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Cab Chat Radio Show E168 23-05-2018

Hosted this week by @SuperCabby

Items Discussed this week:

1. Met Police clarify the law on bilking https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-post/2018/04/24/The-Metropolitan-police-respond-to-bilking-issues
2. Paypal confirms that it is buying iZettle https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/17/paypal-confirms-that-it-is-buying-payments-startup-izettle-for-2-2b-in-an-all-cash-deal/
3. Mental Health Awareness Week
4. Our stress-busting article in the previous OnRoute issue provides tips for dealing with life’s day to day challenges. You can also access the Sarah Hope Line, which offers confidential incident support if you’ve been involved in a traumatic incident while driving in the Capital.
5. LEVC 48 hour test drive scheduled for June
6. Winchester City council have called for a ban on cross border hiring
7. Uber is running scared says the LTDA following the latest campaign
8. Heathrow Express fares are set to rise, will the Taxi trade capitalise on this?
9. Royal Wedding

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Cab Chat Radio Show E167 15-05-2018

Hosted this week by @SuperCabby & @Iamcabman

THIS WEEKS NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

* Black Uber Prius ploughs into Bishopsgate Police Station
* Met Police clarify the law on bilking https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-post/2018/04/24/The-Metropolitan-police-respond-to-bilking-issues
* Delroy Grant and Helen Chapman accepted onto the My Taxi App with fake documents http://taxileaks.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/taxi-leaks-exclusive-helen-chapman.html
* Someone on Twitter has suggested renaming Uber Cars as Rape Capsules!
* Brighton refuse the relicense Uber
* DAB radio was the future … until live streaming and podcasts arrived http://theconversation.com/dab-radio-was-the-future-until-live-streaming-and-podcasts-arrived-95250?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=facebookbutton
* Alpha Insurance have gone into liquidation and cancelled all policies with immediate affect
* Sign spotted in the back of a Taxi “Please remember to rate your Gett Driver 5 stars”!
* Ubers Autonomous car detected a pedestrian but chose not to stop. https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611094/in-a-fatal-crash-ubers-autonomous-car-detected-a-pedestrian-but-chose-to-not/
* Val Shawcross retires as Deputy Mayor for Transport after not even completing a full term.
* 200 Electric Jaguars set to transport people to and from Heathrow Airport https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/6245992/fleet-of-200-luxury-jaguar-i-pace-suvs-will-now-chauffeur-passengers-to-and-from-heathrow-airport/
* Cokney Rhyming Slang, is it a dying dialect
* Alpha Insurance goes into Bankruptcy

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION

Its been suggested that the London Taxi Trade should take out TV adverts!

Insurance company goes into bankruptcy

Green Shelters

Is Mayor Khan becoming a danger to London?

Cab Chat Awards!

Customer asked Rob if cash was acceptable?

Geofencing of App work!

DROP KICK RICK JOKE OF THE WEEK

GUILTY PLEASURE

Great show guys. Often listen to this one on the way back home down the M20. One of the best Zeppelin tracks that stuck with me the first time I heard it. Playing it at home the other day( loud) and my 14 year old said wow what’s this dad. He’s now a Zeppelin fan. Cheers guys.
Twitter Username: @jedmcc123
Song Name & Artist: Led Zeppelin, ramble on

VAPE OF THE WEEK

Cooks Custard – Minted

WORD OF THE WEEK

Origin of infomania
Infomania is a modern combination of information and mania. It entered English in the 1970s.

