bus lane ticket for taxi

nigelbb

The analogy is with a pay & display car park. Conditions of use are that you display the purchased parking ticket so that enforcement of the rules is easy & they can ticket cars who haven't paid (& displayed). Likewise with your taxi. The plates need to be on display so that they can easily enforce the bus lane rules. You have been caught out & are just nit-picking to try & find a way of wriggling out of the penalty. You might get some sympathy when appealing but you are in the wrong.

BTW I have never understood why taxis are permitted in bus lanes anyway any more than any other chauffeur driven car.

Terron1

Tilt wrote: »

However, some LA's allow PH (or mini-cabs) to use bus lanes when carrying a fare ONLY.

My LA allows PH vehicles to use one bus lane only - one direction along one road

pelirocco

willow321 wrote: »

I don't want or need to be able to swop from P/H to private vehicle, one part of the council is saying if the plate is in the boot it's not licenced but another part are saying it doesn't matter where the plate is the vehicle is still licenced. yes a P/H has to be pre booked, but I can still pick up family and friends with my plate and door signs on as long as they do not pay. I am not breaking any laws.
As for bus lanes and my plate not on display, that was a simple mistake I renewed my plate and got in my car and just went into taxi mode and drove out of town.... I don't want it both ways, I just want it clear, if my plate is not on display am I licenced or not.
The council will not allow any one with out a P/H driver licence to drive my car because it is a licenced vehicle, below is a quote from Liverpool licencing department


"The vehicle is a licensed vehicle for the life of the licence period regardless of whether you have the plate in the boot and door signs taken off. Any driver of that vehicle is subject to the licensing conditions. You would have to surrender your licence and plate in order for you to smoke in the vehicle or to allow any other person to drive the vehicle.


As for the bailiffs, I thought as long as the debt is in dispute they cant act.
As for the P/H stinking of smoke I would complain to the taxi office

As far as the bailiffs have been concerned they have been instructed to attend , end of .

SailorSam

nigelbb wrote: »

BTW I have never understood why taxis are permitted in bus lanes anyway any more than any other chauffeur driven car.

A taxi just like a bus is a public service vehicle.

esmerobbo

willow321 wrote: »

As for the bailiffs, I thought as long as the debt is in dispute they cant act.
As for the P/H stinking of smoke I would complain to the taxi office

I think you are mixing up debt collectors and court appointed bailiffs. You can dispute all you want but if they have a warrant they will come knocking. They usually take a while because they send a few letters (allegedly) make a call or two (allegedly) and then clamp your car until you pay the warrant and their (alleged) costs.

As for complaining to the licensing committee I have better ways to waste my time.;) They can't even sort the weekend cherry pickers out!