New Posts For Thread: UBER APP legal - Courts rulehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-ruleThe minicab-hailing app used in London by taxi service Uber does not break the law, the High Court has found.The court had been asked to decide whether the company's smartphones were considered meters, which are outlawed for private hire vehicles.TheBrendanuk 16 Oct 15 12:21 "the law11 Prohibition of taximeters.(1)No vehicle to which a London PHV licence relates shall be equipped with a taximeter.(2)If such a vehicle is equipped with a taximeter, the owner of that vehicle is guilty of an offencehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546548063#546548063Brendanuk 16 Oct 15 12:21 "the law11 Prohibition of taximeters.(1)No vehicle to which a London PHV licence relates shall be equipped with a taximeter.(2)If such a vehicle is equipped with a taximeter, the owner of that vehicle is guilty of an offenceSat, 17 Oct 2015 10:23:13 -0500if you work hard you could gross this figure, it would take a lot of doing though. i would say that is gross ie, before expenses. a new cab costs nearly £43000 (or you can rent one for about £200 a week), then there's fuel, insurance etc. so that https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546539163#546539163if you work hard you could gross this figure, it would take a lot of doing though. i would say that is gross ie, before expenses. a new cab costs nearly £43000 (or you can rent one for about £200 a week), then there's fuel, insurance etc. so that Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:11:22 -0500Heard a guy on LBC who said his brother is an accountant who does the accounts for 400 black cab drivers.He said black cab drivers are making £70,000 per year before tax.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546539065#546539065Heard a guy on LBC who said his brother is an accountant who does the accounts for 400 black cab drivers.He said black cab drivers are making £70,000 per year before tax.Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:01:05 -0500no probs, good luck with ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546536223#546536223no probs, good luck with itFri, 16 Oct 2015 07:41:06 -0500affraid not elise, ive only been in the job a year.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546536185#546536185affraid not elise, ive only been in the job a year.Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:36:21 -0500jolly, i know a london cabbie that has had a few syndicated horses & is friends with someone i know over here in the cotswolds, not you is it?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546536081#546536081jolly, i know a london cabbie that has had a few syndicated horses & is friends with someone i know over here in the cotswolds, not you is it?Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:24:05 -0500thanks brendanuk for the actual wording of the law. as i said when the law was written there were no smart phones. whats the saying? if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck the chances are its a duck. its a meter.i would also say that i am nothttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546536047#546536047thanks brendanuk for the actual wording of the law. as i said when the law was written there were no smart phones. whats the saying? if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck the chances are its a duck. its a meter.i would also say that i am notFri, 16 Oct 2015 07:20:37 -0500when the legislation on private hire was written it went along the lines of (not sure of exact wording) private hire vehicles cannot attach a device to the wheels for the purpose of calculating the fare based on time and distance travelled. clearly whttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546535917#546535917when the legislation on private hire was written it went along the lines of (not sure of exact wording) private hire vehicles cannot attach a device to the wheels for the purpose of calculating the fare based on time and distance travelled. clearly wFri, 16 Oct 2015 07:07:27 -0500Out side a casinohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546535767#546535767Out side a casinoFri, 16 Oct 2015 06:40:22 -0500Rationale sounds very much like that which permitted FOBTs in betting shops - ie the result is generated by a server elsewhere than the betting shop thus "allowing" casino type games to be played our side a , er, casino! Both decisions are perverse ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30601593/uber-app-legal---courts-rule?post_id=546535765#546535765Rationale sounds very much like that which permitted FOBTs in betting shops - ie the result is generated by a server elsewhere than the betting shop thus "allowing" casino type games to be played our side a , er, casino! Both decisions are perverse aFri, 16 Oct 2015 06:39:48 -0500