Minicab Related Sex Crimes Set To Rise Dramatically Nationwide, As TaxiAnd...
Minicabs forming an illegal rank, TfL and City Police turn a blind eye. This is organised crime, on a regular basis. Would you know if driver had a TfL PHV drivers licence?The case in the article below...
View ArticleUber Now Using Illuminated Signage In Manchester...Will London Be Next?
The Post below was sent to Taxi Leaks Editor, from the Manchester Black Cab Trade Board. I believe this sign is Illegal, I've posted the relevant section of the 1981 Greater Manchester Act.It is quite...
View ArticleIt's Not Just The Taxi Trade Who Think TfL Are Totally FailingLondon...Their...
 TfL's Internal Staff Newsletter For June 2014:Official statistics show that prices are still rising more than wages, and the Bank of England is now talking about interest rate rises in the near...
View ArticleWanna be a Taxi Driver? Don't want to do the Knowledge? Buy an oldplated...
London Green Badge and Blue TfL pre-booked stickers have been openly available on EBay for years. But now the problem of Taxis and minicabs running round with expired plates and TfL roundels are...
View ArticleIllegal cab firm finally brought to justice after two year courtbattle:...
A cab firm has finally been banned from Aylesbury’s roads and ordered to pay a hefty £25,000 following a two-year battle to get them off the streets.Call a Cab – also known as Easy Cabs – unlawfully...
View ArticleTfL Internal Staff News Letter July 14: One Out, All Out.
A further day of strike action has been called for all members (Bands 1-3) of TSSA, Unite and RMT: 25 hour strike commencing at 06:00 on Thursday 10 July 2014, finishing at 07:00 on Friday 11 July...
View ArticleSometimes A Picture Paints A Thousand Words. East London Cabbies TripTo Maldon
It was fantastic for West Ham Uniged a Football Club (@whufc_official) to allow drivers to use their facilities at such short notice.Excerts From Points of light. There are heroes whose names we never...
View ArticleLCDC Meet Private Hire, But Refuse To Meet RMT/UCG. UCG Say Demo AboutUber...
It's been confirmed that a series of meetings took place yesterday between the LCDC, Unite, The LTDA, Simon Hughes MP and Steve Wright Chairman of the LPHCA. When asked if the RMT, UCG or HADTU were...
View ArticleNotice 06/14, From Your Caring, Sharing, Unbiased, Licensing Authority.
Unauthorised Signage On Taxis.It has recently come to our attention that some taxi drivers are choosing to display stickers or printed papers in their vehicles which include use of the Transport for...
View ArticleNo More Mr Nice Guy, Time To Fight Fire With Fire.
So Emmerson wants to play the wide boy using the 1934 Cab Act, yet refuse to use the PHV Act of 1998 to curtail the illegal activities of rogue operators and drivers.TfL's priority is political,...
View ArticleDeleted The Account @TfLTPH, It's A Wind Up : You Won't Be Missing...
In my opinion, the  @TfLTPH account is completely surplus to requirement.With Oxford Street, recently reported as the most polluted street in the world, TfL have actually cut the number of taxi ranks...
View ArticleCABWISE/CABFOOLISH: TAXI AND MINICAB APP, STILL SERIOUSLY FLAWED. ..byJimThomas
Almost 2 years ago, Taxi Leaks editor informed TfL that their flag ship app CABWISE was flawed.We even sent them this video of the app not working the way they were saying it should..The App fails to...
View ArticleDear TfL, Save Yourself The Cost Of Going To Court, Just Read TheMeter....by...
Taxi Driver Russell, tweeted yesterday that he phoned for a minicab to take him to Walthamstow on Saturday. Although the minicab that turned up came from a local minicab operator, he noticed that stuck...
View ArticleTottenham Court Road Regeneration Showcase...by Glen Alutto
Last night Steve Jones (UCG ranks & highways officer) & myself attended the showcase for the Tottenham Court Road regeneration project. It was held in The Building Centre on Store Street with...
View ArticleMandatory Credit And Debit Card Taxi Fare Payments: Know Your...
A credit card is not legal tender—It is merely one of many convenient ways of paying a debt. Just because a merchant accepts credit cards for payment of debts does not mean that they are compelled by...
View ArticleNEW SEGMENT: Letters To Taxi Leaks Editor.
Taxi Leaks has decided to run a regular letters page.Letters can be sent to editor Jim Thomas, via the blog website email address downtheoak@aol.com (Names can be withheld on publication if...
View ArticleEssential road improvement works to Hammersmith Flyover and PutneyBridge this...
Essential road improvement works to Hammersmith Flyover this summer - drivers advised to plan ahead.Work to take place during the summer when traffic levels are significantly lower, helping to reduce...
View ArticleUnlicensed Minicab Driver Sentenced To 11 Years For Horrendous Rape...By Jim...
Yesterday, Paul Causer was jailed for 11 years after a horrendous sexual attack on a woman who believed he was a minicab driver.She believed this simply because of the fact she saw him sitting outside...
View ArticleFour Charged and Arrested in Taxi Credit Card Skimming Operation
Four men were charged and arrested for card fraud offenses conducted through card skimming devices placed in taxis in Sydney, Australia.The detectives from Strike Force Hereford 2 were investigating...
View ArticleKiss Me Hardy....By I'm Spartacus.
Yes the famous last words of Admiral Horatio Nelson as he lay dying onboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar in October 1805.Fast forward to our very own 2014 'Battle of Trafalgar' and it's...
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