Taxis - Black Cabs, Uber, Illegal Cabbies

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Antidotes in reply to @sorethroat1
I've just listened to an hour of this debate on LBC. The simple fact is that Uber are breaking UK law, no matter if we think the system and laws are outdated it's still a breach of contract and TFL are finally catching up on these issues.
1. You are not allowed to hail a mini cab directly, you have to call through to a control room and get a booking, that's the law. All mini cab companies besides Uber follow this rule, mini cabs cant drive around waiting to get flagged down. Because of the nature of the Uber app you are essentially directly hailing a mini cab.

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sorethroat1 in reply to @Antidotes

Listened to the same show. James O'Brien and the RMT bloke turned me fully against black cabs.
It's a vague law that uber are right flaunt. App is a control room etc. Aside from that it's an archaic law that I don't really understand, why does it even exist?

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Antidotes in reply to @sorethroat1

Well that's the other debate, I think the law is archaic on this, but untill that changes TFL are right to clamp down and not let Goldman Sachs and Boris's rich mates run rough shot over peoples employment contracts.

Its easy for us to be like "fuck black cabs" but if it was our contracts in breach I'd be pissed and that's what I think is important.

Still, would use an Uber over a black cab, but when push comes to shove Add Lee have always got my back (double flats, no spare tubes, bike in the back seat, 10/10 banter all the way home) but that's just from my personal experience.

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