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No wonder touts prosper! Just ask DaC driver Marc Turner why!!! |
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For some
time now, Call Sign has been waiting on a meeting
that Dial-a-Cab driver Marc Turner (R97) was due to have
with the Carriage Office officials at Welwyn Garden City. The story begins on 19 July last year at around 02.30am when Marc was waiting by Swallow Street for a pre-booked DaC job. As Marc told us, the area was teeming with obvious touts but just one caught his eye. The car – yes car – directly behind Marc had its For Hire sign brightly lit! Even with several types of London taxis flying around, Marc knew that none of them looked like saloon cars! He got out and looked at the rear of the car to see that it was a licensed taxi all right – but licensed in Welwyn Garden City! Marc approached the driver – whose name we have but now cannot publish – and told him he could not ply for hire in London. The driver first said that taxis could work anywhere and then said it was a |
 pre-booked job. To "prove" it, hemade a phone call to someone and after saying a few words, gave Marc the phone. A woman, who Marc said sounded as though she had just been woken up, said it was pre-booked. The driver then threatened to hit Marc, so the DaC driver immediately phoned the police. Astonishingly for someone with a legitimate "pre-booked job." The Welwyn cabbie drove off – not northwards, as |
you’d expect, but towards
Piccadilly Circus. Marc noted his details and reported the incident to the Welwyn PCO and was later asked to attend a complaints meeting up there – set up by an outside source and not their PCO. Marc told Call Sign that he was happy to go if it meant getting rid of another tout. But the verdict was that there wasn’t enough proof! The Welwyn Garden City committee should be ashamed of themselves, because this particular driver has a record of misbehaving and yet they have let him just carry on. As for their PCO, well they obviously serve no purpose whatsoever, even though Marc said he felt sorry for them as their hands were tied. Marc’s final word was that perhaps the tout might have learned a lesson, but he doubted that to be the case. But well done Marc, at least you put your money where your mouth was and did your best... |
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"FIRST REGISTRATION" TAX COMES IN APRIL 1 If you are buying a new cab, the price will have to go up... |
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 Alistair Darling’s budget tax against the motorist also put up the price of a new cab from next month LTI Sales Director, Rob Laidler has
warned drivers that if they want to grab a new cab and avoid the
latest Governmental price increase, then it has to be before the
end of March. |
He told Call Sign: "If drivers want to avoid the price rise, then they need to go out and bag themselves a "10" plate bargain and take delivery before the end of March. "This is not an early April fool to get drivers in the showroom," he added, "this is a very real warning to drivers not to wait and cost themselves money. The price of a new TX4 will be going up due to the increase in costs and to cover the tax rise. We don’t want to do it, but we have to pass the increases on to the customer. But if drivers buy now for delivery in March, they won’t get charged." |
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