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The voice of the taxi trade’s only independent organisation Issue 195 December January 2011/12

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AIRPORTMATTERSBY THECANNON

R.I.P.MICKY CARNEY

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RANKSUCCESSFORL.C.D.C

UKIPMAYORALCANDIDATESPEAKS TOTHE TRADE

SEE PAGE 3

Grant Davis

OUTSOURCING

SCUPPERED

After the front page story in

Novembers edition of the Badge

concerning the outsourcing of

both licensing / compliance

departments at Palestra, a very

urgent meeting was called by

LTPH.

Myself and Darryl Cox

attended along with Steve

McNammra LTDA, Ivan Kovler

and Eddie Crossley from

LMPCH and also Mark Brown

and Julian Francis from LTC.

The upshot of the meeting was

that the paper which was due to

be presented to the finance and

policy committee on the 23rd

Nov, and the TFL board on Dec

7th concerning the outsourcing,

was withdrawn. Hopefully this

should be the end of the matter,

but we shall be keeping our

eyes and ears open for any

future developments.

M.O.T or OVERHAUL

In the latest edition of Taxi

magazine, I read Barry

Hooper’s views on L.C.D.C

member Gavin Walker’s take on

the impending MOTs for taxis.

Gavin`s point of view on

several issues are not always

the same as the Club, but we

always encourage our members

to write into the Badge, and

have a voice. It is true to say

that Gavin does run a small

fleet of taxis, but does not own

a garage, so any hint of “vested

Interest” is misplaced.

However, I would just like to

say that Gavin is one of the

most passionate advocates for

our trade I know.

RICEY`S RANT

Unfortunately, It appears once

again that DaC Chairman Brian

Rice has launched another

disgraceful tirade of personal

abuse at my good self.

Usually, this happens to

create some sort of smoke

screen of impending bad news.

Does this mean that they

have lost another large

account? Or could it be that

after Addison Lee’s recent

acquisition of Lewis Day, will

Dial-a-Cab’s Concierge system

now be used to book John

Griffin’s vehicles?

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Once again Christmas has

come around and we at the

LCDC would like to wish every

licensed taxicab driver a very

happy Christmas, and

hopefully a prosperous New

Year. Happy New Year

everyone.

Editorial

2 Issue 195 - December January 2011/12

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The London Cab Driver’s Club Ltd.

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STOP PRESS: HELEN CHAPMAN OF LTPH HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PRODUCTION OF IDENTIFIERS HAS NOW BEGUN AND WILL BE ISSUED VERY SHORTLY

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L.C.D.C joins campaign to stop newWestminster parking regulations

The LCDC are vehemently opposed to

Westminster City Councils new parking

regulations which are due to be

introduced in January 2012. We strongly

believe that when these regulations

come into effect it will have a massive

impact throughout the West End for all

business.It will act as a huge deterrent for people who

wish to come into the West end for a night out.

As a consequence, this will effect greatly the

licensed cab trade, not only that, but this will

make life very difficult for night time working

cab drivers who wish to stop for a rest and eat.

I recently went on LBC radio and spoke to

James Whale, and pointed out to him that if

Westminster were really serious dealing with

the congestion in the West End, they would

tackle the problems of private hire vehicles

parked up night after night on double yellow

lines, and also deal with the wretched

rickshaws that cause traffic chaos every where

they go.

I personally contacted the Earl Of Bradford

who is co-ordinating the campaign and

informed him of our support, he was delighted

and here is a copy of the email he sent to the

Club.

Dear Grant,

Thank you for your letter, we aredelighted to have your supportespecially as Lee Rowley hasclaimed that their changes aresupported by the Black Cab drivers.Would you be happy if wepublicised your support?

Best wishes,

Richard

The Earl of Bradford



MERCEDES-BENZ HAS launched

a new taxi finance deal for the

London taxi market called

‘Agility’. It’s their commitment to

the trade to help them combat the

new regulations. It’s a major step

forward because it reduces

weekly payments on a new Vito

Taxi with an incredible low APR of

5.4%. Payments on a new Vito

Taxi are as low as you’d pay on a

used taxi - only £125 per week

and over just three years. Announcing the scheme Steve

McCarthy, Dealer Principal for KPM

Mercedes-Benz Taxis said that “Agility

is just right for the taxi market in London

at present. The big advantage of Agility

is that it makes a brand new Vito Taxi

affordable to many drivers who would

like to drive a new Euro 5 Vito but

thought that they couldn’t afford it. Well,

now they can! Any London driver,

subject to status, can have the benefit

of a brand new Euro 5 Mercedes Vito

Taxi for a deposit of £2,000 and

payments of £125 a week for three

years. At the end of the period you have

three choices – you can buy the taxi

you’ve been driving at the guaranteed

price, or you can simply hand back the

keys and walk away or start all over

again with another brand new Vito Taxi!”

Mercedes-Benz has been running

Agility for years in the rest of its

Commercial business and it’s been

incredibly successful because it gives

owners flexibility, affordability and

security of a guaranteed residual price.

That’s why we think it is definitely the

best finance product for the taxi

market.”

Steve continued to explain why the

Vito Taxi is ideal for Agility. “We’ve been

selling Vito Taxis for the past three

years and the Vito has established a

track record of excellent residual values

– the best in the market. Even if the

initial price is higher, the second hand

value is considerably better. What

Mercedes-Benz has done is brilliant

because by including the guaranteed

future residual value in calculating your

repayments you have very low monthly

payments to make – only £541.67 per

month or £125 per week. What’s more

the interest rate is now being offered at

an incredibly low rate of only 5.4% APR.

You’ll be hard pressed to find better

rates than that in the market place

today.

