Taxi of Mum and Dad According to research conducted by Sainsbury’s car insurance, there is an estimated £32bn of unpaid taxi fares accrued by parents driving their kids around each year. The school run; ferrying the kids around to friends or sporting events is essentially undertaken by Mum or Dads Taxi service so Sainsbury's [...]
The Transport for London has issued the latest list of drivers convicted of touting and who have lost their licenses. Touting is when a Private Hire Cab (PHC) or Minicab as they are also known, stops to pick up passengers on the streets. These taxi rides are illegal and dangerous as they are not booked [...]
Mr Robinson, a physiotherapist won a case against a false whiplash claim Nazir Hussain, a taxi driver from Dewsbury is the centre of a landmark court case concerning a whiplash claim. Physiotherapist Lee Robinson was at traffic lights with Mr Hussains taxi behind him. To get behind the line at the lights, Mr Robinson reversed [...]
The Transport for London (TfL) Board have rejected calls for a 22% fare hike for the London black cabs of the capital during the months of July and August while the Olympics are on. The change was rejected on account of the majority of drivers not wanting the bill passed with a consensus that it [...]
Drivers throughout the UK are being urged to exercise diligence when purchasing their motor insurance as a recent case shows there are companies out there that are not authorised to sell insurance, thus, null and voiding any cover. The news came about when a driver from Lancashire was pulled over for seemingly not having any [...]
A study has revealed that 70% of Edinburgh’s taxi drivers feel unsafe at work. Drivers reported fare-dodging and abusive passengers as the main reasons for their concern, with 94% of cabbies in the capital claiming to have been either verbally or physically abused by passengers under the influence of alcohol. The national survey, carried out [...]
It is official that Taxi Cab owners earn more driving the Peugeot E7 taxi. Cabbies across the country are full of praise for this vehicle. Even drivers that have only been in the trade for just a few years have already discovered how to maximise their earnings by purchasing a Peugeot E7. Drivers stated that [...]
A taxi marshal’s service credited with cutting city centre night time violence could end unless emergency funding can be found. The marshals, who patrol two ranks on weekend nights, have only been in place a year. Taxi marshalls bring order to the streets If the scheme is to continue to run it faces a shortfall [...]
Many taxi drivers in Merseyside have recently gained the new Road Passenger Vehicle Driving (taxi) NVQ in order to increase their skills and improve their knowledge. This is especially important since many employers in the Merseyside area now insist on new and old employees gaining the NVQ in order to issue or renew licences. Whether [...]
You maximize the potential of your taxi you may wish to insure extra drivers onto your policy. As with other types of vehicle insurance, this is no problem but you will see an increase in the premium with each named driver added, and restrictions will apply to each additional driver. Taxi Insurance – The Formalities [...]
