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EDITORIAL 

ELECTRIC 

VEHICLES ARE 

THE WAY TO GO 

Ride share vehicles to be 

electric 

Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, is calling for 

a 25% reduction in air pollution by 2028. They 

are planning on doing this by purchasing more 

electric buses and electric vehicles for the 

government fleet and are also recommending 

that Uber and Lyft can only use electric cars. 

The proposal recommends that electric vehicles 

would account for 30% of all light-duty passenger 

vehicles on the road and at least 80% of all 

vehicles sold by 2028. 

It is agreed by the majority that things have to 

change to slow down the effects of climate change 

and one of those things is to replace the internal 

combustion engine vehicles with electric vehicles. 

Since the inception of ride sharing by Uber back 

in 2012, there has been a huge increase in the 

amount of pollution due to the travelling and 

cruising of the extra vehicles that transport fare 

paying passengers. 

This is definitely the case in Australia too. 

Especially in Victoria where there are some 

64,000 extra vehicles registered since 2017 to 

work as ride share vehicles. 

Mayor Garcetti said, “We have the power to 

regulate car share. We can mandate and are 

looking closely at mandating that any of those 

vehicles in the future be electric.” 

If other cities follow Los Angeles' thinking, then 

Uber and Lyft will have to follow suit in many 

countries around the world. 

Which Australian state will be the first to take up 

the initiative and follow Los Angeles' lead? 

Maurice Blackburn class 

action against Uber 

The Open Class Action against Uber was brought 

to Maurice Blackburn by the Transport Matters 

Party Leader, Rod Barton and TAA President, André 


Baruch. Maurice Blackburn filed a statement of 

claim against Uber in the Victorian Supreme Court 

in May 2019. 

There are over 7000 registrants from Victoria, NSW 

and Western Australia and Queensland. 

On December 20, 2019 a decision about procedural 

matters was handed down. The judge rejected a 

number of applications made by the defendants 

(Uber), which was a good outcome. The judge 

also ordered the plaintiff to redraft some of the 

pleadings to more clearly explain a particular part 

of the case. 

Maurice Blackburn are confident they will be able to 

promptly comply with this order and keep the case 

moving forward. 

It is not too late to register, visit www. 

uberclassaction.com.au. 

Fare Evasion 

In every Australian State fare evasion is illegal and 

perpetrators face being fined if they do so - except 

in Victoria. When the latest reforms came into 

effect, the Victorian regulator decided that fare 

evaders were insufficient in numbers to warrant 

chasing them up. So they eliminated the fine and 

now leave it up to Victoria Police to persecute fare 

evaders under the Crimes Act. 

The amount of paperwork involved to achieve this 

is insurmountable for the small value of theft - but 

that's what the regulator has done. 


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NSW CTP REVAMP 

NEW 

SOUTH 

WALES 

NEWS 

New Point to Point 

CTP arrangements 

Options Paper 

released by SIRA 

On 1 December 2020, the current Compulsory 

Third Party (CTP) transitional arrangements for the 

point to point industry under the Motor Accident 

Injuries Act 2017 (the Act) will expire. Transitional 

arrangements require ‘similar’ premiums between 

taxis and comparable hire vehicle operators for 

the fare paying component. Meaning that the CTP 

insurance costs are adjusted to reflect the distance 

that a point to point vehicle spends on providing 

passenger services. 

The State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) 

has released an options paper seeking comment 

on five options for new CTP arrangements for the 

point to point industry. 

The new arrangements are important because it 

provides an opportunity to create an environment 

that fosters lower premiums, improved safety and 

greater flexibility to respond to future changes in 

the Point to Point industry. 

The NSW Taxi Council held a CTP Review 

workshop with members across Sydney 

metropolitan and country NSW, participated in 

the consultation process and have submitted 

a response on behalf of the Taxi industry in 

NSW. NSW Taxi Council members have also 

been encouraged to make their own individual 

submissions. 

Most Australian States separate rideshare and taxis 

into different vehicle classes in their respective 

CTP schemes, with different pricing arrangements. 

Victoria is the only exception, where there is 

only one class of vehicle (Commercial Passenger 

Vehicle) with insurance calculated through 

community risk rated factors. 

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NEW 

SOUTH 

WALES 

NEWS 

Summary of 

Options for 

New NSW CTP 

Arrangements 

Option 1 

Point to Point Driver 

Policy 

Requirements: 

• Specific Classes for Taxis 

and Private Hire Cars would 

be removed. 

• Taxis and Private Hire Cars 

would be transitioned into 

Class 1 and be required to 

hold a Class 1 CTP policy for 

the vehicle. 

• All drivers intending to 

provide passenger services 

would be required to take 

out an additional driver 

policy. 

Key Changes: 

• A CTP policy is attached to 

the vehicle in the normal 

way i.e. the policy is 

linked to the vehicle. CTP 

premiums will be as per 

other vehicles in their class 

e.g. Class 1. The vehicle CTP 

policy would be in force 

for all activities excluding 

providing a passenger 

service. 

• In addition, point to point 

drivers (of taxis, private hire 

cars and other passenger 

services vehicles e.g. 

rideshare) would be 

required to take out an 

additional CTP policy 

to cover the time spent 

conducting passenger 

services. This policy will 

be attached to the driver 

whether they provide any or 

all of taxi, private hire car or 

rideshare services. 

• Total premiums for driver 

policies plus vehicle 

policies would need to 

cover the risk pool of point 

to point vehicles. Premiums 

would vary depending on 

approved risk rating factors 

e.g. driver history and time/ 

distance spent providing 

the service. 

• Regulatory requirements 

such as claims 

management processes, 

licensing and registration 

etc would be equivalent to 

a standard CTP policy. 


• Legislative changes within 

and outside of SIRA would be 

required to ensure that drivers 

take out a driver policy and that 

Authorised Service Providers 

(ASPs) take appropriate steps 

to ensure that drivers are 

appropriately insured e.g. the 

Point to Point Commissioner 

making it a condition of licence 

to have systems to ensure a 

valid driver CTP policy. 

• RMS will be required to make 

system changes to allow 

insurers to record the drivers 

who have purchased the 

additional cover. 

• ASPs will be required to develop 

a suitable system to determine 

whether drivers have a policy 

or not. 

Option 2 

Service Provider CTP 

Requirements: 

• Specific Classes for Taxis 

and Private Hire Cars will be 

removed. 

• Taxis and Private Hire Cars will 

be transitioned into Class 1 and 

Authorised Service Providers 

(ASPs) i.e. Taxi Service Providers 

and Booking Service Providers 

will be required to take out an 

additional Umbrella CTP policy 

to cover operating vehicles. 

Key Changes: 

• A CTP policy is attached to the 

vehicle in the current way. CTP 

premiums will be as per other 

vehicles in their class, e.g. Class 

1. 

• ASPs will be required to take 

out an ‘umbrella’ CTP policy 

for vehicles that are providing 

a passenger service or tasks 

directly associated with their 

service. 

