Unfortunately, the sight of a pedicab driving through London’s traffic with some heavy house music blaring out whilst their passengers struggle to hold onto a bottle of Bacardi breezer and try to take a selfie at the same time, is all too familiar to us taxi drivers.
We saw with the minicabs in the Capital, if you cannot control them , then the last resort from TFL is just “license” them and get some money from them, worst case scenario.
I, along with most taxi drivers, want these deathtraps to be banned, but we know the cogs are turning to “license” them. I ask you to read the Club’s submission and see if you agree with some of our concerns. We cannot have them as they do now, sit outside every theatre, club and tout because we will be completely overrun. I look at the fast food moped drivers, a disaster but if you look at the demographic of these drivers, they will be working as rickshaw drivers. We demand they have an Operator and are pre booked, DBS check, cycling test etc etc.
Have a read and let us know your views please.
