A local taxi company near which has a shall we say erm 'reputation' started using mini cabs with licences from Rossendale which is about 20 miles away. They are hackney plates but being used as a private hire I had to use one last year and the driver had no idea where he was going saying he is not from Manchester.
But lately it has become more bizzare, a lot of their cars are now licensed from West Lindsey council, which is a good 100 miles away in Scun-thorpe!
Are taxi drivers really coming all the way to Manchester to work as a private hire driver, rather than a hackney in their own towns? I am thinking it is a way of getting round the strict rules for Manchester private hire vehicles., They have to be silver or white, and less than 7 years old.
Anybody know why they might be doing this?
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