• The vehicle’s own policy would 

be in force when it is not 

providing a passenger service. 

• The total premiums for service 

provider policies would need to 

cover the risk pool of point to 

point vehicles. 

• Regulatory requirements such as 

claims management processes, 

licensing and registration etc 

would be unchanged from a 

standard CTP policy. 

• Premiums would vary 

depending on the number of 

vehicles requiring cover and 

other approved factors e.g. 

safety history of the service 

provider. 

• Legislative changes outside 

of SIRA would be required to 

ensure that ASPs take out an 

umbrella policy. 

• Insurers would be required to 

make system changes. 

• System changes for ASPs may 

be required to track additional 

information of each driver 

which could include driving 

behaviour. 

Option 3 

Usage-Based 

Arrangements 

Requirements: 

• Premiums for passenger service 

vehicles would comprise a base 

premium and a component 

based on fare‐paying kilometres 

(distance‐based). 

Key Changes: 

• This option is dependent on the 

successful implementation of 

the Horizon 2 arrangements. 

• The base premium for Passenger 

Service Vehicles would be 

set equivalent to a Class 1 

premium. 

• Usage-based premiums would 

apply to Passenger Service 

Vehicles driving for ASPs that 

meet a minimum distance 

criteria/threshold. 

• Private Hire Cars remain in 

vehicle Class 8. 

Option 4 

Industry Agreed Risk 

Rating Factors 

Requirements: 

• SIRA in consultation with 

industry will determine the use 

of specific passenger service 

risk rating factors to be included 

in insurer premium filings. 

• For example, risk rating factors 

could be distance travelled, 

location, time of day etc. 

Key Changes: 

• Taxis would remain in Class 

7 with relativities that reflect 

the realised risk of increased 

exposure and access to rank 

and hail work. 

• Private Hire Cars would remain 

in Class 8 with relativities 

that reflect the realised risk of 

slightly increased exposure of 

conducting these services. 

• Other vehicles would remain in 

the other Classes (Class 1, Class 

3 etc). 

• SIRA and industry will identify 

relevant risk rating factors, 

within each of these classes that 

reflect any risks associated with 

conducting a passenger service 

and allow insurers to increase 

premiums accordingly. 


NEW 

SOUTH 

WALES 

NEWS 

Summary of 

Options for 

New NSW CTP 

Arrangements 

.../continued 

• Vehicle owners (other than 

Class 7 or 8) would identify 

to insurers via responses to 

renewal notices, that they 

are performing passenger 

services. 

• If ‘distance travelled’ is 

an agreed risk rating 

factor – insurers would 

be able to decide how 

this is implemented e.g. 

through self‐declaration, 

data transfer etc., and what 

weighting to apply within 

the bonus malus limits. 

Option 5 

New Vehicle Class 

Requirements: 

• All Passenger Service 

Vehicles will be 

transitioned to a new Class. 

Key Changes: 

• Taxis, Private Hire Cars and 

other Passenger Service 

Vehicles would transition 

to a new Class with 

relativities that reflect the 

realised risk of that group. 

• Owners of these vehicles 

will be required to register 

their vehicles with an RMS 

Usage code to indicate 

passenger service usage. 

• SIRA will engage with RMS 

to develop a new code; or 

use an existing code. 

• Insurers will identify 

relevant risk rating factors 

within this Class that reflect 

any risks associated with 

conducting a passenger 

service and will vary 

premiums within set bonus 

malus limits. 

• SIRA would work 

with other relevant 

government agencies 

such as the Point to Point 

Transport Commission to 

communicate registration 

and insurance changes 

to passenger service 

providers. 


NSW Taxi Council 

Christmas 

Luncheon 

2019 

The NSW Taxi Council Christmas Luncheon was 

held on 13th December 2019 at Doltone House, 

Hyde Park, Sydney. The luncheon was attended 

by over 100 guests of the NSW Taxi Industry. The 

Annual Luncheon was an opportunity for the NSW 

Taxi Industry to come together prior to the year 

closing out and reflect upon industry challenges 

and accomplishments of 2019. Furthermore, this 

was an opportunity for all to have some fun before 

we moved onto the next decade. 

We would like to thank and acknowledge the event 

sponsors as well as our guests, who made this 

annual event a wonderful success. The Luncheon 

began with brief presentations from Brian Wilkins, 

President, NSW Taxi Industry Association along 

with Lee Furlong, Chairman, NSW Taxi Council and 

Martin Rogers, CEO, NSW Taxi Council welcoming 

the guests and wishing everyone a very Merry 

Christmas. 

Whilst the delicious food along with drinks 

and greetings continued to delight our guests 

throughout the afternoon, there was loads of fun 

involved. There were 3 ‘’minute to win it’’ games 

wherein guests participated and tried their luck 

with puzzles, moving M&Ms with a straw and 

using chopsticks to move ping pong, tennis and 

golf balls respectively. Congratulations to all of our 

winners. 

Overall, the Luncheon was a wonderful merry 

afternoon filled with fun, food, drinks, laughter, a 

bit of healthy competition and lots and lots of joy, 

as we bid adieu to the year which was challenging 

yet fulfilling for the NSW Taxi Industry. 

We look forward to continuing to work with our 

partners, suppliers and members through 2020. 


NEW 

SOUTH 

WALES 

NEWS 

SENIORS TRAVEL 

NSW Taxi Council 

welcomes $250 

Prepaid Regional 

Seniors Transport 

Card launched by 

NSW Government 

Minister for 

NSW Regional 

Transport & Roads, Paul Toole 

launched the Regional Seniors 

Transport Card in Coffs harbour, 

for Regional NSW recently in 

January 2020. 

The Regional Seniors Transport 

Card makes public transport 

services accessible and 

affordable for the well-being of 

older citizens in Regional NSW. 

It provides eligible seniors in 

regional, rural and remote areas 

with a $250 prepaid card to help 

ease the cost of travel. 

The transport card can be 

used at certain retailers across 

Australia to pay for fuel, 

taxis and pre-booked NSW 

Trainlink regional trains and 

coaches. It is a $250 voucher 

which could be utilised by an 

age pensioner with a valid 

Pensioner Concession Card 

or a Commonwealth Seniors 

Health Card holder living in a 

designated regional area of NSW 

outside of Sydney, Newcastle 

and Wollongong. 

The NSW Taxi Council welcomes 

the launch of the Regional 

Seniors Transport Card 

and the fulfillment of NSW 

National Party’s commitment 

in partnering with NSW 

Taxi industry to continue to 

provide increased services 

and assistance to our older 

citizens in regional, rural and 

remote NSW. It is great to see 

the NSW National Party deliver 

its election promise to support 

our seniors in Regional NSW. 

The NSW taxi industry looks 

forward to providing full support 

to this initiative of the NSW 

Government. 

Whilst the card is valid for 14 

months, it is available to eligible 

seniors for a 2-year period. 