So, apart from the low repayments,

what is it that makes Agility such a good

deal for London Taxi Drivers just now?

For starters it gives you complete

flexibility and security in a market where

there’s a lot of insecurity. Just look at

business and the economy at the

moment. We all know that there are

there’s a lot of uncertainty around. Many

drivers have been extending their

change cycle because business is

tough: there’s reluctance to make such

a big commitment as investing in a

brand new taxi. There’s also a lot of

concern about emissions and age limits.

The question is often asked “Is my taxi

going to be legal in a few years time?

Just when I’ve finished making my last

HP payments will I find that my cab will

be illegal because of regulations? Or

will there be a much higher level of tax

that its value will have plummeted? All

these things are making it much riskier

in deciding when to buy a new taxi and

what’s the best one for the driver. What

happens is that a driver who usually

changes his cab regularly will put the

decision off, but that can be just as bad

because repair and overhaul bills go up.

None of us can predict the future but

what Agility can do is give the owner

driver more control, more flexibility

and security because he knows that

he has complete freedom to do what

he likes in three years time when he

has finished his contract. If he likes

the cab and other factors tell him

things are OK then he can buy the

Vito at its guaranteed residual value.

If he doesn’t want to do that then he

can walk away completely. Or he can

start all over again with a new Vito on

Agility! Effectively Mercedes-Benz

Finance are standing behind their

product and thus giving the London

Taxi Driver much more security and

confidence. Mercedes-Benz are

carrying the risk of devaluation and

this is their commitment to the London

Taxi Trade.

The major benefits of Agility for

taxi drivers are:• By including the guaranteed future

value of your taxi we can reduce

your payments.

• Flexible deposit. A £2,000 deposit

gets your repayments equivalent to

£125 per week but you can have a

lower or higher deposit.

• The future value risk is guaranteed

and underwritten by Mercedes-

Benz Finance.

• Loans are not secured on your

home. This is a standard regulated

agreement.

• Fixed interest rate and payments

throughout the life of the

agreement.

• Defer your ownership agreement

until the end of the period, choose

one of 3 options.

So, who might Agility on a new

Vito Taxi appeal to?• If you would like to own a new Vito,

heard it was great but always

thought it was a bit expensive – it’s

not anymore!

• If you would like to change your taxi

more regularly but times are tough

and you’re uncertain about the future.

• If you want to get your monthly

payments down but still enjoy the

benefits of a new cab.

• If you want to have all your major

work covered under warranty – it’s 3

years, 150,000 miles on Vito Taxi.

• If you would like to release some

equity out of your current taxi to

invest or spend on other things but

you would still like a great taxi.

• If you want to trade up from a Euro 4

Vito to a Euro 5.

Finally, once you are in your new Vito

Taxi with Agility you can save even more

money on fuel and other costs. The Euro

4 model is already well known for

producing big savings on fuel, and the

Euro 5 is even better. In fact the official

figures say the typical London driver will

save another £1,000 per annum on

diesel costs compared to his Euro 4.

That’s because the brand new engine in

the Euro 5 Vito delivers 28 mpg on the

Urban Cycle compared to 24.8 mpg on

the Euro 4. At 35,000 miles per annum

and fuel at £1.42 per litre that’s a saving

of £1,041 per annum. With reduced

emissions on Euro 5 Vito – down from

229g/100kg on Euro 4 to 213g/100kg

that means you will save another £185

per annum on vehicle excise duty (road

tax). A total saving of £1,226 is over £20

per week.

AN INCREDIBLE DEAL TO HELP CLEAN UPLONDON WHICH DEMONSTRATES

MERCEDES-BENZ COMMITMENT TO THE TRADEA new Vito Taxi for only £125 per week over 3 years!

Steve McCarthy, Dealer Principal at KPM Mercedes-Benz Taxis

announcing the launch of the £125 per week Agility deal


[email protected]


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Airport MattersBY PETER “THE CANNON”

L.C.D.C AIRPORT REP

Transport for London has

recently responded to a request

made under the Freedom of

Information Act. The subject

matter of the request is fixed

fares at Heathrow Airport and

according to TfL’s response,

permission hasn’t been given

for prepaid fixed fares to be

offered to passengers who take

a cab from the airport’s taxi

ranks.TfL has contacted HALTS’ directors

in writing and explained that fixed

fares are not allowed under present

Hackney Carriage regulations unless

the fixed fares are capped at metered

rates or below. TfL goes on to remind

HALTS that proposals for fixed fares

should definitely not be taken as TfL’s

validation of such fares. TfL’s annual

consultations on taxi tariffs covering

2009, 2010 and 2011 all make it clear

that fixed fare schemes at Heathrow

aren t allowed. In direct

contravention of the legal advice

given by TfL, passengers are turning

up on the Heathrow ranks after being

sold fixed-fare travel vouchers at the

taxi information desks. Many drivers

are refusing to accept HALTS’

vouchers on the grounds that all

compellable journeys that start from a

rank have to be metered fares. TfL

has been asked to confirm whether or

not HALTS directors have been given

a go-ahead for fixed fares in advance

of any changes to regulations that

may be announced by TfL in the new

year. But change or no change, on

the assumption that TfL can’t apply

new regulations retrospectively, has a

proper legal assessment been made

of what is currently happening at the

taxi desks and on the ranks ?

LCDC Executives Meet BAA

In mid-November LCDC chairman

Grant Davis, accompanied by fellow

executive Darryl Cox attended a

meeting with BAA management. The

LCDC was able to establish on behalf

of the taxi trade that BAA doesn’t

have the slightest intention to acquire

a controlling business interest in the

credit card processing services used

by Heathrow drivers and their

passengers. Allegations of

overcharging at the taxi desks were

also discussed with BAA. BAA was

fully aware of the incident when a

passenger paid £70 for a HALTS

voucher to go from Terminal 5 to

Stockley Park, a journey that should

not normally meter more than £24.