ROBS POINT OF THE WEEK

TRAFFIC NEWS & ROAD CLOSURES

Tudor Street still closed slap bang in the middle

No right turn from West Smithfield into Farringdon Street is permanent

No right turn from Farringdon Street into Chaterhouse Street

On the A100 Byward Street/Tower Hill junction with Trinity Square, works to improve access to the square are taking place. Pipes and cables beneath the road are being moved, the carriageway is being resurfaced and the traffic islands relocated. The works are planned to be completed by this summer

Camden High Street between the junctions of the A400, Kentish Town Road and Inverness Street, will be closed from 22:00 Thursday 24 May to 06:00 Tuesday 29 May while work is carried out at the Underground station. The main Camden High Street taxi rank will be unaffected and there is an additional temporary taxi rank in the parking bays adjacent to the taxi rank to prevent over ranking

Waterloo Station
From 20:00 on Friday 11 until 20:00 on Sunday 20 May, Station Approach Road will be closed to all vehicles. This is for a crane operation. Taxis should use Spur Road to access the taxi rank.

Fulham
Until 22:00 on Sunday 26 August, temporary traffic signals will be in use on Fulham Road in both directions, between Old Church St and Brompton Road. This is due to gas works.

Haringey
From Sunday 13 May until Friday 24 August, White Hart Lane westbound will be closed daily between 12:45 and 19:00, due to area improvement works.

NEW TAXI RANKS

Working Taxi ranks
• Holywell Lane (Citizen M London Shoreditch Hotel) with one space, operating between 19:00 and 07:00
• Turnpike Lane (Turnpike Lane Station) with two spaces, operating between 18:30 and 08:00
• Bounds Green Road (Bounds Green Station) with two spaces, operating between 22:00 and 06:00 • Clapham Road (Stockwell Station) with two spaces, operating between 19:00 and 07:00
• Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton with two spaces, operating 24 hours
• Great West Road (Osterley Station) with two spaces, operating 24 hours
• Station Road (Chingford Station) with two spaces, operating 24 hours

Rest ranks
• St. Martin’s Lane with three spaces, operating 24 hours
• Edgware Road (Crawford Place) with four spaces, operating 24 hours

The following ranks will be out of service:
• 3451, Stratton Street (Langan’s) between 07:00 and 17:00 from today, Thursday 3 until Sunday 27 May. This is due to a crane operation
• 5455, Gray’s Inn Road from 08:00 on Saturday 5 until 18:00 on Sunday 6 May. This is for a crane operation
• 5302, Adams Row from 08:00 until 18:00 on Saturday 5 May. First portion only suspended due to a crane operation
• 5358, Tottenham Court Road (Dominion Theatre) from 07:00 on Tuesday 8 until 18:00 on Friday 18 May. First 10 metres suspended due to carriageway works
• 4479, Westbourne Street (Royal Lancaster Hotel) from 07:00 on Tuesday 8 until 18:00 on Monday 21 May. This is due to carriageway works. A temporary taxi rank will be available

WHATS ON IN LONDON

BILKER ALERTS

GUEST CONTRIBUTIONS

CHARITY ROUNDUP

WAR DISABLED

Here are some of our plans for this year, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the charity.

2-6th May Dutch liberation

8-10th May trip to Portsmouth

24th May event at the Honourable Artillery Company

4th-8th June Normandy commemorations

12th June annual trip to Worthing

26th July parachute jump with Red Devils done by 4 cab drivers, two veterans and me

31st August-3rd September Airborne march in Arnhem

7th October thank you party for drivers

www.taxicharity.org

DISNEY

Friday 28th September – Sunday 30th September 25th Year

THE ALBANY

Hastings Monday 4th June 2018

Margate Monday 2nd July 2018

www.albanytaxicharity.org

LTFUC

90th Anniversary Dinner & Dance 23rd June 2018 De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms Queen Street WC2

