Driving Trucks in snow inevitably takes more time, please allow extra time for your journey. Driver slowly taking your time and keep extra distance between other road users. Other drivers may get into difficultly or drive erratically beware of other road users actions Avoid any sudden acceleration, braking or turning When it is snowing visibility […]
Do not talk with you passengers unless to warn them that for safety reasons you are unable to talk as you need to concentrate on the road. Keep your distance – You can’t crash into air, keep the space between your minibus and other vehicles Don’t allow alcohol to be consumed on the bus, when […]
Following a trial of a 40 seater Bio Bus in Bristol the council are now looking to extend the trial and run 110 gas powered double-deckers. The Buses run on biomethane gas that is generated from sewage and organic waste. The proposal has been pushed forward to the government with a request to extend the […]
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Richard Branson says that Taxi drivers must ‘accept that there is a new model in the industry and says that one day his company ‘may set up an alternative’ The billionaire says that his company should be competing with the likes of Airbnb and Uber, adding that ‘it is ridiculous how well Uber is run’ […]
In a bid to modernise the industry, Transport for London have suggested that cashless payments should be accepted in London Black Cabs. Currently only around 50% of cabs accept card payments although 75% of people who use cabs say they would consider doing so if they could pay with a card. Although there is currently […]
The Knowledge School on Caledonian Road, Islington, is set to close next month after 30 years of teaching trainee drivers ‘The Knowledge’ which drivers need to complete to qualify as a licensed black taxi driver in London, and which consists of routes through the City’s 25,000 streets. The closure follows the introduction of Uber drivers, […]
Emergency services were called to Heathrow Airport at around 5.30 a.m. today after a Minicab crashed into the terminal 5 building. It is believed the Minicab driver suffered a heart attack at the wheel, and he was taken to Hillingdon Hospital. The thick fog in London this morning added to the chaos as a lane […]
A Minibus driver who had a collision with a motorcyclist, killing him instantly, has been spared Jail at Bolton Crown Court this week. The accident happened in Manchester Road, Kearsley, in January 2011. The motorcyclist, Neil Cooper, was a 52 year old father of two, and his wife Linda died just four months later after […]
Geely have announced an additional £50million investment in Ansty Park in Coventry to increase the factory by 50% to build a new breed of non-polluting Black Taxis. London Taxi Company have now invested a total of £300 Million in their new site. The additional investment was announced during the visit of China President Xi Jinping. […]
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