UK News

Driverless Cars To Operate In Greenwich From Today.

A project to test driverless vehicles is being launched today in the hope the UK will become a leading global supplier. A shuttle is being tried out in the London borough of Greenwich and an electric pod will be used on closed roads and pedestrian areas in Milton...
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Tax Haven To Tax Taxis : Airport Permit To Cost Drivers £1,000 A Year.

  This is a tax on Taxi That’s the view of the chairman of the Manx Taxi Federation after ply for hire cabbies learned that they will charged £1,000 for a permit to pick up passengers from the airport. A letter was sent out on February 4 from director of ports Ann...
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Tougher language rules for Leeds taxi owners

Leeds city council bosses have rubberstamped new rules which mean owners of taxi licences must speak English. But they have also inserted a special ‘widow’s clause’ requiring non-English speaking spouses of deceased proprietors to learn the language in just SIX...
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‘Record number’ of cheats hire lookalikes to pass driving test

Examiners taught to spot impersonators RECORD NUMBERS of learner drivers are being caught attempting to cheat the driving test by hiring lookalikes, according to figures from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). The Times has reported that the government...
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Be aware of driving licence changes

May 31, 2015

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is warning people to be aware of the changes that will take effect in a weeks’ time as the paper counterpart for the driving licence is scrapped. As was the case with the abolition of the paper tax disc, last October, the IAM...

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TECHNOLOGICAL NARCISSISM ….By Sean Day.

May 3, 2015

Uber didn't actually invent anything, they marketed the illusion that the world revolves around us – a self-aggrandising trick that the world is on-demand for me, and yes, I really am the one in control, it is all about me, isn't it?                 Well actually, far...

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