Statewide, eligible seniors can 

apply for a card in the first year 

of the program in 2020 and for 

another card in 2021. 

The reduced travel cost will 

enable easier access to health 

services and assist with day-today 

activities like shopping and 

visiting family and friends for 

seniors in Regional NSW. Almost 

400,000 seniors in NSW are to 

be benefitted from the launch 

of Regional Seniors Transport 

card, totalling the travel benefit 

to $100 million for Regional 

NSW. 


PERSONNEL PROFILE 

Christine Tyrrell has been working in the Taxi Industry since the beginning of 2007 and has held 

various roles over the years and worked with a variety of different people. She has learnt a lot 

from each and every one of these people. Christine enjoys getting out and chatting to the 

members of the Taxi Industry as there is always an interesting story to hear. 

CHRISTINE TYRRELL 

NSW Taxi Council Safety Management, 

Member Support & Training Manager 

3 PET PEEVES 

• People who slurp their drinks 

• Arrogant people 

• Bad customer service 

HOW MY COLLEAGUES 

DESCRIBE ME 

(from the desk of Mason, Jay & Michelle) 

Kind, passionate and empathetic. 

I CARE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING 

CAUSES 

• Mental Health awareness 

• Suicide Prevention 

• Child Safety 

# 1 ON MY BUCKET LIST IS 

to see the Northern Lights. 

WHEN I'M NOT WORKING I'M 

HAPPIEST 

spending time with my 3 children and 

the dog. 

I HAVE 2 PERSONAL MOTTOS 

1. Treat people the way you wish to 

be treated 

2. There's a reason the windshield 

is bigger than the rearview 

mirror. Where you’re going is so 

much better than where you've 

been. 

Infringement 

Notices 

On 16 January 2020 

NSW Point to Point 

Transport compliance 

officers concluded 

the second of two targeted 

activities inside the Qudos Bank 

Arena precinct, where Elton John 

performed his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick 

Road’ Sydney concerts. 

During the concerts on 9 and 14 

January 2020, officers carried out a 

number of vehicle inspections on 

taxis and hire vehicles, including 

rideshare, entering and exiting the 

Qudos Bank Arena precinct, to 

ensure drivers were doing the right 

thing by customers and operating 

within point to point transport law. 

A total of 11 penalty notices 

will be issued to drivers for 

failing to display their driver 

ID across the two-night 

operation. 

The display of taxi driver IDs is 

required under point to point 

transport law because of the 

anonymous nature of rank and hail 

services. 

One improvement notice will be 

issued for a taxi roof sign for not 

displaying the word taxi/cab. 10 

hire vehicles were inspected, all of 

which were found to be compliant, 

including displaying their proper 

retroreflective signs. 


Novel Coronavirus 

(2019-nCoV) 

Advice for Victorians 

Have you recently returned from Hubei 

Province in mainland China? 

– stay home (self-isolate) 

– avoid public settings. 

Do this for 14 days after leaving Hubei Province 

(other than when seeking medical care). 

If you have been in close contact with 

someone who has Novel Coronavirus 

– stay at home 

– avoid public settings for 14 days after 

you last came in to contact with them. 

What should you do? 

wash your hands 

regularly with soap 

and water 

cover your coughs 

and sneezes. 

If you have fever, or cough, sore throat 

or have trouble breathing 

– seek medical treatment immediately. 

If you need medical treatment 

– call before you go and let them know if you 

have recently been in Hubei province, China. 

If you are concerned, call the 

Department of Health and Human Services 

Coronavirus hotline 1800 675 398 

Please keep Triple Zero (000) for emergencies only. 

Find out more 

www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/information-public-novel-coronavirus 

Authorised and published by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne. 

© State of Victoria, February 2020 (2001628)

STATISTICS 

This information has been supplied by the NSW Point to Point Commission and NSW Roads and Maritime Services. 

Sydney Taxi Licence Plates 

average transfer value 

$400,000 

$350,000 

$300,000 

$250,000 

$200,000 

$150,000 

$100,000 

$50,000 

$- 

$360,000 

$210,000 $210,000 

$180,000 

3 LICENCES WERE 

TRANSFERRED IN 

DECEMBER 2019 

$82,400 $77,500 

$95,000 

Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Oct-19 Dec-19 

COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES - for December 2019 

Taxis Hire 

cars 

Vehicle Inspections 44 42 

Advisory Visits (involving P2P Commission staff 4 

providing advice to Authorised Service Providers) 

Audits of Authorised Service Providers 2 6 

Notifiable occurrences (relates to accidents or 

incidents that are reportable) 

13 78 

# Personalised Transport VEHICLES 

@ 30 December 2019 

Taxis - Metropolitan 5,593 

Taxis - Outer Sydney 1,423 

# Passenger Transport Licence Code 

DRIVERS @ 30 December 2019 

Taxis, Private Hire, Rideshare, 

Tour Drivers 

118,229 




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COMPLIANCE 

VICTORIA 

NEWS 

$50,000 fines 

have been 

issued to drivers 

The Victorian regulator, Commercial Passenger Vehicles 

Victoria (CPVV) ran a blitz on drivers during December 

2019 on commercial passenger vehicle signage. 

By law, drivers of booked commercial passenger vehicle 

services (aka hire cars and ride share vehicles) must 

display a sign, symbol, notice or label identifying it as 

a Commercial Passenger Vehicle (CPV) when it is in 

service. This signage must be positioned so it cannot be 

removed by someone sitting in the driver’s seat. 

A total of 26 infringement notices were issued. 

• 20 were for failing to indicate the vehicle was a CPV 

(each offence carrying a fine of $1,983) 

• 2 were for positioning the CPV signage where it 

could be removed ($413) 

• 3 were for providing a CPV service without driver 

accreditation ($1,983) 

• 1 was for failing to carry a certificate of 

accreditation while driving ($207) 

While this is fantastic that the CPVV Compliance Officers 

are out and about on the job and checking vehicles, it 

beggars belief that they only found 26 vehicles that did 

not comply with the CPV signage requirements. 

We have been advised that nearly every day within the 

CBD there are vehicles just cruising around, looking for 

work, and they don't have correct signage. Also, there 

are always a great percentage of vehicles waiting at 

Melbourne Airport Ride Share Holding Area that are not 

correctly signed. 

Whilst the CPVV is applauding themselves for the 

amount of dollars they have fined offenders - it really 

should be about how many Booked commercial 

passenger vehicles they have checked. 

It would be interesting to learn how many vehicles 

the officers actually inspected, compared to the 26 

infringements issued. 


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NEWS 

ROD BARTON, MP 

The government 

has allowed an 

irresponsible over 

supply of rideshare 

brands and 

drivers. 

We arrive in 2020 with a new batch of issues 

arising in this “disrupted” commercial 

passenger vehicle space and it’s a good 

opportunity to look at the competition the 

arrival of rideshare has introduced in the market and what the 

industry has done to fight back, to defend our market. 