The LCDC pointed out to BAA that a

short while ago the national

newspapers and television unfairly

maligned London taxi drivers on the

strength of an unfounded rumour that

fares would be increased for the

duration of the Olympic Games. The

last thing the London taxi industry

needs right now is for the national

media to latch on to allegations that

taxi passengers are being ripped off

at Heathrow when they accept fixed

fares as an alternative to metered

fares. Inevitably, any fixed-fare

scheme at Heathrow either complies

with the combined provisions of

Hackney Carriage law and consumer

law, or it does not ; there can be no

intermediate position. Senior HALTS

directors, Colin Evans and Howard

Kaye, should be asked to state the

source of their authority to offer fixed

fares at the taxi desks to would-be

passengers. If they can t give a

satisfactory answer to the question,

then the taxi desks should be forced

by BAA to revert to information only

desks and have all funding by

Heathrow drivers withdrawn

immediately.

BAA reminded the meeting that

BAA’s contract with HALTS ends in

the spring of 2014. Early next year

(2012), BAA will begin consulting the

trade organisations about whether or

not the taxi desks should remain in

place at Heathrow at the end of the

contract period. Perhaps drivers’ main

focus at the moment, shouldn’t be on

what will happen to HALTS’ desks in

2014, but what will happen as the

months pass by, to the personal

details of drivers who have signed up

with HALTS. The company will be

holding a lot of financial data on

individual drivers and these drivers

should start thinking about the future

security of their data, if and when

HALTS ceases to be in business at

Heathrow. The drivers who are

currently on HALTS books should

start looking at HALTS’ entries in the

on-line Data Protection Register.

HALTS’ registration number is

Z1934391.

The NSL Team at Heathrow

One Saturday morning in November,

I was on point on Terminal 3. The

NSL rank attendant spent what

seemed like half an hour

‘interviewing' my passenger and told

me the passenger was going to

somewhere in 'Hounslow', but

couldn’t find the address in his diary.

The elderly passenger was dressed

in expensive clothes and carrying

suede leather luggage. He didn't look

to me as if he was going to

Hounslow, but the rank attendant

scanned my tag anyway. I soon found

out that the bemused American was

heading for his son’s house in South

Ken, ‘in Onslow something, right

across from a Shell gas station". Not

much of a problem for a taxi driver to

sort out, but evidently a big problem

for an NSL rank attendant.

Unfortunately, not only do we have

to put up with these NSL novices

running the ranks, last month NSL

staff in the feeder park Cabin were

turning away new drivers who wanted

to use the Taxi System for their first

time. According to NSL, there has

been a shortage of tags and

boosters. Despite the alleged

shortage, NSL could have easily

booked new drivers into the System

manually and issued receipts for their

gate money. What must have those

new drivers felt like when they were

turned away by NSL Cabin staff ?

NSL managers - who always refuse

to give their names and don’t wear ID

- claim that BAA has given

instructions that all new drivers are to

be turned away if no tags are

available. What tripe ! If NSL can

cope with the huge admin’ burden

created by the sixty marshals and

trade reps who’ve made a career out

of by-passing the feeder park barrier,

then why should NSL assume the

authority to bar a handful of new

drivers ? NSL defended itself by

quoting well-worn byelaw 9(1).

Gullible NSL staff in the Cabin have

been misled into believing that under

this byelaw they can refuse to

authorise a driver to use the Taxi

System. Again what tripe ! The

byelaw doesn t give either BAA or

NSL any such power. Hackney

Carriage Acts guarantee all London

taxi drivers access to the airport’s

ranks and a taxi byelaw can t forbid

anything permitted by an Act of

Parliament. The 'authorisation'

element of taxi byelaw 9(1) doesn’t

extend BAA's powers beyond asking

a London taxi driver to produce his

TfL licence for inspection. On

production of a valid licence a driver

can use the Taxi System and BAA

can’t stop him without BAA breaching

Hackney Carriage law and the

Airports Act. If the Tag shortages

continue it shouldn't be too difficult for

BAA to devise a way to welcome new

drivers and to get NSL to collect the

gate money from them.

More on NSL

All too often when drivers buy

credits in the feeder park Cabin, they

have to wait in a queue. NSL people

behind the counter, don t seem to be

in the least concerned about the

queue, but drivers are fed up with

delays caused by the high number of

reps and marshals whose comings

and goings have to be manually

logged in the register kept in the

Cabin by NSL. Drivers also have a

right to complain about reps and

marshals who seem to enjoy an over

familiar relationship with NSL people

behind the counter. There are at least

six ‘faces’ known to NSL who don’t

bother to wait to have their personal

details logged in the register - there

may be more than six. They simply

come through the Cabin door and

give NSL staff nothing more than a

cursory nod. Apparently a nod is

enough for NSL to know what these

‘faces’ want done with their record in

the register. The culprits on both

sides of the counter could argue that

these nods reduce the size of the

queue in the Cabin, but most of us

would prefer to see all reps and

marshals standing in line with other

drivers. Why can’t NSL muster

enough manpower to have two tills

working at times of peak demand

instead of just one ? Wouldn’t it also

be a good idea if NSL staff behind the

counter were to stop chatting and

socialising on their mobile phones

when drivers are waiting to be

served. Are we asking too much of

NSL people who manage our Taxi

System ? I’m afraid we probably are.


