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	Hackney carriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, a hackney carriage is a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in the London Metropolitan Area or by the local authority (shire district councils or authorities) in other parts of England and Wales, Scottish Executive in Scotland, and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland.
		Beginning in the 17th century, they were originally horse-drawn carriages, later modernized as hansom cabs (1834), that operated as vehicles for hire.
		In most of the country hackney carriages are conventional four door saloon cars but in London (and some other cities like Glasgow and Edinburgh) hackney carriages are specially designed vehicles manufactured by Manganese Bronze.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hackney_carriage (425 words)

	Hackney carriage Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the United Kingdom, a hackney carriage was originally a horse-drawn carriage which operated as a vehicle for hire.
		Today, a hackney carriage (also known as a fl cab) is a taxicab which is allowed to ply the streets looking for passengers to pick up, as opposed to minicabs, which are allowed only to pick up passengers who have booked or from specially allocated taxi ranks.
		The first Hackney Carriages were licenced in 1662, and were at the time literally horse-drawn carriages.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/h/ha/hackney_carriage.html (210 words)

	Cambridge Local Information: Taxi Services
		Hackney carriages are licensed to either ply for hire within the City boundary which means that they can be flagged down (hailed) by the public on the street or stop at various ranks provided within the City to enable the public to use them for journeys either within or out of the City boundary.
		They will also display on the rear of their vehicle a hackney carriage plate which is blue in colour and shows the make and model of vehicle, Licence number and the number of passengers they can lawfully carry, and the date of expiry of the licence.
		All hackney carriages will display a fare chart in the vehicle and this shows the maximum fares that can be charged when hired within the Cambridge City area and all of these vehicles will have fitted a calendar controlled sealed meter to determine the fare to be charged.
	www.cam.ac.uk /cambarea/travel/taxis2.html (984 words)

	Legal Services Hackney Carriage Byelaws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The proprietor of a hackney carriage shall cause the number of the licence granted to him in respect of the carriage to be legibly painted or marked (i) inside of the carriage; and (ii) on a plate affixed to the outside of the carriage in a position approved by the Council.
		The proprietor or driver of a hackney carriage who shall have agreed or shall have been hired to be in attendance with the carriage at an appointed time and place shall, unless delayed or prevented by some sufficient cause, punctually attend with such carriage at such appointed time and place.
		The proprietor or driver of a hackney carriage bearing a statement of fares in accordance with this byelaw shall not wilfully or negligently cause or suffer the letter or figures in the statement to be concealed or rendered illegible at any time while the carriage is plying or being used for hire.
	www.newcastle.gov.uk /legal.nsf/a/hackneycarriage?opendocument (2058 words)

	Info and facts on 'Hackney carriage' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In most of the country hackney carriages are conventional four door saloon cars but in London (and some other cities) hackney carriages are specially designed vehicles manufactured by Manganese Bronze (A brass with from 1-4% manganese to harden it).
		In London (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center), Hackney Carriage drivers have to pass a test called The Knowledge (additional info and facts about The Knowledge) to demonstrate they have an intimate knowledge of London streets.
		During the 20th century (additional info and facts about 20th century) these were generally replaced with car (4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) s, and the last horse-drawn Hackney carriage was withdrawn from service in 1947.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hackney_carriage.htm (376 words)

	Hackney carriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the United Kingdom, a hackney carriage is a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in the London Metropolitan Area orby the local authority in other parts of the country.
		Todaya hackney carriage is a taxicab that is allowed to ply the streets looking for passengers to pick up, as opposed to private hire vehicles sometimes calledminicabs, which may only pick up passengers who have previously booked or who visit the taxi operator's office.
		The first Hackney Carriages were licensed in 1662, and were at the time literallyhorse-drawn carriages.
	www.therfcc.org /hackney-carriage-25491.html (333 words)

	Spanish Town hackney carriage operators want to operate route taxis - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Spanish Town-based Hackney carriage operators, claiming their cars are being seized by transport inspectors, want the Transport Authority to change their licences to allow them to operate as route taxis.
		Hackney Carriage operators must, under law, offer charter services and can be fined and their vehicles seized if they are caught offering route taxi services for which a different licence is granted.
		Joan Fletcher, the executive director of the Transport Authority, told the Observer this week that her agency had suspended the issuing of hackney carriage licences, pending the outcome of a survey by its research unit to determine whether there are already sufficient taxis with hackney carriage licences on the roads.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050826T200000-0500_86940_OBS_SPANISH_TOWN_HACKNEY_CARRIAGE_OPERATORS_WANT_TO_OPERATE_ROUTE_TAXIS.asp (379 words)