Rod Barton MLC 

Leader, Transport Matters Party 

There is no doubt the technology innovations rideshare services 

introduced have advanced services across the industry. Major 

players like 13cabs and Silver Top Taxis have met the challenge 

developing and releasing apps that can and do compete with 

rival rideshare. 

New integrations, such as adding rideshare as an option when 

you search for a destination in Google Maps, are clever initiatives. 

We also see recent pushes around the world to develop Mobility 

as a Service (MaaS) applications that mix point-to-point 

services and public transport, to get people to their destination. 

Comparison options show the time and cost difference between 

driving and these MaaS alternatives - this allows people to 

evaluate the opportunity cost of an hour spent driving to their 

destination, compared to an hour spent in time-tabled and ondemand 

transport services. 

But the way governments have chosen to introduce rideshare 

to the market has been devastating for the incumbent taxi and 

hire car drivers and operators, and has allowed an irresponsible 

oversupply of rideshare brands and drivers. 

Regulators in Victoria had no plan on how to 

accommodate a 700% increase in commercial 

vehicles on our roads. 


No consideration was given to the 

commercial viability for taxi, hire cars 

and rideshare operators. Unsavoury 

practices, such as touting, began as 

drivers struggled to find work. While 

the touting loophole is now closed, 

it’s a tragedy that drivers' incomes 

have suffered so much that they 

resorted to begging for work. 

As the Victorian Parliament resumes 

this month (February 2020) we begin 

a new campaign to close another 

loophole opened by Victoria’s 2017 

reforms. 

The offence for fare 

evasion was dropped 

in the reforms, so if a 

passenger does a runner, 

the driver has no recourse 

through police and must 

seek a civil action for 

compensation. 

In January a driver was bashed 

with a hammer by a passenger who 

refused to pay the fare - this driver 

now has a criminal recourse, but 

only because of the assault against 

him. Without the hammer incident 

the driver would be left to pursue 

the fare evader through civil court 

proceedings, if he could find and 

identify the person. 

The effect of rideshare on licensing 

scheme and licence values is a 

debacle that is endemic across the 

country - and no Australian State 

(or overseas country) can claim to 

have cracked the perfect solution 

to accepting rideshare without 

disadvantaging the existing industry. 

Here in Victoria, the Victorian 

Andrews Labor government chose 

to revoke licences, paying arbitrary 

compensation and sending licence 

holders into a spiralling nightmare of 

debt and despair. Have other states 

and territories done any better? We 

think not. 

New South Wales and 

Queensland froze the 

issuing of taxi licences in 

an attempt to protect their 

value. 

This created an opportunity for 

rideshare entities to explode onto 

the market, leaving taxi operators 

with no way to increase the number 

of services to compete. 

Licence values have collapsed (or 

no longer exist) in all Australian 

States and drivers are abandoning 

booking services at breakneck speed 

- preferring to flick between apps for 

rides and take their chances on rank 

and hail work, than pay network fees. 

Independent taxi operators 

constitute a growing element in 

Victoria’s market, which raises new 

issues for Booking Service Providers' 

(BSP) registrations, trip levy reporting 

and collection, and compliance 

with safety requirements such as 

roadworthy certificates and tamperproof 

cameras in cars. 

It appears that Victoria's regulator 

does not understand our industry. 

They are failing to keep up and 

manage this rapidly changing 

landscape, let alone minimise harm 

to the industry and the public from 

the ramifications of each unexpected 

consequence of these poorly 

implemented reforms as they arise. 

In Victoria we have an inquiry report 

with 13 recommendations that give 

us a chance to review the reforms 

and get things right. I will be working 

with the government over the coming 

months to ensure we get the best 

outcome to repair the past and create 

a pathway to move forward. 

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REGULATIONS 

Fare Evaders, 

Runners: 

ARE NOT 

ILLEGAL 

When the Victorian Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry reforms were passed in 2017 the 

regulator, Transport for Victoria, in its wisdom, decided that some things were no longer 

necessary to have on the list of offences. They said some things did not warrant receiving a 

fine. 

One of the offences that they struck off the offences list was the fining of passengers who 

do not pay their fares. Those passengers who "do a runner" are no longer in breach of 

any regulation. The driver has no right to demand the fare! They have no right to make a 

citizen's arrest and take the passenger to the nearest Police station so that they can get paid 

for the transportation that they have provided. They are just meant to accept the fact that 

passengers have all the rights and suffer no consequences for being the driver who agreed to 

transport a passenger who had no intention of paying for the trip. 

If passengers don't pay the fare to travel on a train, tram or bus, they can be fined a minimum 

of $229, yet those who don't pay the taxi, hire car or rideshare fares CAN'T and WON'T be 

fined. 


Rideshare and Hire Car booking service providers will most 

probably have the passengers' details on file and could 

therefore pursue payment after the event. But taxi drivers 

don't have access to that information - and they have no 

recourse on passengers who avoid paying their fares. 

In Queensland the government states that if you use public 

transport (e.g. train, bus, ferry) or private hire like a taxi, it's an 

offence if you: 

• try not to pay 

• do not pay 

• do not pay your full fare 

• travel outside your allowed distance 

• do not have proof of your concession (if you are travelling 

as a concession holder). 

You can be fined or have to appear in court. You could be 

sentenced to 6 months in prison. 

The NSW government rules that "after the termination of a 

hiring (or on leaving the taxi-cab in compliance with a direction 

given under clause 76), the hirer must pay to the driver of the 

taxi-cab the authorised fare for the hiring. Penalty - $100". 

Neither of these fines are for a huge amount of money, but it is 

a disincentive to passengers who are thinking of not paying for 

the service of being transported from A to B. 

The service of Taxis, Hire Car and Ride Share vehicles is not 

a free service. Passengers are required to pay, and if they 

do not then they MUST be dealt with. Governments in both 

Queensland and NSW certainly see it this way - but Transport 

for Victoria does not! 

Last month a taxi driver was 

bashed in the head by a hammerwielding 

passenger in a terrifying 

attack in Melbourne's north-east. 

The 37-year-old driver was taken 

to hospital after being hit with the 

hammer multiple times at Liberty 

Parade, Heidelberg, at about 

1.45pm on Sunday 20 January 

2020. 

Police believe the incident began 

with a dispute about fare evasion. 

"The male got out of the taxi and 

smashed the windscreen with 

a hammer before opening the 

driver’s door and continuing to 

assault the driver," police said. 

"The offender fled on foot and 

was last seen east along Morobe 

Street." 

The driver suffered non lifethreatening 

cuts and bruises to 

the head. 

Anyone with information is asked 

to contact CrimeStoppers on 

1800 333 000 or online at www. 

crimestoppers.com.au. 