Southend Thursday 12th July 2018

www.londontaxidriverschildrenscharity.co.uk

EAST LONDON CABBIES OUTING

Maldon Wednesday 4th July 2018

www.eastlondoncabbiesouting.co.uk

TAXI DRIVER OF THE YEAR CHARITY FUND

Dinner & Dance Saturday 25th November 2018 Holiday Inn Regents Park £70 per person

www.taxifund.co.uk

POPPY CABS

11th November

@Poppycabs

TOP OF THE HOUR JINGLE AND ADVERTS

TaxiApp
Wedding Taxis

CAMERA HOTSPOTS

EXMOUTH MARKET Red zone
BERKLEY STREET J/W PICCADILLY Yellow box cameras
BAGLEYS LANE/NEW KINGS ROAD Yellow box
FULHAM BROADWAY/BARCLAY ROAD Yellow box
CAMDEN 20mph limit
WATERLOO ROAD Zig-Zags
SELFRIDGES Over ranking
LUDGATE HILL Zig-Zags
CLAPHAM HIGH STREET Zig-Zags ISLINGTON 20mph limit
RED ROUTES TfL is actively enforcing yellow box restrictions
TOWER BRIDGE 20 mph speed limit average speed cameras
LIMEHOUSE LINK 30mph speed limit
TERMINUS PLACE Bus only left turn. TfL to issue PCNs
SMITHFIELD Do not park in loading boxes, they are enforced by camera
A13 Average speed cameras in operation
THE CITY 20mph limit
ST JOHNS STREET/SEKFORDE STREET Yellow box junction enforced by camera
M25 & M1 Cameras are now active
A2 Rochester Way Average Speed Cameras working.

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Cab Chat Radio Show E166

Hosted this week by:
@SuperCabby & DropKick Rick

Issues discussed this week:

* Smoking e-cigarette while driving can land you with a £2,500 fine and a driving ban https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/922398/vaping-while-driving-UK-law-e-cigarette
* Strict new rules around MOTs could lead to a £2500 fine
* Interest Rates are likely to rise this year by .25% in May
* Royal Baby may be born today on St Georges Day
* Uber CEO had secret meeting with Mike Brown in January according to FOI request http://taxileaks.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/uber-ceo-had-secret-meeting-with-mike.html
* Uber are to hand over London customer data to TFL in a Peace Offering http://taxileaks.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/uber-to-hand-over-london-customer-data.html
* Comfort Delgro acquire Dial a Cab for £1.2M http://taxileaks.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/comfortdelgro-acquires-london-taxi.html
* Last TX4 offered at £65,000 with Khan design https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-post/2018/04/22/How-much-for-this-top-of-the-range-Kahn-inspired-TX4
* Uber license decision to take place today
* LTPR launch new London Wide Bus Shelter advertising campaign Take a Ride in London’s Pride
* Customer Service

Features This Week:

Joke of the week with Drop Kick Rick

Traffic News and Road Closures

Tweet of the Week

Plus much more.

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Cab Chat Radio Show E165 19-04-2018

Hosted this week by:

@SuperCabby

Issues this week:

• Dial a Cab to close in 6-8 weeks unless a buyer / merger can be sought, redundancies are imminent
• Uber wants to own every part of Urban Transportation ecosystem
• http://smarthighways.net/uber-wants-to-own-every-part-of-the-urban-transportation-ecosystem-report/
• The case against the Exhibition Road RTA attack driver is to go ahead
• http://taxileaks.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/breaking-news-case-against-driver-in.html
• Manchester minicab driver with an unhealthy interest in teenage girls groped a female passenger
• https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-post/2018/04/16/Manchester-minicab-driver-with-an-unhealthy-interest-in-teenage-girls-groped-female-passenger
• Uber’s CEO: There is Very Little We Can Do to Improve Driver Earnings
• Woman dies after being hit by Cyclist on Oxford Street
• Smoking e-cigarette while driving can land you with a £2,500 fine and a driving ban
• https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/922398/vaping-while-driving-UK-law-e-cigarette
• The pedestrianisation of Upper Street just got real
• https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-post/2018/04/12/The-pedestrianisation-of-Upper-Street-just-got-real
• Another Prius burst into flames on Commercial road on Saturday Night, when are TFL going to put an unfit notice on all Prius Vehicles until the cause is know, there have now been far more Prius Minicabs burst until flames than there ever was TX4 that caught fire!
• Uber are to email customers before the forthcoming local elections!
• Italian Court Blocks Uber services in Italy citing Unfair competition
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-uber/italy-court-blocks-uber-services-in-italy-citing-unfair-competition-idUSKBN1792IS
• Apparently a giant tortoise escaped from a garden in Mayfair and got onto Park Lane. Drivers were shocked to see something moving past them so fast.
• Gary Long has decided to step down from London Taxi PR.
• Statement from the ITA

