Rules and Regulations to start a Mini Cab or Private Car Hire or Taxi Business

History

A taxi company is profitable businesses that you can start there are a lot of people who need the cabs/Taxi services. People know it’s better to travel in cab or taxi while driving their own cars. It’s a better idea now a day to start a taxi business

Private Hire OR Minicab

Passengers give priority to Private hire or minicab. Most of private hire drivers pay a fee to a company to take booking and scheduling there routine of work. If the minicab operator have Cab Management System and computerized booking they will charge a fee, they will offer data terminals or PDA dispatch systems.

If you do not want to pay a fee and wants to make profit from your own taxi or cab business, get a certified cab or taxi driver and set out it on your own. Some of the black cab or taxi owners have a team and increase their profit by starting a small business. Taxi Office Controller can manage your booking.

There are a small number of taxi or cab companies in UK, was started a small number of black cabs. They are now having over 5000 taxis, getting 25,000 bookings a daily. These companies have advance computer booking and dispatch system, they can accept credit cards and track cab by GPS.

Private hire Taxi or Cab Rules and Regulations

There are over 400 council licensing authorities in the UK. In the past Minicabs have a bad repute due to bad environment of their work? It is approximate one woman a week is raped in illegal minicabs in London. Some manufacturers of cab or taxi booking and dispatch systems have features for the security of passengers; it is informed to passenger by SMS the taxi or cab registration, details and driver name.

In 1998 The Private Hire Vehicles Act, handed the task of rule of minicabs and private hire to the Public Carriage Office, which waiting then only seen black cab licensing.

Minicab or private hire companies must now have a private hire worker license before they can agree to bookings. In order to get a license, you will have to show that you are healthy and suitable person. Any illegal convictions, insolvency or down of health and safety policy will calculate against you.

You also show that you have any related radio licensing and you must carefully make sure that your drivers cab or taxi and documents are in command. Some software will give a complete record of all cab or taxi documentation and automatically lock the drivers if the documents have expired. More detail look at the Cab Management System.

A licensing executive may be sent to examine the location if your home address is  your functioning location. An application fee which runs for five years will be charged by the local authority.

There are not required to have meters in Private hire cabs but you may select to fit them. If they are fit they will have to show they are compliant when the cab attends its normal road safety check 3 times a year, there is no limit on operator to charge. The cab or taxi must be less than 5 years old.

Apart from for exceptional situation. Drivers must have had full driving license for 12 months, medical and make a declaration to any criminal convictions.

Rules and Regulations For Black Cab or Taxi 

If you are planning to go it alone in a black cab, you need to meet certain requirements. To obtain your license, you age is 21 or above, have EU driving license for at least 12 months and to drive a taxi proficiently. you will need to show that you are a normal person, and you will be checked by the illegal records and a full medical check-ups, A knowledge test also required.

According to London's black cab laws You required to apply for a green badge which permit you to drive in central London or a yellow badge that permit you to drive in the suburbs.

A community coach Office allows two years for applicants to pass their central London knowledge exams, and six months to pass the suburbs knowledge exams.