[email protected]

Micky WalkerLCDC Member

What chance do we have?

Last month the UCG calledfor a mass demonstrationat Trafalgar Square. I haveno wish to get into therights and wrongs of thisor how successful it was.What caught my interestwas listening to an LBCphone-in afterwards. Itshowed to me just how farthat LT&PH have to go inorder to maintain properenforcement over the PHtrade.A PH proprietor from

Bethnal Green phoned in tosupport the taxi demo. Thefella complained that toutswere wrecking his business.He has a “concession” withthe club just down the streetand everything is fine whenworking properly. He has hisrepresentative outside theclub taking bookings on hisclipboard and making surethe passengers go into theright cars. However, hecomplained, things go wrongwhen it is very busy and hedoesn’t have cars lined upoutside the door and it is atthis stage that the touts movein and park outside and toutfor business. He moaned thatthese touts are nicking hisbusiness and putting thesafety of passengers injeopardy.It was obvious that this PH

operator had no idea that he

was not allowed to takebookings outside the club ashe came across as veryindignant that touts weretouting business from histouts when they were toobusy to be waiting outsideand so was in completeagreement with his “brother”taxi driver in wanting moreenforcement. Of course, weneed more enforcement oreven some enforcement andhave required more of it forat least 50 years. However, even if we do not

get any more enforcementthe least we and the publiccan expect is for LT&PH tomake sure prospective PHoperators and driversunderstand the rules that willgovern them before beinggranted a licence. Before yougot your “bill” you attended atalk at the start and end ofthe KOL. During this talk allthe do’s and don’ts were laidout for you and what youcould expect if youtransgressed the rules. Isn’tthe very least the public areentitled to expect from thelicensing body is to ensurethose they licenceunderstand the terms of thatlicence? It is very obviousthat many, many PHoperators and drivers do noteven know they consistentlybreak the rules.

BRIBERY ANDCORRUPTION

I was talking to apassenger from the financeworld one night last week.He asked if things werebusy and told him that thiswas the worst run up toChristmas since I startedcabbing in 1979 ( I was outof the trade during the lastbig recession); even worse

than the one that followed9/11.

I pointed out that there didnot seem to be much goingon in the way of businessentertaining. Not the obviouslarge parties but the smallgroups that are taken out forthe evening by their financialadvisor or some such. So,this fella says it’s all done tothe new anti-bribery laws thathave recently come in. Hesays that people in his“industry” now have to bevery careful whenentertaining clients for fear oftransgressing these newlaws. I don’t know if he wasright but it does seemplausible. When the “money-

laundering” law wasintroduced it was supposedto be to a weapon againstthe drug trade and terrorism.While it may do that, itappears that it is mainly usedto catch otherwise law-abiding folk that are fiddling alittle bit of tax ormoonlighting. Can we nowexpect the “anti-bribery” lawto be used in the same way,catching a few tiddlers whilethe big fraudsters carry onbusiness as usual?That’s the problem with

policing by consent, etc. It ismore likely to by law-abidingpeople fall foul occasionallybecause they are not out-and-out criminals, while hard-nosed criminals just work outnew ways to defeat the law.That said, I certainly don’thave any alternativeanswers.

BORIS AND KEN

Things are pretty bad nowand rather than climb awayfrom the latest recession, itnow appears that we are

about to slip back into adeeper one. Those thatremember the one of theearly 90s will remembercab drivers losing theircabs and even theirhouses. Let’s hope it doesn’t go

back to that. However, ifthings do get that bad we willhave competition this timefrom a PH trade that hasbecome licensed since thenand grown twice as big. Wealso now face an army ofrickshaws - oops sorry,stage-coaches – that wereunheard of last time around.We also face some majorcost increases as the 15 yearlimit kicks in next year.If things get very bad (and

hopefully they will not) evenbusses will become analternative to a taxi. This lastis quite important as we havethe London MayoralElections coming up in May.Boris is leading Ken in thepolls by a short head at themoment. As well as any otherconsiderations, those of youthat vote in these electionsshould consider that Boriswants to increase bus andtube fares significantly, whileKen wants to reduce them.

FOOTNOTE

Well, It’s that time of yearagain. I have never been a“the game’s finished son”sort of bloke but I verymuch doubt that it will bemore than an emptygesture to wish anybody aprosperous 2012. Still, may I take this

opportunity to wish a verymerry Christmas and ahappy and healthy New Yearto both of my readers.

Walker on the march....

Alan’s Angle Ranks

update

Westminster’s disappearing ranks!!

Rank Success atShoreditch House


[email protected]

What is the point of going

through a consultation when

Westminster City Council have

already made up their minds?

This has happened recently

when the LCDC were asked to

take part in a consultation

regarding Westminster Councils

plan to reduce the Warwick

Avenue rank from 16 spaces

down to 12.We strongly disagreed with WCC

and gave them many reasons why we

shouldn’t lose the taxi spaces but it

always seems to fall on death ears.

None of the residents from around

Warwick Avenue had requested extra

parking facilities and the only thing

WCC was working with was a survey

which was submitted by another trade

org which showed the rank was not

being used at certain times. However,

times have changed, now the hut has a

chef working the night shift cooking

lovely Thai food and a lot of drivers now

pop in for their night time meals and as

a consequence the rank is busier than

ever.

So I was really shocked to find out that

two days after the LCDC had submitted

our response, I contacted them to ask

that the survey be omitted as I felt it

was not a true reflection of the current

situation regarding rank spaces, only to

find out WCC had already given the go

ahead for the reduction of the spaces!