Features This Week:

Joke of the week with Drop Kick Rick

Traffic News and Road Closures

Tweet of the Week

Plus much more.

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Cab Chat Radio Show E164 09-04-2018

Hosted this week by:

@SuperCabby & @Iamcabman

Issues Discussed this week:

Taxi Driver numbers down 660 on this time last year

Whats your favourite Cabby Eatery?

Pensioner who was arrested for stabbing a burglar in his own home

Work has been quiet on the streets over the past week

Uber driver to be jailed over passenger rape

Features this week:

Vape of the week

Word of the week

Taxi Rank Titters

Tweet of the week

Camera Hotspots

Charity roundup

Traffic news and road closures

Word of the day

Callers to the show:

Mark Sherlock

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Cab Chat Radio Show E163 03-04-2018

Hosted this week by:

@SuperCabby & @Iamcabman

Issues discussed this week:

Whatsapp

Cabbie Etiquette

Ban Junction

iZettle have added a tip function

Metrocab to finally go into production

Computer Cab Retains TaxiCard account

Features this week:

Word of the Week

Robs point of the week

Vape of the week

Joke of the week

Tweet of the week

Drivers Guilty Pleasure

Callouts this week:

@MacTheCab

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Cab Chat Radio Show E162 28-03-2018

Hosted this week by:

@SuperCabby

Issues discussed this week:

The Knowledge

Camera Hotspots

Cabbie Ettiquete

Contributors to the show:

Drunslayer

TheHolbornCab

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Cab Chat Radio Show E161 19-03-2018

Hosted this week by:

@SuperCabby & @MickTheBrit

Issues discussed this week:

Porsche Cars on the Gett App

Gett mapping London for Autonomous Cars

Paddygate

Alexa

15 year age limit on Taxis

Camera Hot Spots

And Much More

Contributors to the show this week:

Drumslayer

Drop Kick Rick

Callouts from the show this week:

Drumslayer

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• Tim Fenton blows the roof off TFL
• Rachel Whetstone leaves Uber abruptly
• Harrow Taxi driver stabbing, Police looking for two attackers
• Uber are seeking a $900m loan following record annual loses
• Keep those doors locked
• Passenger robbed in the back of a Taxi in Oxford Street by 3 youths
• Judge says Uber breached contract with drivers involving Safe Rides fee
• London Transport Chiefs call for minicab cross border hiring reforms
• London Taxi Radio relaunch at GSS City Diesel last Monday 5th March 2018
• New report says Ubers under payment of drivers is keeping it afloat
• Verifone to rebrand as Curb
• Sorry driver Ive got no cash and your terminal is not working so I am not paying you!
• Sadiq Khan to spend £6m on toilets for Bus drivers
• Is the Uber crash at Buckingham Palace being covered up?
• Uber driver took off with a mothers baby on the back seat
• Gaunty to relaunch the Jon Gaunt podcast this week
• Cab Chat Cheesy River Cruise? Shall we do it?
• Credit Card Chargebacks

Call outs from the show:

Grant Davis

Sean Paul Day

Guilty Pleasure:

Elvis Marley
Britney Spears – Baby One More Time

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Hosted this week by:

@SuperCabby & @Iamcabman

Issues discussed this week:

Do you think the LTDA is right in calling for rate 3 to be scrapped?

How much would you accept to surrender your license?