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DO NOT DISTURB 

BEFORE LEAVING 

THE KERB 

The new tougher penalties 

for Queenslanders 

using their mobile 

phone behind the wheel 

came into effect Saturday 1 February 

2020. The Queensland Government 

has increased the current fine for 

offenders from $400 to $1,000, while 

demerit points increase from 3 

points to 4. 

Budget Direct recently surveyed 

1,001 Australians (including 218 

Queenslanders). The survey reveals 

Australians’ attitudes and behaviours 

when it comes to using a mobile 

phone while driving. 

• Younger motorists less confident 

using a phone while driving 

than they were two years ago; 

• Checking mobile phones while 

stopped at a traffic light and 

changing song on playlist are 

the most common uses; 

• Texting while driving is 

considered more likely to cause 

a fatality than drink driving. 

The results also show:- 

• Australians surveyed in 2020 

(11.49%) feel less confident 

texting while driving, compared 

to 2018 (14.9%) 

• Respondents aged 35-44 feel 

most confident behind the 

wheel (22.61%) compared to 

those aged 18-24 (10.43%) 

Senior Research Fellow for the 

Monash University Accident Research 

Centre, Kristie Young says, “While 

the absolute numbers are low, the 

finding that the 35-44 year age group 

is engaging with handheld devices 

(particularly texting and accessing 

social media) more frequently than 

other age groups, is really interesting 

Which of these actions is the most acceptable for 

a handheld device? 

Changing the song on your 

playlist 

Checking your phone while 

stopped at a traffic light 

Replying to a text while 

driving at 40 km/h 

None 

source: Budget Direct 

and highlights that there is a shift 

in technology use across driver 

ages - this is not just a 'young driver 

problem' as it has traditionally been 

viewed in the past.” 

“Other social pressures to use a 

phone are also going to be playing 

a role for this 35-44 age group, 

including work pressures to stay 

connected while driving, pressure 

to connect with children, and just 

generally trying to multitask in order 

to make the most efficient use of 

time in an increasing time-poor 

society.” 

Penalties 

for illegally using a mobile 

phone while driving 

State 

Fine 

Demerit 

Points 

ACT $480 3 

NSW $344 5 

NT $500 3 

QLD $1000 4 

SA $534 3 

TAS $336 3 

VIC $496 4 

WA $400 3 


DO NOT DISTURB 

BEFORE LEAVING 

THE CURB 

Play it safe while driving your car. 

Hit the DND on your phone before 

you start your trip. 

Which of these is most likely to result in a 

fatality? 

Drink Driving 

Fatigue (driving while tired) 

Not wearing a seatbelt 

Speeding 

Texting while driving 


What do you think would be most effective in 

deterring drivers from texting while driving? 

Increased Awareness 

Mobile detection cameras 

More law enforcement 

Tougher penalties 

Nothing 

$1000 

FINE 


On average across the country, 

most believe that Tougher 

Penalties (31.97%) is the most 

effective way to deter drivers from 

texting. (However, this figure was 

the lowest for Queenslanders who 

also think this is the least effective 

measure (compared to increased 

awareness, mobile detection 

cameras, law enforcement and no 

measures)). 

What would be a sufficient deterrent to stop you 

from texting while driving? 

Fine $1,000 

Loss of demerit points 

Peer pressure from 

passengers in the car 

Nothing - because I feel safe 



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NEW 

VICTORIA SOUTH 

WALES NEWS 

NEWS 

TRANSPORT ALLIANCE AUSTRALIA 

The noose is 

tightening... all 

around the world 

André Baruch 

President, Transport Alliance Australia 

The last three months have proven to be very challenging 

for Uber. The cracks in the foundation are starting to show 

and you could even say that it is the start of the downhill 

spiral. 

Transport for London (TfL) revoked Uber's licence in November 2019 

after finding that more than 14,000 trips were given by drivers who had 

faked their identity on the Uber app. London's Mayor, Sadiq Khan, 

denounced the company as "not fit and proper". This is the second 

time in two years that Uber has been found "not fit and proper" to be 

operating in London. One of the drivers implicated had his licence 

revoked when he was caught distributing child pornography, a 

spokesman for TfL said. 

Even though Uber emphatically states that this and other safety issues 

have been addressed, Transport for London does not have confidence 

that similar issues will not reoccur in the future. But Uber has once 

again been allowed to continue while their appeal is being considered. 

Have you ever heard anything so crazy. The business has been 

deemed "not fit and proper" yet it is still able to operate - where's the 

sense in that? 

January 2020 sees Birmingham, UK, denying Uber a new licence until 

the outcome of its appeal against the banning order by TfL is known. 

Very sensible. 


COLOMBIA 

Now over to Colombia. December 

2019 saw the Colombian court rule 

that Uber had violated competition 

law. In February 2020 Uber pulled 

out of Colombia as it was unable to 

agree with the authorities on how it 

should be regulated. 

FRANKFURT 

In Frankfurt, Germany, a regional 

court has banned Uber as 

of December 2019 because 

of a challenge by a German 

taxi association, over Uber's 

dispatching processes via its app to 

hire vehicle companies. 

Among the issues identified by the 

court as violations of German law 

are Uber’s lack of a rental licence; 

rental drivers it uses to supply the 

driving service accepting jobs via 

the Uber app without first returning 

to their company’s headquarters; 

and rental drivers accepting jobs 

directly in the app without the jobs 

being previously received by their 

company. 

CALIFORNIA AB5 

On January 1, 2020 California 

Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) came into 

affect. AB5 requires workers to be 

considered as employees. 

The bill minimises the amount 

of work which can be conducted 

by freelancers and contractors 

without being considered fulltimers. 

The intention is to prevent 

employers from taking tax 

shortcuts and to provide workers 

who should be classified as 

employees with healthcare, 

workers' compensation, holiday 

pay, sick pay, annual leave, and 

other rights. 

Effectively it is re-categorising 

workers as employees rather than 

contractors. 

This forces companies like Uber, 

Lyft, Doordash or other contractorreliant 

businesses that operate 

in California, to change their 

employment systems. 

Uber is trying to get around the 

AB5 and one change it has made 

is that all jobs in California now 

show the destinations, so the driver 

has the ability to refuse jobs if the 

destination is not suitable. 

Sounds like what currently 

happens with some taxi 

companies! But Uber is not a taxi 

company, so they tell us. 

A similar battle will soon be 

underway in New York, where 

lawmakers are planning to take up 

gig worker legislation in the very 

near future. 

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ATTACKS 

And then there's the 

countless numbers of attacks 

on passengers, theft, assault 

and rape. A woman in the 

U.S. said she was raped last 

year after she got into a 

car with an Uber decal and 

was driven to a secluded 

location and attacked. 

Uber successfully defended 

the lawsuit, but the judge 

suggested in her ruling that 

"the company is opening 

itself to trouble if it allows its 

decals to remain on vehicles 

belonging to dangerous 

drivers". This is happening all 

around the world and Uber 

doesn't appear to have a 

handle on it. 

AND SO IT GOES ON... 