	Eden District Council - Hackney Carriage Driver - Conditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The driver at all times, when driving a Hackney Carriage, shall carry a copy of the vehicle conditions to be made available for inspection by the hirer or any other passenger on request.
		The driver shall be entitled to demand and take for the hire of the carriage the rate of fare prescribed by the Council, the rate of fare being calculated by distance unless the hirer expresses at the commencement of the hiring his desire to engage by time.
		The proprietor or driver of any hackney carriage shall within 7 days disclose to the Council in writing details of any conviction imposed by a Court of Law upon him/her during the current period of their licence.
	www.eden.gov.uk /main.asp?page=535 (1252 words)

	POLICY FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGE LICENSING
		This is known as a hackney carriage proprietors licence or a hackney carriage vehicle licence.
		Interested parties such as potential hackney carriage vehicle operators are thus aware that the Council is likely to refuse any applications for licences for vehicles if the result would be for there to be more than 89 hackney carriage vehicles operating.
		5.6 One of the conditions currently attached to hackney carriage vehicle licences is that all hackney carriage plates remain the property of the Council and shall be returned to the Council on expiry or within seven days of any notice of suspension, revocation or refusal to renew the licence.
	www.bathnes.gov.uk /Committee_Papers/HPP/hp000516/12Hackney.htm (1207 words)

	Kerrier District Council - Licence - hackney carriage (taxi)
		Hackney Carriages or Taxis have to be licensed by the Council.
		The proprietor of a hackney carriage shall not convey or permit to be conveyed in a licensed vehicle any greater number of persons than that prescribed on the licence issued by the Council and on the licence plate affixed to the rear of the vehicle.
		The proprietor shall ensure that a copy of the current fare table supplied by the Council is on display inside the hackney carriage at all times and that table is not concealed from view or rendered illegible when the vehicle is for hire.
	www.kerrier.gov.uk /index.cfm?Articleid=7770 (795 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hackney carriage
		Tourists in a vis-a-vis, Prague The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century) or leather strapping for suspension, whether light, smart and fast or large and comfortable.
		He had heard of the case of an orphan muffin boy, who, having been run over by a hackney carriage, had been removed to the hospital, had undergone the amputation of his leg below the knee, and was now actually pursuing his occupation on crutches.
		Crawling behind an infirm horse, a metropolitan hackney carriage drew up on wobbly wheels and with a maimed driver on the box.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hackney-carriage (692 words)

	A-Z of services \| Licence - hackney carriage (taxi) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		All hackney carriage vehicles must, at all times, display a roof sign advertising the fact that it is a taxi, and the white licence plate (to the rear of the vehicle) issued at the time of licensing.
		Hackney carriage vehicles may accept concessionary fare tokens and a token sign must be displayed within the vehicle.
		Before a hackney carriage vehicle licence is issued, the vehicle must pass an MOT and compliance test to ensure it is safe for its intended use.
	www.chiltern.gov.uk /site/scripts/services_info.php?serviceID=123&startsWith=T (204 words)

	Questions & Answers: Hackneyed
		Hackney is now just a place-name embedded within London, north-east of the City, but then it was a small village.
		By the middle of the sixteenth century, hackney was being applied to people in just this sense, and was abbreviated about the start of the eighteenth century to hack, as in hack work; it was applied in particular to literary drudges who dashed off poor-quality writing to order—hence its modern pejorative application to journalists.
		Hackney horses were also widely available and commonly seen, to the extent that they became commonplace and unremarkable.
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-hac1.htm (415 words)

	Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On 14 September 2004 the Council resolved that the restriction on hackney carriage vehicle numbers be removed and that all hackney carriage vehicle licences granted above the previous quantity control policy be for wheelchair and disabled access vehicles.
		If you purchase a hackney carriage vehicle (licensed by East Lindsey District Council) from an existing licence holder and that licence was originally granted before 14 September 2004, then the vehicle will not currently be submit to the wheelchair/disabled access specification.
		If you do purchase a licensed hackney carriage, then the vehicle must be presented to the Council complete with all relevant documentation including a Bill of Sale (which must state the vehicle registration number and hackney plate number).
	www.e-lindsey.gov.uk /business/licencing/private-hire-vehicle-license.cfm (559 words)

	Review of Taxi and Hackney Carriage Service in the Dublin Area, by Oscar Faber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is conceivable that the hackney carriage numbers may reduce to a level at which it would be reasonable for all licenses to be transferred to a taxi status; effectively allowing the market to produce a single category structure.
		Hackney carriages should be permitted to use radios/telephones to both facilitate and initiate a hire.
		Hackney carriage licences should remain non-transferable, with the exception of deceased holders in which case it should pass to a relative.
	taxi-reg.home.att.net /faber01.htm (4414 words)

	Review of Taxi and Hackney Carriage Service in Dublin, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Taxi and hackney carriages are regulated in Dublin.
		Hackney carriage licences are not so strictly controlled, but from time to time a moratorium is imposed, as at the current time.
		There is currently a moratorium on the issue of hackney licences for the duration of the study.
	taxi-reg.home.att.net /dublin02.htm (1914 words)

