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fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 week ago

Revealed: London now has a staggering 106,000 private hire drivers as politicians demand licence cap to protect black cabs

A cap on private hire licences is needed in London to reduce driver oversupply, congestion, long hours, driver fatigue, and road safety risks.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Britain's illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers and unthinkable danger

A lot of the unit's work centres on illegal e-bikes; they have seized 212 so far this year. News comes over the radio that PCs Harry Rose and David Parker have stopped someone they suspect is on an illegal e-bike, so we find them with a delivery rider in the familiar green livery of Uber Eats. The man, whose name is Mahede Hasan, says his bike has pedals, and the power of the electric motor is 250 watts, which he thought was allowed.
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