KFC run out of Chicken and the Country goes into meltdown!

14 new Taxis plated so far this year, bu8t 264 older taxis have come off the road

LEVC downgrade battery mileage expectations!

Tooley Street reopened to ease congestion due to London Bridge closures

London Taxi PR win award

Plus Much More

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Cab Chat Radio Show E158 10-02-2018

Hosted this week by:
@Supercabby & @MacTheCab

Issues discussed this week:

Mac The Cab visits the Doctors

Mac The Cabs return to French France

Stories from the back of the cab

Uber drivers insurance

Rob Cardwell’s Periscope chats

and much more

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Home

Cab Chat is a hard-hitting podcast hosted by @SuperCabby & Guests tackling the issues faced by the London Taxi Trade and its drivers.

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Hosted this week by @SuperCabby & @MacTheCab

Issues Discussed this week:

Lebanese Uber driver sentenced to death for rape and murder of British Diplomat

Grange Hill TV Show 40th Anniversary

The rise of the Micro Pub and demise of the traditional British Pub

TFL to increase some road traffic offences to £160

Islington to charge £2.00 extra per hour for non compliant diesel cars

and much more

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Cab Chat is a hard-hitting podcast hosted by @SuperCabby & Guests tackling the issues faced by the London Taxi Trade and its drivers.

The Cab Chat Show is a New Digital Media Initiative incorporating a podcast, Youtube channel, photographs and video footage

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Cab Chat Radio Show E156 05-02-2018

Hosted this week by @SuperCabby, @MacTheCab & @SeanPaulDay

Issues discussed this week:

Bexit

2nd Referendum

Hack Shack Dinner & Dance

Guilty Pleasures Duo

And much more

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The Cab Chat Show is a New Digital Media Initiative

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The Cab Chat Radio Show E155

Hosted by @SuperCabby

Christmas messages from the crew and some guests.

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Cab Chat is a hard-hitting podcast hosted by @SuperCabby & Guests tackling the issues faced by the London Taxi Trade and its drivers.

The Cab Chat Show is a New Digital Media Initiative incorporating a podcast, Youtube channel, photographs and video footage

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Hosted this week by @SuperCabby

Special Guest messages this week:
Drumslayer
Grant Davis

Issues discussed this week:

* Explanation of why I decided to leave LTR
* Uber head to court this week for the appeals process Uber appeal to be heard on 19th April 2018
* Sean Stockings still does not have his license back
* Sean Stockings appeal
* TFL Scrap the need for 13,000 PH drivers with fake DBS checks to reapply for their license
* Fraser Nash not started production of the Metrocab due to impending Supreme Court decision issued by LTC/LEVC
* Call for handsfree mobile phones to be banned
* Get launch on Demand Porsche cars
* New Website for Cab Chat Show
* Uber licensing decision in York
* Uber licensing decision in Leicester

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The Announcement

Hosted this week by @SuperCabby & @SeanPaulDay

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Cab Chat is a hard-hitting podcast hosted by @SuperCabby & Guests tackling the issues faced by the London Taxi Trade and its drivers.

London Taxi Media is a New Digital Media Initiative incorporating a podcast, Youtube channel, photographs and video footage

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Hosted this week by:
@SuperCabby & @GentlemanCabbie

Special Guest this week:
Steve Kenton from Taxi Point

Issues Discussed this week:

Magical Taxi Tour to Disneyland in Paris

Taxi Point

And a lot more drivel

Callers to the Show this week:

None

And much more………

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London Taxi Radio’s new format radio show. Hosted by SuperCabby, MacTheCab, SeanPaulDay, TheHolbornCab, @GentlemanCabbie, @RequiredLevel & @Iamcabman they share their views and opinions of the London Taxi Trade interspersed with music and Jingles.

London Taxi Radio is a New Digital Media Initiative incorporating an online radio station, podcasts, Youtube channel, photographs and video footage