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Neil Williams · June 7th 16, 11:09 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2016-06-07 15:34:28 +0000, d said:

No. Uber drivers take pickups from whatever area they're in at the time which
is often of their own choosing just like a black cab. Minicab drivers however
have an office they're based at and usually only take pickups from nearby that
office. If a minicab company had its cars posted around strategic places in
central london and allowed its drivers to take direct bookings from customers
via an app or phone, TfL would soon have something to say about it - but how is
that different to what Uber do?

It's *exactly* what minicab companies do outside London, other than
that the office dispatches when you do a phone booking, which might
tick off a legal technicality but is in practice insignificant. London
is an oddity in how minicabs work.

Neil
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