	About Hackney Carriages (Taxis) in the Basildon District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hackney Carriages (Taxis) are the only vehicles which can ply for hire on the streets of Basildon, or pick up passengers on the designated Taxi Ranks situated throughout the District.
		EVERY HACKNEY CARRIAGE in Basildon is white with an orange bonnet and boot displays a "TAXI" sign on its roof and a "FOR HIRE" sign in the front windscreen.
		All drivers of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicles must be licensed with the Council.
	www.basildon.gov.uk /80256B7A003BE9EE/vWeb/wpEFEN5T9LUL (400 words)

	Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licences
		A Hackney Carriage is the vehicle colloquially known as the 'fl cab', most frequently associated with taxi travel in London but also available for hire elsewhere in Great Britain.
		A Hackney Carriage Licence is a permission to use a particular vehicle for the carriage of passengers for hire and reward.
		Additionally a Hackney Carriage may ply for hire using a lit roof light upon the Queen's Highway, or ply on a designated taxi rank.
	www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk /sebc/live/Hackney-Carriage-and-Private-Hire-Licences.cfm (389 words)

	Hastings Online - Meeting Report - CABINET (11-07-05) - Review of Councils Hackney Carriage & Private Hire ...
		Introduce 2 borough liveries, one for hackney carriages, and the other for private hire vehicles, as set out in paragraphs 10.12, and 10.12.1 to 10.12.3 inclusive.
		2.3 In modern parlance, a hackney carriage is a taxi, which can be hailed in the street and parked in a taxi rank. The operation of private hire vehicles is therefore subtly different.
		10.12.1 Hackney Carriages to be dark blue in colour. They will display the Hastings Borough Council crest on the bonnet and there will be a sharp white outline to the crest. The door handles to the vehicle will be white.
	www.hastings.gov.uk /meetings/meetings_docs/050711~cabinet~report09~Review_of_Councils_Hackney_Carriage_&_Private_Hire_Licensing_Service_.htm (1787 words)

	Hackney Carriage Fares (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Members are asked to reject the fare increase proposed by the hackney carriage trade.
		The process for considering applications for a change to hackney carriage fares involves receipt by the officers of a proposal jointly agreed by Eastbourne and Country Group and independent hackney carriage representatives.
		The market for hackney carriage plates is that there is currently a premium of around £14,000 to purchase a plate even with the knowledge that the government propose in 2003/04 to remove the discretion for Council to fix the maximum number of hackney carriage plates.
	www.eastbourne.gov.uk /reports/docs/licensing_panel~27-06-02~report~01.htm (1868 words)

	Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Licensing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		They are easily distinguished from each other by the fact that Hackney Carriages are all purpose built 'London style' Cabs (you may know them as 'fl cabs' even though there are an array of different colours!).
		Hackney Carriage Vehicles display a white plate on the front and rear of the vehicle and Private Hire Vehicles display a yellow plate.
		The basic difference between the two types of vehicle is that Hackney Carriages can be 'flagged down' off the street or on a rank and Private Hire Vehicles must be pre-booked through an Operator.
	www.tameside.gov.uk /licensing/taxi.html (271 words)

	Housing and Public Protection Committee POLICY FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGE VEHICLE LICENCES.
		The Council required officers to bring a further report to the Housing and Public Protection Committee detailing options for the allocation of hackney carriage vehicle licences within BandNES including the possibility of a bidding process or deregulation and that there be active consultation with the trade as to their preferred option.
		That the number of hackney carriages in zone 1 be reduced to 88.
		The consultant's report in July 1999 concluded that hackney and private hire operations appear to be well balanced and are meeting a significant part of the market for their respective areas and that there are sufficient hackneys in zone 1 (para.
	www.bathnes.gov.uk /Committee_Papers/HPP/hp001123/26policy.htm (2056 words)

	Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Guidance Notes for New Applicants
		Before the Council may issue a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Drivers Licence we must be satisfied that applicants are "fit and proper" people to convey members of the public.
		Applicants are required to contact the Licensing office for an information sheet on the new vehicle specification for Hackney Carriage vehicles and a copy of the amended vehicle licence conditions.
		The vehicle to be licensed for either Hackney Carriage or Private Hire must have passed the Council MOT AND Inspection at the first attempt and not on re-test.
	www.nelincs.gov.uk /business/licensing/eshackney-private-hire-licensing.htm (2410 words)

	Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Drivers - Medical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To seek Members approval for hackney carriage and private hire drivers to be subject to Group II medical examination standards as a requirement of holding a drivers licence.
		Hackney carriage and private hire drivers satisfy Group II medical examination.
		The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 states that an applicant for a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire drivers licence shall be a fit and proper person.
	www.eastbourne.gov.uk /reports/docs/general_licensing~09-03-2005~report~02.htm (588 words)

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