Tax authorities are also 

catching up with ride-hailing 

start ups. Just to sight 

one instance, New Jersey 

has declared that Uber 

owes it US$650 million in 

unemployment and disability 

insurance taxes because the 

ride-share company has been 

misidentifying drivers as 

independent contractors. 

Uber are also facing legal 

battles in many countries 

including our own Class 

Action filed by Maurice 

Blackburn against them. 

Uber has been forced to 

sell their business in Russia, 

China, SE Asia and other 

major jurisdictions around 

the world. 

It has also had to sell their 

Uber Eats business in 

India and South Korea. All 

these sales are due to huge 

losses in their respective 

jurisdictions. 

In the UK, Uber Eats has also 

lost the exclusive rights to 

McDonald's deliveries. It will 

now have to share the 15 

million McDonald's deliveries 

with its much bigger rival, 

Just Eat. 

Oh and by the way, it is 

reported that Uber expects 

to lose between US$2.8 and 

US$2.9 billion (that's AU$4.2 - 

AU$4.3 billion) this year. This 

is on top of the 20% drop in 

share price. It's a very brave 

person who will choose to 

invest in this company. 

So it is a dark, dreary and 

lonely road that they drive 

along and no-one really 

knows where this is going to 

end. 

What does the future hold for 

Uber? 

What's the rule? 

'No Parking' sign means drivers 

cannot stop in the indicated 

area unless dropping off or 

picking up passengers or 

goods. Drivers must stay within 

three metres of the vehicle an 

drive on within two minutes, 

unless the signs show a 

different time limit. 

These rules apply to all Australian States 

and Territories. 

'No Stopping' sign 

means drivers cannot 

stop in the indicated 

area at all, even if they're 

picking up or dropping 

off passengers. Older 

'No Standing' signs 

mean the same as 'No 

Stopping'. 


VIC STATS 

The statistical figures 

on this page are as at 

30 November 2019 

TOTAL REGISTERED 

COMMERCIAL PASSENGER VEHICLES (CPV) 

30-Sep-17 31-Dec-17 31-Jan-19 31-Oct-19 30-Nov-19 

5000 

7271 

10876 

10536 

10592 

636 

64806 

745 

931 

66604 

968 

967 

2824 

13396 

50192 

IN A NUTSHELL ! 

UNBOOKED CPVs 

COUNT IS UP 

56 5,592 

Since last month Since Oct 2017 

WHEELCHAIR CPVs 

COUNT IS DOWN 

1 331 

Since last month Since Oct 2017 

BOOKED CPVs 

COUNT IS UP 

1,798 63,780 

Since last month 

UNBOOKED CPVS WHEELCHAIR VEHICLES BOOKED CPVS 

CPVs INCREASE 

SINCE SEPTEMBER 2017 924 % Total = 78,163 

ACCREDITED VICTORIAN CPVs 

Since Oct 2017 

Unbooked CPVs Wheelchair Vehicles Booked CPVs 

30-Nov-19 

31-Oct-19 

31-Jan-19 

31-Dec-17 

30-Sep-17 

65543 

62076 

COMPLIANCE OUTCOMES 

Vehicle Inspections 678 

Infringement Notice 4 

Official Warning 

(Written warning) 

Rectification Notice 

(CPVV defect notice) 103 

Defect Notice 

Number of Accredited 

Victorian CPV DRIVERS 

4 

(VicRoads defect notice) 9 

92479 

107366 

106440 

INCREASE 

SINCE LAST 

MONTH 

926 

INCREASE 

SINCE OCT 

2017 

45,290 


DiDi's new reward system has slashed 

pay rates for Australian drivers, as they 

work punishing hours and battle it out 

for limited jobs 

by Jack Derwin 

After all, DiDi had managed to 

beat Uber in its native China, 

boasts 550 million users 

worldwide, and has courted 

investment from the likes of 

Apple. However, 18 months later 

and after a steady expansion 

across the country, many of its 

drivers are departing the app 

altogether after the company 

launched a new rewards system, 

which began charging casual 

drivers higher commissions on 

each ride they take unless they 

gain high-level status. 

DiDi Advance is the new system by 

which all of its drivers are either 

rewarded or punished, depending 

on how many trips they complete, 

what proportion of jobs they 

accept and how many they cancel. 

Their weekly performance is rated 

at the end of each week, with their 

status setting their pay rate for the 

following seven days. 

While it has been presented as 

a reward program, it represents 

a fundamental shift in how 

DiDi pays its drivers. Before the 

implementation of DiDi Advance, 

the company took a flat 5% 

commission on all fares drivers 

received. Since the introduction of 

Advance in December, the average 

Australian driver now pays a 

commission between 12 and 

13%, DiDi confirmed to Business 

Insider Australia — a rate it says is 

industry-leading. 

DiDi Advance has four tiers: Silver, 

Gold, Platinum and Diamond. 

To earn the same 5% commission 

earned before the program’s 

launch, a driver must be classed 

as ‘Platinum’. In order to reach 

and maintain that level, a driver 

must take 30 trips or more a 

week, complete 65% of all trips 

accepted, and accept 9 out of 10 

rides offered by the app. If they 

fall below those targets, they face 

commission rates between 12% 

and 19%, significantly eating into 

their take-home pay. 

Diamond status, the holy grail 

of the program, meanwhile has 

a 0% commission rate, which 

entitles drivers to take home their 

entire earnings for the week. To 

reach that lofty level, you must 

complete more than 80 trips every 

single week and accept 95% of 

all those DiDi offers them while 

online. 

Any driver trying to reach or 

maintain that level can’t then 

afford to take a holiday or get 

sick as DiDi doesn’t currently 

allow its contractors to take time 

off without having to start at the 

bottom of the ladder again. 

Perhaps the clearest ramification 

of the Advance program is that it 

penalises casual drivers, who have 

seen the commission they pay 

to DiDi more than double if they 

are classed as ‘Gold’ drivers and 

almost quadruple if they do less 

than five rides a week. 

In implementing the rewards 

program, DiDi appears to have 

distanced itself from the typical 

gig economy worker — one who 

works such jobs to supplement 

their income. Given there are 

1.15 million underemployed 

Australians, the attraction of such 

work is self-evident. 


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WHAT WE 

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FARE EVASION IN VICTORIA IS NO LONGER 

ILLEGAL 

The passenger can do a runner and there are no 

legal grounds for the driver to chase his money. 

Doesn't seem quite right! 

DiDi, is losing drivers after it introduced 

a new payment and loyalty system 

- DiDi Advance. This change to DiDi 

makes drivers pay higher commissions 

unless they complete 30 trips or more a 

week and meet other conditions. 

61 

% 

This is the share of total miles/kilometres ride-hail vehicles 

travelled without a passenger in the car in 2018, according to 

an estimate released by the California Air Resources Board last 

month. The report also estimates that the ride-hail fleet—Uber, 

Lyft and others—emitted 50 percent more CO2 than the statewide 

vehicle fleet average, even though the cars are generally newer, 

include fewer light trucks and are more fuel efficient than those in 

the statewide fleet. 

