LONDON

Yesterday, in broad daylight, armed police stopped an alleged Uber driver. Ripping open the doors they pointed automatic weapons at the driver, who was pulled out, handcuffed and arrested.

https://taxileaks.blogspot.com/2019/08/alleged-uber-driver-arrested-by-heavily.html
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 Taxi drivers in Bridgend will have to pass a knowledge test from November under new plans by the local authority to introduce a “more robust assessment”.

The test is set to cover a variety of topics from legislation and the location of streets to safeguarding, and how to get to places of interest outside the county like airports, cultural and sporting venues.

Currently, applicants for a licence to drive a hackney carriage or private
hire vehicle within Bridgend are only required to undertake a short numeracy and literacy test followed by a half day driver awareness course which outlines the responsibilities of a taxi driver.

Licensing officers said there was currently no way of working out if an applicant had understood the awareness course.

The new knowledge test will replace the current system, and cost £10 less.

For the first time drivers will be tested on their knowledge of routes within the county.

Officers told councillors at a licensing committee meeting on Tuesday, August 13, that several different test papers had been prepared to help prevent drivers from knowing which questions would come up.

They said the paper would be completed under test conditions with phones banned and an invigilator present.

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