We at the LCDC are becoming

increasing alarmed at the amount of

rank spaces we are losing in

Westminster, especially in the light of

the new parking regulations due to

come in from the 9th January 2012

Finally some good news to

write about, after many months

of being told NO by Mayor Pipe

of Hackney, being bounced

around by councillors who

really didn’t want to help us, I

have finally made contact with

someone in Hackney Council

who after correspondence and

several site visits, have finally

agreed for us to have a three

cab rank outside the door of

Shoreditch House in Ebor

Street.

Many of our members have

phoned us throughout the year

about the Illegal.

Mini cabs double parking, but I

am really pleased to announce

this great news for the trade.

Charing Cross Road : Some

drivers still seem to be totally

oblivious to the new 3 cab

rank and are taking jobs from

in front of the rank and on the

right by Cecil Court. If this a

honest mistake OK, but i do

feel some drivers are doing it

and just sticking two fingers

up to the drivers who have sat

patiently on the rank.The drivers who are stealing of

their fellow drivers you are no better

than the mini cab drivers who are

standing outside there office

watching there work disappear into

the back of our taxis. The Charing

Cross Rank is working well but

does need your support on Friday

and Saturday night.

Finsbury Park station : Drivers

who use the Finsbury Park bus

station rank, please ensure that

you do not over rank or park in the

loading bay outside Costa Coffee

at any time of the day. There are

some drivers who have been

causing obstructions in the bus

station. This is becoming a safety

issue for the operation of the

buses and after discussions with

London Buses there is a danger

that if these obstructions continue

the taxi rank in the station may

have to be removed.

Upminster – Station Road/Hall

Lane : We’ve received complaints

from residents that a small minority

of drivers using the Station

Road/Hall Lane taxi rank are

causing disturbances by keeping

their engines running, talking

loudly, slamming vehicle doors and

keeping residents awake,

particularly late at night. When

using the rank please show

consideration for the residents,

some of whom have young

children. If the disturbances

continue then this risks the

borough asking for the rank to

removed.



As many of you already know that

as of November 2011 all new LTI

taxis must be fitted with a DPF

(diesel particulate filter) but rather

than an all new engine this filter is

simply being retro-fitted to the

existing model. Whist we all want to

breathe cleaner air these filters are

not the answer especially as they

add extra £3000 or so, to cost of a

new taxi.Increasingly drivers of the traditional

black cab are playing on an un-level

playing field with the odds decidedly

stacked against them. So now on top of

the 15 year lifetime of a taxi, as imposed

upon them by TfL, drivers of new vehicles

will have to work longer to cover the

initial purchase price leaving less time to

put aside money for the next cab.

But it is not just the additional cost that

these filters bring; they simply do not

work in an urban environment and can

often result in costly repairs; not only in

having the filters ‘re-generated‘ but also

to the engine itself if the filters are

allowed to clog causing backpressure. If

that were not enough there is new

evidence that points to DPF filters being

responsible for a number of vehicle fires.

If the LEZ were purely about lowering

emissions then there are other simpler

ways of achieving that goal, not least

reducing the duty on cleaner diesel which

would not only benefit the environment

but the motorist as well.

Although the latest LEZ regulations

might not by themselves be the most

damaging to the cab trade I believe that

these along with certain other factors

could eventually see the black cab

disappear from the streets of London.

Ask anyone what is iconic about London

and they surely tell you that one of those

things is the black cab; and that, I

believe, is what lies at the heart of the

problems facing the black cab trade.

There are certain politicians that despise

all that is British and particularly those

things that are uniquely so. And so

desperate are they to see the British

identity homogenised into a common

European one that they actively

encourage the proliferation of ‘Euro-

architecture,’ those awful red tile clad

structures that seem to spring up

everywhere and at the same time rid the

streets of those things that remind us of

who we are.

There is of course one thorn that still

remains in the side of such politicians,

and that is of course the black cab or

more importantly the person sitting

behind the wheel. Cabbies see and hear

everything and do not hesitate to voice

their displeasure at what they see going

on around them. Listen to any talk-radio

station and you will undoubtedly hear

cabbies calling in from across London

telling people what is really going on and

how the ordinary hard working folk of

London truly feel about it.

Ask yourself why it is that Ken massively

increased the number of private-hire

vehicles in London and Boris has

presided over ever greater encroachment

of these operators into the areas that

were once (and legally still should be) the

preserve of the black cab. Traditional taxi

ranks are being removed while ‘satellite

offices’ are springing up everywhere.

‘Clipboard Johnnies’ working alongside a

rank of minicabs illegally " plying for hire"

seem to be more concerned with

expansion of criminal enterprise that they

do with providing a safe public service.

Having been to the offices of the London

Cab Drivers Club to discuss these issues

at length it is obvious something is amiss

and that cabbies are clearly having to

operating at a disadvantage.

The service provided by the black cab is

unique and is the envy of cities around

the world and something that I believe is

worth fighting to preserve.

The LEZ could spell disaster for the iconic London Taxi

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Dear Grant and fellow members,

I would like to draw your attention to an incident that occurred over 6 months ago and could have

had serious implications to my livelihood it were not for my membership of the Club.

In May of this year an allegation was made against me by a member of the public, which resulted

in me, being arrested for Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) later dropped to Common Assault.

Upon this charge I contacted solicitors who was made available to me through the Club.

Throughout the process of outlining my official statement (which lasted for 7 hours and involved

me being locked in a cell for the vast majority of the time) the Club solicitor expertly guided me

through the process in a wonderfully efficient and supportive way.

6 months later when a date for the trial was eventually set I met the barrister who explained what

evidence would be explored during the trial and highlighted that the evidence in my case would

only be formed by that of the complainant and the police officer who arrived shortly afterwards on

the day. No further evidence had been gathered.

