schumacker the taxi driver

it apears that one point has been missed, although he may well have had a
licence for that type of vehicle NOT USED FOR HIRE & REWARD he most
certainly did not have a taxi drivers permit issued by the local hackney
office or whatever they call it in germany therefore that makes him NOT
licenced to drive a vehicle that is registered as a taxi or minibus
having said all that good luck to him, i can see why he talked the taxi
driver into it so who cares i dont

Following up to "Alan" wrote:

it apears that one point has been missed, although he may well have had a
licence for that type of vehicle NOT USED FOR HIRE & REWARD he most
certainly did not have a taxi drivers permit issued by the local hackney
office or whatever they call it in germany therefore that makes him NOT
licenced to drive a vehicle that is registered as a taxi or minibus
having said all that good luck to him, i can see why he talked the taxi
driver into it so who cares i dont

interesting point, I doubt he needs a taxi driver permit to drive
himself, was he driving for hire or reward? I would say no. As long as
his insurance, like most, covers third party driving other vehicles
not owned by him or *hired* by him. Now, was it effectively hired to
him? If so that might invalidate his insurance?
Is a taxi a vehicle category? I can drive anything up to 2 tons and
certainly 12 seats (maybe more), but I cant drive it as a PSV, only as
private hire or owned.
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Following up to Mike...... wrote:

12 seats (maybe more)

this was a while ago, but the only restriction I had was keeping a
driving hours log.
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:30:21 +0000, Mike......
wrote:

As long as
his insurance, like most, covers third party driving other vehicles
not owned by him or *hired* by him

If it's still the same as it was when I lived there, you normally have
vehicle insurance, rather than driver insurance. The vehicle is
insured for any driver using it with the owner's permission.

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:50:07 +0100, Martin wrote:

I think it's also insured when stolen.


for third-party only I think. But I'm not sure on that.
note to self: check your policy

Following up to Tim C. wrote:

you normally have
vehicle insurance, rather than driver insurance. The vehicle is
insured for any driver using it with the owner's permission.

so presumably children dont have the problem of getting cheap
insurance, their cars just belong to a parent?
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:10:06 +0100, Martin wrote:

OTOH the chance of anybody stealing a 1995 Primera is fairly remote.

A Belgian?

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:24:14 +0000, Mike......
wrote:

Following up to Tim C. wrote:

you normally have
vehicle insurance, rather than driver insurance. The vehicle is
insured for any driver using it with the owner's permission.

so presumably children dont have the problem of getting cheap
insurance, their cars just belong to a parent?

Exactly. Then when they reach a more sensible age they get their own
insurance - sometimes they can carry some ncb over to their new policy
as an incentive.
I've never had car insurance here - as SWMBO has the car insurance -
so I don't have any no-claims bonus (and they don't give ncb for bikes
at all :-( )

My insurance rep asked if we had any ex-drivers in the family ...
parents/grandparents etc who I could use to get insurance even
cheaper. We could insure in their name and use their ncb.
Unfortunately all the drivers still drive.

Following up to Tim C. wrote:

Exactly. Then when they reach a more sensible age they get their own
insurance - sometimes they can carry some ncb over to their new policy
as an incentive.
I've never had car insurance here - as SWMBO has the car insurance -
so I don't have any no-claims bonus (and they don't give ncb for bikes
at all :-( )

My insurance rep asked if we had any ex-drivers in the family ...

sounds like dumping speed camera points in Italy!
I think insure the driver and forget the car (except for the value
element of course) is the fairest way. I dont see why one person
should gain/penalised because on average owners of that model tend to
crash more/less. Apparently im expected to crash my BMW much more than
my Hyundai, even though the hyundai has crap brakes. Presumably i
become a different driver in the safer BMW.
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:50:39 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:31:29 +0100, Tim C. wrote:

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:10:06 +0100, Martin wrote:

OTOH the chance of anybody stealing a 1995 Primera is fairly remote.

A Belgian?

LOL she already does.

Even the Polish have newer cars than mine.


Q: Why do Russian car thieves in Germany always steal two cars at a
time?
A: Because they have to drive them back through Poland.