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Originally Posted by Stuart
I do think that, in London at least, the mini cab firms have a reasonable cause for complaint. TFL has (in it's attempts to make the industry safer) required that the drivers go through all sorts of legal checks (such as CRB), get passenger liability insurace and jump through various other "hoops" in order to get a licence.
With Uber, they have seemingly reduced a lot of those requirements, or not enforced them at all.
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All Uber drivers in the UK have passed an enhanced disclosure and barring service ,licensed by the local authority and have insurance the same as black cabs
In Newcastle the black cabbies complain about every little thing ,last year they had a bee in their bonnet about the council scrapping the knowledge test because most cabbies use sat navs ,the year before it was because the council where issuing more licences to encourage people to use them but if you try to use one in the city to take you 3 miles to your house they don't like it because it means leaving the rank for a small fair. Uber launched in Newcastle last year and the black cabs shut down the city during rush hour by having slow drive around the city
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Originally Posted by Taf
I understand that a lot of cabs are bought and maintained through sharia loans from Saudi Arabia. Perhaps a clause in the loan contract makes them stay as "black cabs" for better control of the asset and loan?
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Do you actually believe that rubbish ?