On the day of the trial the complainant made several demands which further delayed the process

- A process which had already been drawn out for six months and had a serious impact on my well

being, and confidence in carrying on my day-to-day work as a cab driver.

During the trial my barrister expertly sifted through the evidence that was presented and found

several elements of this, which were vital in pulling apart the case made against me. These

included a serious abuse of the process that had been followed by the police officer, in affect

deeming his evidence null and void. My barrister then found further inconsistencies in the

complainant’s evidence, which she then drew to the courts attention.

As a result of this excellent guidance by the Club`s Solicitors the case against me was not found

and all charges were dropped. Without the support of the solicitor, barrister as well as Grant at the

Club this almost certainly would not have been the case. Grant in particular was always available

to offer an ear as only a fellow cab driver could.

As such I would like to highlight and thank all those who helped and supported me and would

encourage others to insure themselves against these and other such similar claims which are

posed to cab drivers on an almost daily basis. In my opinion, the cover and support offered by

membership of the Club is as vital as ensuring that your vehicle is insured, this importance has

been reiterated to me throughout this situation.

I have been a cab driver for over thirty years and intend to continue this. Without the support

offered to me this option may have been taken from my hands.

P. Johnson

Hi, I'd like you to treat this message as a letter from a member,

for inclusion in the badge, if you see fit.

' The front page headline in this months ' Taxi ' left me incredulous.

40% of Londons 25,000 licensed taxi drivers give the thumbs down to the Olympics.

Then I paid attention to the detail in the article to find that the headline statistic came from a

recent poll of LTDA members visiting Taxi House who were only considering a break during the 14

day olympic period. How irresponsible of the LTDA to allow this headline to dominate there

publication based on such a minimal collection of data. I would suggest that the 40% figure is a

distorted representation of the facts and only fuels the negativity surrounding taxis drivers opinions

of the Olympics. I, for one, can't wait for the opportunities that the Olympics, potentially, has to

offer. As a born and bred Londoner I am proud that London has been chosen as the host city for

this monumental event. There is an estimated 1 million people expected to visit this great city of

ours during the Olympics, if i can capture 20 of them every day day during the 14 day period

covered by the LTDA survey, happy days. I appreciate that traffic congestion is likely to be an issue

but, hey, we sit in traffic most days of the week anyway! The issues surrounding our access to the

ORN will not be resolved. The olympic organising commitee is contractually bound to provide the

route. Whether we like it or not, the Olympics are coming to London and we are a significant part of

the transport solution for the million plus visitors expected during the 100 days that the ORN will be

in place. So, please, trade associations, stop your political posturing and get behind the Olympics.

One other point,

Q) why does the LTDA not voice support for the Green and Yellow badge indicators in londons

working Taxis?

A) 900 of LTDA's members are yellow badges, thats 10% of its membership.

The LTDA is putting 10% of its memberships feelings above 90% of its memberships earnings.

Who thinks thats fair?

Philip Gray

Badge Number 71008

Dear Grant,

Recently my cab licence was revoked for 5

years due to a medical condition. I decided to

appeal against the decision even though was

told the chances of overturning the ruling were

very slim.

In the build up to the appeal I had the full

support of the LCDC and you in particular. I

received a very fair hearing which you

attended with me. To my great relief the

original decision was waived and I am now

driving again.

Being a member of the LCDC was very

important and your own support and

appearance at the appeal was invaluable.

Thank you again.

MARTIN KAY

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Much criticism has been aimed

at TfL and the PCO – most of it

well-founded. We moan that we

are not given the protection that

the best fully-licensed trade in

the world deserves. We implore

the PCO to crack down on illegal

and ‘iffy’ minicab operators and

drivers; but usually all we come

away with are empty promises.We have constantly complained to the

PCO about minicabs illegally using the

words ‘taxi’ and ‘cab’ in their adverts as it

could be misleading to the general public

at home and abroad. Even the

Advertising Standards Agency has

outlawed this practice of deliberate

deception, and rightly so.

Imagine then, my surprise when I

visited the TfL website and entered the

word ‘taxi’ in the search box. Up came

the page with a list of adverts running

down the right hand side offering such

delights as taxi insurance and chauffeur

services. Among these were adverts for

‘Airport Taxis’ – and every one of them

was a minicab company licensed by the

PCO. Each time you visit the page and

do a search for ‘taxi’ different adverts

come up, no doubt because they have

paid for a certain amount of exposure.

But can you believe that TfL are allowing

minicabs to use the word ‘Taxi’ on their

own website? It’s a bloody scandal and

whoever is responsible for such an

oversight should soon be joining the

queue at the nearest Job Centre.

Stop taking us for mugs TfL and get

your own house in order. A complaint will

be made to the ASA if the adverts are

not reworded or withdrawn in the very

near future. How embarrassing would it

be to get fined for breaking your own

rules?

ADDISON LEE

EXPANDS ITS FLEET

I’ve always found it hard to knock Liam

Griffin of Addison Lee because I envy

him his marketing and management

skills. He may be enemy No.1 to us but

he has built up a fleet of 3500 cars and

nicked more accounts than you can

count off our lumbering, out-of-date radio

circuits. Technology, in the form of the

Internet and Smartphone Apps, has

been embraced and put to effective use.

Apart from couriers, coaches and

chauffeured Mercs he even has a private

jet service!

Now he has acquired the passenger

car side of Lewis Day – boosting his

£123 million turnover by another £18

million. If only we had someone like him

to take our trade forward.

However, Addison Lee’s weakest link is

probably found at the very point of sale –

the drivers. They are the face of AL that

the customers see – the corporate

image – they may be suited and booted

but they don’t have the Knowledge and,

rumour has it, there is a big turnaround

of them.