P2P Transport has suspended its 300 Digital Taxi Tops under its Adflow brand. The company said it 

has identified further technical issues with Digital Tops. P2P believes it will not have any material 

effect on the financial performance as previous revenues have been very minimal. 

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VALE 

Brian Plancke 

1.1.1942 - 5.1.2020 

Big in stature, big in heart. 

This was Brian to a tee. 

"Our death is not an end if we can live 

on in our children and the younger 

generation. For they are us, our bodies 

are only wilted leaves on the tree of life." 

- Albert Einstein 

Brian had a love for the taxi industry. He was a taxi driver, owner and Radio 

Room manager at Arrow Taxis. He was a great friend of Allen Lang's (past 

VTA President) and Sir Reg Kermode (Cabcharge founder), and was the 

Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia Cabcharge representative for many 

years. 

Brian loved a good yarn and was never short of a word. He always had a 

tale to tell, and during the 1990s he took up the mantle of The Phantom and 

reported the hot gossip - all the good, the bad and the ugly news on what 

was happening in the world of taxis in Australia - in Taxi Talk magazine (now 

DRIVE A2B). 

He was a great friend to all who knew him and he always had time to listen. 

Brian passed away peacefully at home on 

5 January and leaves behind his beloved 

wife Anne and children Daniel, Luke, Michael 

and Wayne together with his beautiful 

grandchildren. 

A wonderful friend and colleague, a man with a 

heart of gold - Brian will be sadly missed. 

VALEPeter had a long and colourful history with the Victorian taxi industry. He started 

Peter Branigan 

by driving taxis, then working in the Radio Room at Yellow Cabs. Later on he 

4.1.1944 - 30.1.2020 

worked in the office at Santed Panels and Emjay Motors. 

Peter loved to play golf and was quite good at it too. He played with Yellow Cabs 

Golf Club and Geelong Radio Cabs Golf Club and joined the Victorian Taxi Golf 

Association (VTGA) in 1972. He was a life member of the 

VTGA and the ATGA. He was the VTGA's Secretary from 

1980 - 1989 and had won 43 Australian titles. 

Over the years Peter had written many articles for Taxi 

Talk magazine (now known as DRIVE A2B) pertaining to 

the antics that happened on and off the golf course. 

Peter lost the battle with cancer in January and we lost a 

great man, a great golfing champion. 

Rest in Peace. 


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QUEENSLAND 

NEWS 

Rideshare carpooling 

could challenge 

Brisbane’s public 

transport network 

Thomas Morgan | The Courier-Mail 

The rollout of carpooling features on rideshare 

apps has raised fears Brisbane's already choked 

roads could soon be flooded with even more 

cars, as users are enticed away from public 

transport. 

Rideshare giant DiDi, [last month] launched 

its “Share” service in Brisbane, slashing the 

cost of a ride drastically by picking up multiple 

customers travelling in the same direction. 

It’s the first service of its type in Brisbane, and 

the first Australian market where Share has 

been launched. Uber has launched its own 

‘Pool’ service in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. 

Fare estimates provided to The Courier- 

Mail shows that trips on the new service are 

marginally more expensive than catching the 

bus, rail and ferry fares within Brisbane’s inner 

and middle ring of suburbs, but would be faster 

and more cost-efficient. 

A trip from West End to the City with DiDi Share 

would cost $5, compared to $3.31 for a bus, 

while it would only be $3 more to go from 

Cooparoo to the CBD with a carpool than with 

the bus. 

QUT consumer behaviour expert professor Gary 

Mortimer said Uber Pool had become a major 

commuting habit in the southern capitals. 

“If you’re going to split the cost with an 

unknown person … it’s certainly a faster and 

more cost-efficient way to get around the city 

and urban areas,” Mr Mortimer said. 


Rideshare giant DiDi has launched carpooling in Brisbane, the first operator in the river city to offer the service. Picture: DiDi. 

“If the cost of a ride were to fall 50 per cent, I think you 

would find commuters would more carefully look at 

the offer and adopt the offer.” 

Rideshare apps are already an important part of 

commuting, with DiDi spokesman Dan Jordan saying 

the major transport hubs of Loganlea, Central, Roma 

Street, Altandi, Fortitude Valley and Eagle Junction 

stations were top destinations for the service. 

“DiDi is commonly coupled with public transport by 

riders to reach their destination as a ‘first-mile’ or ‘lastmile’ 

solution,” Mr Jordan said. 

He said the new carpool service, which would use 

some of the service’s 15,000 drivers, would be an 

“educational experience” for both the company 

and Brisbane riders, but that it would hopefully be 

embraced. 

“It’s about 40 per cent cheaper (for riders),” Mr Jordan 

said. “Because the trips will 

be longer, it will increase 

the earning potential for the 

drivers, which for us is really 

exciting.” 

Asked whether the Pool 

feature could soon be 

headed to southeast 

Queensland, an Uber 

spokesman said: “We have 

been delighted with the 

response from riders in 

markets where Uber Pool 

has been introduced. We 

are constantly evaluating 

whether there is demand for 

Uber to bring new products.” 

Brisbane Taxi Licence 

Average Values 

as listed at data.qld.gov.au 

$250,000 

$200,000 

$150,000 

$100,000 

$50,000 

$- 

$228,750 

Advocacy group Rideshare Drivers in Co-operation 

Queensland member Shane Millsom said commuters 

already used Uber daily to get to work, particularly in 

industrial areas poorly serviced by public transport. 

“You see a surge in Uber usage in the outer suburbs 

from about 10pm when the bus services finish,” Mr 

Millsom said. “It certainly seems to be a replacement 

for the shortfall in public transport, rather than a 

replacement for public transport.” 

Mr Millsom said he had concerns about driver pay and 

customer safety if Uber Pool were to be rolled out in 

southeast Queensland. 

“Often the driver will find they’re making much less 

(with Pool),” he said. 

He also said Queensland laws around ridesharing 

services made Uber Pool potentially unviable. 

$130,200 

$99,747 

$80,000 

$60,000 

$100,000 

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AVTR 

Rare-earth metals drive up the cost of 

electric-car production and take a larger toll 

on environments when not responsibly or 

legally mined. 

It's one of few blemishes on electric-vehicle production 

since the 1990s that persist to today. 

The Mercedes-Benz AVTR concept debuted last month 

at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it is 

far-flung in most respects. 

Mercedes' envisions a biometric connection with the car 

that can recognize breathing and heartbeats to identify 

drivers. Even farther flung: The concept car has a palmbased 

menu system that lets drivers explore the fictional 

world Pandora from the film "Avatar" in 3D. 

Mercedes says the concept is powered by the 

sustainable graphene batteries, which have been around 

for a while. 

