On 2016\07\20 19:22, wrote:
In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:

On 2016\07\20 06:47, Roland Perry wrote:

Would a pure electric taxi/private hire car be able to do the Heathrow
or Gatwick run on one charge?

LOL. London taxis get rides to Salisbury, Liverpool, Sheffield or
Hull with zero warning in advance.

Unlike London, Cambridge does not have a uniform taxi fleet. So there is
room for petrol and diesel vehicles as well as electric, together with
saloons and vans/London-type cabs.


But who would want to be the taxi driver that has to turn down every
long job because his vehicle is not fit for it? It could work for a PH
company to give the drivers a rota in the different vehicles, but taxis
can't operate like this. Every taxi has to have enough range for any
conceivable job.

Basil Jet wrote on 20 Jul 2016 at 19:55 ...
On 2016\07\20 19:22, wrote:
In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:

On 2016\07\20 06:47, Roland Perry wrote:

Would a pure electric taxi/private hire car be able to do the Heathrow
or Gatwick run on one charge?

LOL. London taxis get rides to Salisbury, Liverpool, Sheffield or
Hull with zero warning in advance.

Unlike London, Cambridge does not have a uniform taxi fleet. So there is
room for petrol and diesel vehicles as well as electric, together with
saloons and vans/London-type cabs.

But who would want to be the taxi driver that has to turn down every
long job because his vehicle is not fit for it? It could work for a PH
company to give the drivers a rota in the different vehicles, but taxis
can't operate like this. Every taxi has to have enough range for any
conceivable job.

Well, that's the way it's arranged currently, apparently. But if a taxi
driver gets hailed by people who want to go to Hull, presumably he has
the option to refuse them, if only because it would take him over the n
hours per day driving limit. If so, a shortage of available driving
hours can apply equally to the car or the driver; it doesn't make much
difference.

In a sensible world, the taxi driver could help the customer by phoning
a local minicab operator to book the trip to Hull, and get commission
for doing so. But I guess we're a long way from such a joined-up solution.

--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

Richard J. wrote:

Well, that's the way it's arranged currently, apparently. But if a
taxi driver gets hailed by people who want to go to Hull, presumably
he has the option to refuse them, if only because it would take him
over the n hours per day driving limit. If so, a shortage of
available driving hours can apply equally to the car or the driver;
it doesn't make much difference.

Currently there is no limit on taxi drivers hours although there have
been occasional calls to introduce such a limit.

Peter Smyth

In article , (Peter Smyth)
wrote:

Richard J. wrote:

Well, that's the way it's arranged currently, apparently. But if a
taxi driver gets hailed by people who want to go to Hull, presumably
he has the option to refuse them, if only because it would take him
over the n hours per day driving limit. If so, a shortage of
available driving hours can apply equally to the car or the driver;
it doesn't make much difference.

Aren't there already different classes of black cab drivers' licences on
London?

Currently there is no limit on taxi drivers hours although there have
been occasional calls to introduce such a limit.

Taxis are only required to be hireable within the licensing area, so Greater
London or the City of Cambridge. Beyond those limits it's entirely a matter
of negotiation, no different from a hire car (or minicab as Londoners tend
to misname them).

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 21/07/2016 07:41, wrote:
In article , (Peter Smyth)
wrote:

Currently there is no limit on taxi drivers hours although there have
been occasional calls to introduce such a limit.

Taxis are only required to be hireable within the licensing area, so Greater
London or the City of Cambridge. Beyond those limits it's entirely a matter
of negotiation, no different from a hire car (or minicab as Londoners tend
to misname them).

Wasn't the point about HOURS rather than area?

In article , (Someone
Somewhere) wrote:

On 21/07/2016 07:41, wrote:
In article , (Peter Smyth)
wrote:

Currently there is no limit on taxi drivers hours although there have
been occasional calls to introduce such a limit.

Taxis are only required to be hireable within the licensing area, so
Greater London or the City of Cambridge. Beyond those limits it's
entirely a matter of negotiation, no different from a hire car (or
minicab as Londoners tend to misname them).

Wasn't the point about HOURS rather than area?

Not as far as licensing law is concerned.

--
Colin Rosenstiel