On the face of it, we beat them

hands down – our vehicles are more ‘fit

for purpose’ and are recognized around

the world; our drivers are acknowledged

as the best there is and, of course, we

can ply for hire. And, thankfully, there are

still plenty of drivers out there with

entrepreneurial drive - some of them

now making Apps available to the trade.

Good for them, because gone are the

days when punters used to come

looking for us. We have to find them now

and, thanks to the guys writing the Apps

that just got a bit easier.

SMOKING IN CARS

‘Elf & Safety now want to ban us from

smoking in our cars because of the

health hazard it may cause to others.

Yet, nobody in his or her right mind

would smoke in a car when children or

non-smoking adults are present. So why

not leave us to use our own common

sense and judgment?

Well, for a start, the ‘Elf & Safety

brigade don’t know what common sense

is. They’ve never come across it, so they

need to legislate. To them, it’s a sin to

allow a child into a car that someone

smoked a fag in two days previously

while the windows were open. They

don’t like that, but it’s OK to drag your

kids along a congested high street with

their noses just a few feet away from the

billowing exhaust pipes of ‘going-

nowhere’ traffic while you look for a new

pair of shoes. Hypocrisy at its best.

In principle, most people – especially

non-smokers – will agree with the notion,

but you have to look further down the

road to try to envisage where it may

lead. Next on the list will be a ban on

smoking in your own home. How will

they police that? Don’t forget, the Nanny

State will stop at nothing to rule our lives

with an iron fist. How long will it be

before we are all rationed to a certain

amount of junk food per week – say, one

Big Mac and a bag of chips? It could

happen.

If we keep letting go of our freedoms,

we’ll all end up as prisoners.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

A couple of reports this month

(November) were disturbing in the

extreme – enough to make my blood

boil, anyway.

First off, we learn that last winter over

25,000 old people died in this country of

‘fuel poverty’. Oh, by the way, fuel

poverty is a phrase thought up by the

guilt-ridden politicians in the hope that it

will be passed off as a mere statistic –

like the national debt of Greece. What it

really means in the real world is that over

25,000 of our old folk FROZE TO

DEATH simply because they could not

afford to turn the heating up that extra

two or three degrees that would have

saved their lives. Nine pensioners an

hour dying of the cold is a statistic we

should all be ashamed of.

Then we hear that HMS Westminster

was sent into the war zone of Libya

armed with only four missiles. Fully-

armed, this proud warship of the Royal

Navy – a Type-23 frigate – should have

been carrying 32 Seawolf and 8

Harpoon missiles. These missiles are

fired in pairs, giving the ship just two

shots at a would-be aggressor – barely

enough for those pulling the trigger to

get their eye in. As one sailor said, ‘We

were sitting ducks’.

What do the lives of our old folk and

our brave fighting men and women

matter when enough money can be

saved in order to increase the

Department for International

Development (Overseas Aid) budget by

34% to £11.5billion over the next 4

years? And who cares that to help pay

for it every citizen in the UK is put at

further risk when the Home Office

budget for policing and counter terrorism

is slashed by 25%?

What do we matter when the poor of

countries like India need our help

because their government is spending a

large chunk of its money on nuclear

weapons?

And there’s more. Nick Clegg, an

insignificant politician who happens to be

the leader of a minority political party

with just 57 seats, has found himself in a

position of power thanks to the Tory

need for a coalition. Cleggy, generous

man that he is, has pledged £355million

of our money to help the poorest girls in

Africa and Asia to get a school

education. They may need help but the

price our pensioners are being asked to

pay for it is way too high. Perhaps, after

he has stopped patting himself on the

back, he could explain to the relatives of

those pensioners who froze to death

why he would rather send our money

overseas than help his own people who

are in desperate need of it.

You all have a great

Christmas and a healthy New Year

The return of The Nut Behind The Wheel



The festive season is upon us

and that means a great racing

feast. The two main races are

The King George Chasse at

Kempton Park on 26th

December and the Welsh

Grand national at Chepstow

on 27th December.We will start with what I think is the

highlight of the Christmas Festival,

The King George, run at Kempton

over three miles.

Phillip Hobbs has a nice prospect in

the shape of Captain Chris, winner of

The Arkle Chase at last year’s

Cheltenham Festival. He looked the

least likely winner when falling at the

last in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter

last time but the three mile trip will

suit him (odds 16/1)

Paul Nicholls may saddle two

runners, master Minded and the great

Kauto Star (odds 5/1). Master

Minded beat Somersby at Ascot over

two and a half miles last time but was

all out too hold on and I think I think

Somersby can reverse the form over

three miles. Somersby is a 16/1

chance. Kauto Star has won this

race three times before and beat

Long Run (odds 13/8) by eight

lengths in the Betfred Gold Cup at

Haydock but like last year Long Run

improved leaps and bounds for his

first run. My advice would be to put

on the pounds by going for a long run

to your bookies and lumping on Long

Run. He is my banker bet over the

Christmas period and I recommend a

maximum five point bet.

The Welsh Grant National is a very

competitive race run over three miles

five and a half furlongs.

The Hennessy Gold Cup winner

Carrathers (odds 10/1) is a horse in

great form and both the trip and the

usual heavy ground would be ideal

for him and he is a major player.

Victor Dartnall trains Giles Cross

(odds 12/1). He won over three and

a half miles at Fontwell in the mud

and is an out and out stayer with only

10 stone 1lb to carry will go close.

Anything Paul Nichols runs has to

be respected and his runner is The

Minack (odds 12/1) winner of a three

mile one and a half furlong chase at

Wincanton has won on soft ground

but I am not a fan of this one and he

is passed over.

