Over a weekend that saw the Olympic Park at Stratford heaving with capacity crows attending Wired, licensed TfL private hire Trouts were out in full.
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Taxi drivers turning up around 11:45pm found the rank extremely busy. Taxi marshals had to put out requests for help on twitter as the queuing revellers waiting for Taxis was getting longer by the minute.
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In reality, as expected it turned into a Tout-fest again.
So what did LTPH do about the situation?
They did what they normally do in areas with out if control touting, turned a blind eye to the PH touts and waited by the Taxi rank to perform badge and bill inspections.
This complaint was registered on the Taxi forum, Sunday day time.
The Olympic Park, Last Night.
Dropped off at wanstead last night,on the way back I had a look at in the olympic park.
There was a big concert on and I got on the rank which was moving pretty quick. When I looked over to the car park it was full of scabs openly touting. There was ******** mobs of them.
When I got on point a asian bloke 3ft nothing walks up:
"Where we off to mate" I said
He replies "Bill and Badge Driver".
When I pointed out the ILLEGAL TOUTING going on not 20yds away from him, he just shrugged his shoulders and asked for my bill and badge again.
TFL enforcement is a f******* joke...if you ask me, their shit scared of them.
Drivers should remember that LTPH compliance (unless with a warranted Police officer) have no power to stop you. They have no power to stop you working.
If you arrive at a rank where passengers are waiting to board Taxis and are approached by a compliance officer, you should ask him/her to step aside and approach the next person in the queue.
Compliance officers can only carry out checks if Taxi drivers are found stationary on a rank.
LTPH make no visible effort at events to disperse groups of Touts who put the public in danger.
Compliance teams concentrate on harassing working Taxi drivers.
This was part of the massive queue waiting for taxis at 11:50 on Saturday night, being held up by compliance officers doing badge and bill checks
In the days leading up to the event, @TFLTPH put out a series of tweets informing:
"We aim to keep you updated with all the taxi and private hire arrangements for events at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this summer"
And
"PHV drivers - please use the pick up point in International Way for passengers from Wireless concerts this weekend"
Also
"Enforcement officers and police will be at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park events. Drivers convicted of touting will have their licence revoked"
Sounds impressive! till you remember this is the same twitter account that regularly put out this laughable tweet:
"Our enforcement team is carrying out regular operations in Regent Street. Drivers convicted for touting will have their licence revoked"
And
"Our enforcement team is carrying out regular operations in Swallow Street. Drivers convicted for touting will have their licence revoked"
As you can plainly see from this Photo taken on Saturday the invisible threat from TfLTPH isn't being taken seriously by the touts at Swallow Street.