Smartphone and other electronic makers have 

considered graphene for batteries before, thanks to the 

materials' supercapacitor-like charge and discharge 

cycles that take seconds, and conductivity superior to 

copper or silicon. Samsung announced in 2017 that 

it would research the technology for its smartphones 

and industry pundits say smartphones with graphene 

batteries may appear as early as next year. 

Most experts agree that graphene is in its early stages 

of development—the material was only discovered 15 

years ago—but the potential appears to be enormous for 

electric cars in the future. 

Clarification: Rare earth metals are more commonly 

used in EV motors, not batteries. Mercedes' concept 

battery aims to create a graphene-based battery that is 

compostable and recyclable. 


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By Ariane Sohrabi-Shiraz 

Since 1961, Alec Curtis has watched the 

city change from behind the wheel of his 

black cab. This is his London story 

I was born and brought up in London’s 

East End. Apart from during the war, 

when we got evacuated 30 miles outside 

the city, I’ve lived here my whole life. I 

first started driving a cab in May 1961 

after becoming fed up working at the 

factory where I made ladies’ garments. 

I had never really given any thought to 

whether I wanted to be a cab driver, but 

a lot of my friends started doing The 

Knowledge, so I did too. 

I was 30 at the time, which was quite 

late to become a cab driver. I used to go 

out on my bicycle and learn the streets 

and suburbs of London using a map. 

It wasn’t easy, but it only took about a 

year to learn then, whereas now it can 

take four to five years – the city has 

grown so much. 

Eventually I got my badge and licence. 

The lower your badge number, the longer 

you have been driving in London. My 

badge number is 511. If you got your 

badge now, your number would be about 

70,000 or 80,000 – and it keeps going up. 

‘I’ve picked up Judi Dench, David 

Walliams and John Betjeman’ 

London has changed a lot in my 58 

years as a cab driver. There are more 

motorways now, everywhere is a lot 

busier than it used to be, and there are 

so many one-way systems. If you don’t 

know where you’re going now in central 

London, you can just forget about it – 

you’ll just be going round in circles. But 

a black-cab driver will always get you 

out of trouble. 

In 58 years driving around London, of 

course I’ve had some famous people in 

my car (though I usually say everyone 

is famous if they pay me). I’ve picked 

up Judi Dench, David Walliams and 

the poet John Betjeman. I once gave 

Michael Flatley a lift on my wedding 

anniversary: he gave me £50 and told 

me to take my wife out for a nice meal. 

As a cabbie I’ve always tried to help out 

my customers. A few years ago, one lady 

asked me to help her carry some bottles 

of water up the stairs. She told me, ‘You 

know I’m 75?’ I replied, ‘Well then, you 

should be the one helping me: I’m 85!’ 

‘Even my heart bypass didn't stop me 

driving’ 

Alec Curtis, London's oldest cabbie | Photo: Andy Parsons 

There are no fortunes in cab driving, but 

it is a living – though I have noticed a big 

difference since Uber came to London. 

You can be sitting at hotels for hours, 

and all of a sudden someone will come 

out using their phone, get in a car and 

off they go. It’s definitely had an impact 

on the trade. 

I’ve always been a hard worker. In 1984 

I had a heart bypass, but it didn’t stop 

me driving: I had medicals every year to 

make sure I was safe on the road. But 

then a few months ago, I ended up in 

intensive care with double pneumonia. 

It was obvious that, at the age of 89, I’d 

have to pack it in. 

Even though I didn’t set out to become 

a cab driver, I never regretted it. I’ve 

loved the freedom: even though you’re 

always working for someone, you are 

an individual. Everybody pays their 

own tax and insurance, and if you don’t 

earn anything you don’t get anything 

from the government. You can please 

yourself about where to go and when to 

work. And, of course, I love talking! 


Electric taxis 

to go wireless 

thanks to new 

charging tech 

trial 

from Mirage News 

The UK could soon see a revolution 

in electric vehicle charging after the 

Transport Secretary announced last 

month that £3.4 (AU$6.7) million will be 

invested in trials for wireless charging 

of electric taxis in Nottingham. 

Wireless charging at taxi ranks could 

provide an alternative to plugs and 

chargepoints, meaning multiple taxis 

can recharge at once, supporting 

drivers to charge up more easily. 

It would also reduce clutter on the 

streets. 

As more and more people make 

the switch to electric cars this new 

technology could also be rolled out 

more broadly for public use, helping 

everyday drivers of electric vehicles 

charge more easily on the go. 

Electrifying taxi fleets in congested 

Boston, USA 

By Peter Eliopoulos | WCVB 

Taxi drivers in Boston are wondering 

why they haven't received any money 

from a fund started for them after rideshare 

services cut into their industry. 

A law was passed to give 5 cents 

of every ride-share fare in the state 

to taxicab drivers to encourage 

the adoption of new technologies 

city areas is crucial in bringing down 

transport emissions and cleaning up 

the air. However, the time taken to 

charge could reduce a taxi driver’s 

earning potential. 

Installing wireless chargers at taxi ranks 

offers drivers the chance to recharge 

while waiting for their next passengers, 

so they can help the environment 

and start their journeys quicker. The 

technology, allowing for shorter and 

more frequent bursts of charging, will 

also benefit cars with smaller batteries, 

ending ‘range anxiety’ for drivers. 

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said, 

"Taxi drivers up and down the country 

are at the vanguard of the electric vehicle 

revolution, playing a leading role in 

reducing air pollution in our city centres 

where people live, shop and work." 

and advanced service, safety and 

operational capabilities and support 

workforce development. 

There are more than $7 million in 

that fund and the former leader of the 

Boston Taxi Drivers Association, Donna 

Blythe-Shaw, is wondering why it hasn't 

been paid out. 

"I don't know where that money went," 

Blythe-Shaw said. "I don't think there 

was enough consideration given to 

those who would lose their livelihoods." 

Jean Janvier has worked as a cab driver 

for 29 years and bought a medallion for 

Minister for the Future of Transport 

George Freeman said, "Funding 

innovative transport technologies like 

wireless charging is a crucial part of our 

Future of Mobility strategy to support 

UK leadership in decarbonisation". 

We are determined to harness UK 

science and engineering to bring down 

transport emissions and help make 

journeys greener. 

Ten Nissan and LEVC electric taxis in 

Nottingham will be fitted with wireless 

charging hardware for 6 months to trial 

taxi rank-based charging. Nottingham 

City Council will own the vehicles and 

provide them to drivers rent free. If 

successful, this technology could also 

be rolled out more broadly for public 

use. 

more than $700,000 five years ago. He 

said it is now worth less than $50,000 

because of companies such as Uber 

and Lyft. 

"They sued me for my house. I lost 

part of my house," Janvier said. "I 

paid the lawsuit and then I (went into) 

bankruptcy. 

"I lost all of my revenue. It's tough." 

The state agency that oversees the fund 

said it is in the final stages of trying to 

figure out how best to allocate that 

money. 


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