Colin Tizzard runs Hay Big Spender

(odds 14/1) who won at Newcastle

over three miles carrying a big weight

but 11st 7lb in a competitive race like

this makes him one I am not too keen

on.

The man I feel holds the key to this

race is Jonjo O’Neill. He saddles last

year’s winner Synchronised (odds

13/2) who ran an absolute blinder in

his warm up race over hurdles at

Haydock finishing very strong. He is

carrying 11st 6lb but won with the

same weight last year. The heavier

the ground the better for him.

Jonjo’s other runner is Galaxy

Rock (odds 12/1). This horse is

very attractively weighted on 10st

11lb and won very well over three

miles three furlongs at Cheltenham

last time. The third and fourth have

both won next time out. As I said I

think Jonjo’s holds the Aces in the

pack and the ground will very much

be the key to this race. I’m having

breakfast with Jonjo O’Neill on the

22nd December at his wonderful

training establishment Jackdaws

Castle and am hoping to get the

inside word.

My selections for the race are as

follows:-

If the ground is heavy it must be a

three point win bet on

Synchronised

If the ground is good or good to

soft a three point win bet on Galaxy

Rock

This just leaves me to wish all our

readers a Very Merry Christmas

and a Happy and Prosperous New

Year.

Be lucky and don’t give too much

to those awful bookie chappies!

The Marksman

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THE WORLD of Amateur

boxing was dealt a

devastating blow last month

with the death of Fitzroy

Lodge coach Mick Carney.

At 76 years of age, Mick had

been working at Fitzroy Lodge

for 50 years and along with

sidekick Billy Webster, they

churned out a conveyor belt of

champions such as Boza-

Edwards,

Dave Charney, Neville Cole,

Guy Williamson, Tony Adams,

and more recently David Haye

to name but a few.

I myself first met Mick, when I

nervously entered the famous

Fitzroy Lodge boxing club at 14

years of age slowly trying to

make my way to the office at

the back of the gym trying hard

not to make eye contact with

any of the guys who were

training there. Mick was

special, an old time gentlemen,

who had time for every one

regardless of colour, creed or

religion and loved by everyone

who knew him.

On applying for a grant from

the National Lottery several

years ago, I remember

watching him shaking his head

as he ripped the form up in

desperation, explaining that the

form was asking for details of

the boys colour, gender,

religion etc�he was

flabbergasted, and just said

that they were “ his boys�

lodge boys. not statistics .”

Mick was responsible for

helping me gain my boxing

coaching badges, and was

always there to give me advice

and a helping hand as a senior

coach at Fitzroy Lodge, and I

have many happy memories of

us taking boxing teams as far a

field as Jersey, Scotland, and

New York.

Mick was like a father to many

boys down the Lodge and

became their mentor before

society realised how important

it was for young men to have a

father figure in their lives.

It will be hard to go back to

the gym with Micky not there,

but in his last few days, he

made us swear to keeping his

legacy going in that railway

arch in Lambeth road.

We all owe him that much.

-Grant Davis

Thanks for the memories Mick



My Week withMarilyn (15) Set in England in the summer of

1956, Colin Clark works as an

assistant on the set of The Prince

and the Showgirl, which stars

Laurence Olivier and Marilyn

Monroe, who is also on

honeymoon with her new husband,

playwright Arthur Miller. When

Miller leaves the country, Clark

introduces Monroe to British life

and they spend a week together,

during which he becomes

enchanted by their brief encounter.

I was quite charmed by this film .

Specifically, I found myself drawn to

the eponymous character of Marilyn.

Michelle Williams gives a lovely

performance, with nuances to the

portrayal that had me enchanted. She

seems to play at least four different

women: the sexy starlet, the troubled

drug addict, the struggling actress,

and Norma Jean. I think it would have

been easy for this character to appear

manipulative or childish. Kenneth

Branagh is brilliant as Olivier and has

all the best venomous lines which he

says with relish! As is all the mainly

Brit cast featuring great turns by Judi

Dench, Toby Jones and Dominic

Cooper.

It may not be 100% historically

accurate, but for an evenings

entertainment it's an enjoyable

night out. Thats the magic of the

movies! GREEN LIGHT

The Rum Diary(15) Based on the book by legendary

gonzo journalist Hunter S

Thompson, The Rum Diary finds

Johnny Depp back in familiar

territory. Since Terry Gilliam’s screen

version of Fear and Loathing in Las

Vegas back in 1998, Depp himself

wanted to make another Thompson

book and found the unpublished

manuscript for the Rum Diary in

amongst a stack of dusty gems.

Set amongst the balmy Puerto Rico of

1960, an American writer and journalist

named Paul Kemp, played by Depp,

goes to Puerto Rico and gets a job at a

rundown and failing newspaper as a

writer. There he befriends some of the

others who work at the paper and gets

involved with some shady characters

around the island. Although no way

near as crazy as his 1970’s drug fuelled

romps that happened in Vegas, the

amount of alcohol consumed in this film

is quite impressive. It is no surprise

really when the director of this film is

Bruce Robinson who made the cult

classic Withnail & I way back in 1986.

Throughout the film there is a lot of

humour, despair and eccentricities that I

loved. But, like Fear and Loathing in

Las and Vegas and Withnail & I, this

film is really for acquired tastes as it

divided most critics and audiences. If

you have a fair amount of rum mind,

I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of it!

AMBER

RED – Stop, don’t bother

wasting your money

AMBER – It’s alright, go if

you want. Or wait for the

DVD

GREEN – Put your foot

down, go and see it.

Film 2011 by Norman Barry


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