottingham, Ely and Cambridgeshire? :-))))

I can do urban transport in some detail in Geneva and Amsterdam too
(as well as London of course).

Never taken a private hire in Ely, so I have no idea if they have
meters or not. The cars in the rank at the station are [East Cambs]
Hackneys.

I should bloody well hope that any car on a rank is a licensed hackney
carriage as only they may ply for hire legally.

The answer to your earlier question is that some other major cities,
Birmingham to my personal knowledge and as also mentioned in a news
report today, Manchester and Sheffield, share with London the
inexplicable (to me) Luddite rule that bans meters in hire cars. What
possible justification can there be for this?

Eliminating any excuse for mistaking a pirate car for a taxi, of course.

That is addressed by marking rules on vehicles, both hackneys and hire cars.
The position should be clear enough. They aren't unmarked like Addison Lee
cars in London are.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Addison Lee vehicles are cleared marked on the back with the
company logo. However, any mentally competent person can tell
the difference between a London Hackney Cab and a minicab. The
idea that a meter - inside the vehicle, remember - is necessary to
enable people to differentiate is absurd.