D'Angelo Saxon
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Tuc Tuc man just got roasted on Dragons Den...
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ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
Really?
He's got a pretty decent business set up down here - and i bet it makes a profit down here too!
Why did they reject him?
He's got a pretty decent business set up down here - and i bet it makes a profit down here too!
Why did they reject him?
not watching but can't see how he makes a profit when most Tucs Tucs are empty or off the road!
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
I very much doubt they make a profit in Brighton. If anything, we are simply a Guinea Pig for a potential launch in London, to iron out problems and work out various tactics before launching in the capital.
Croydonbloke
Palace in Sussex
It was a GAY idea, so it should do a roaring trade!! Bloody Tuc Tuc what was he on? Thought the Dragons were on fire last night great TV viewing this programme.
Cian
Well-known member
They charge for them? Theres equivalents in Dublin but they're free*; and they'd bloody well want to be considering how often I see them fallen over...
*ones pulled by Polish people at night are not, and are also illegal; these are ad-funded "lets be green! and look like idiots!" daytime ones.
*ones pulled by Polish people at night are not, and are also illegal; these are ad-funded "lets be green! and look like idiots!" daytime ones.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
The whole point about PROPER tuc tucs is that they work well in unregulated operating environments when they are run by freelance owner drivers.
The idea that a company can run a fleet of them, driven by employees, with some sort of licensing system to regulate the operation is ridiculous. Tuc tucs lose a fortune in Brighton. They will lose a fortune in London.
They are a novelty ride, not a serious public transport operation.
The idea that a company can run a fleet of them, driven by employees, with some sort of licensing system to regulate the operation is ridiculous. Tuc tucs lose a fortune in Brighton. They will lose a fortune in London.
They are a novelty ride, not a serious public transport operation.
Marshy
Well-known member
Novelty ride is why they were turned down basically
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
Looks like the tuc tucs may be no more:
Rickshaws Told To Run Bus Timetable
Updated:19:33, Saturday January 19, 2008
Britain's only fleet of motorised tuk-tuks are making their final journeys after "archaic legislation" forced them to keep a strict timetable.
TucTuc's 'Chavrolet' rickshaw was repainted following legal threat
TucTuc's 'Chavrolet' rickshaw was repainted following legal threat
Dominic Ponniah of TucTuc Limited, the company that launched the fleet of 12 motorised rickshaws in Brighton in 2006, said the ruling had made the service "unworkable".
In November, TucTuc Ltd was fined £8,000 for operating the vehicles like taxis, rather than running to a specific timetable with designated stops to pick up clients.
"The current situation is just not workable," Mr Ponniah said.
"There is obviously a market for them, but they can't be licensed in the appropriate way."
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TucTuc Ltd is the focus of a public inquiry on Tuesday to determine whether the firm breached its conditions last year when it stopped running the service without giving the necessary 56 days notice.
Mr Ponniah said the company intended to resign its licence to end the row.
"We have really pushed for new legislation to be put in place to accommodate alternative types of vehicles," he said.
He added there had been no shortage of demand for the eye-catching tuk-tuks, which feature designs including cow prints, British flags and strawberries.
The vehicles were imported from India in 2006 and the firm said they had become much loved by locals and tourists.
Mr Ponniah said his company would look into introducing the rickshaws elsewhere in Europe.
Rickshaws Told To Run Bus Timetable
Updated:19:33, Saturday January 19, 2008
Britain's only fleet of motorised tuk-tuks are making their final journeys after "archaic legislation" forced them to keep a strict timetable.
TucTuc's 'Chavrolet' rickshaw was repainted following legal threat
TucTuc's 'Chavrolet' rickshaw was repainted following legal threat
Dominic Ponniah of TucTuc Limited, the company that launched the fleet of 12 motorised rickshaws in Brighton in 2006, said the ruling had made the service "unworkable".
In November, TucTuc Ltd was fined £8,000 for operating the vehicles like taxis, rather than running to a specific timetable with designated stops to pick up clients.
"The current situation is just not workable," Mr Ponniah said.
"There is obviously a market for them, but they can't be licensed in the appropriate way."
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TucTuc Ltd is the focus of a public inquiry on Tuesday to determine whether the firm breached its conditions last year when it stopped running the service without giving the necessary 56 days notice.
Mr Ponniah said the company intended to resign its licence to end the row.
"We have really pushed for new legislation to be put in place to accommodate alternative types of vehicles," he said.
He added there had been no shortage of demand for the eye-catching tuk-tuks, which feature designs including cow prints, British flags and strawberries.
The vehicles were imported from India in 2006 and the firm said they had become much loved by locals and tourists.
Mr Ponniah said his company would look into introducing the rickshaws elsewhere in Europe.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Sadly the end as so many transport gurus stabbed them in the back
Lady Bracknell
Handbag at Dawn
The reason the Tuc-tucs failed was simple - they should never have been treated as registered local bus services by the Traffic Commissioner. Instead, they should have operated as hackney carriages and been licensed by the City Council.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
The only sensible basis to run a tuc-tuc service is as a licensed hackney carriage - plying for hire on the streets or from ranks, and used by a single group of people who choose their destination. The Brighton taxi trade lobbied the council to stop this sort of operation being set up.
The consequence was that the tuc-tucs went to the alternative form of licensing - registering as local bus services. This required them to run to a timetable, regardless of whether any passengers were on board, and to a fixed route. If passengers were on board, there was no room for anyone else - and this negates the whole point of being a bus service, namely that people can hail the "bus" along its route, and get a seat. This nonsensical form of operation inevitably fell foul of the regulatory authority, because the drivers didn't keep to the published timetable and the operator was required to give 56 days notice of any timetable changes (which is a perfectly sensible rule for normal bus routes). So tuc-tucs, unsurprisingly, have been driven off the streets of Brighton.
There is a plan to run them in Blackpool - as private hire vehicles. But this means that they will have to be pre-booked and will be prevented from plying for hire or operating from ranks on the street. Equally nonsensical and bound to fail, in my opinion, assuming the regulatory body does its job.
What people want is a spur of the moment novelty ride. Tuc-tucs can provide this. But until they find a hackney carriage licensing officer prepared to ignore the whinging of conventional taxi operators, it will never happen.
The taxi trade are to blame for their demise. They simply couldn't understand that these novelty vehicles provide NO COMPETITION WHATSOEVER for regular taxis.
butchy
Well-known member
'tuk tuks' bangkok style are one hell of a ride.....we paid two drivers an extra 100 baht (£1.50) to race each other to patpong market and back (from ko sarn)...with us in them as passengers! safe to say we didnt do it again after nearly losing our life on numerous occasions!
stay off the sangsom is healthy advice for thailand visitors in these situations
stay off the sangsom is healthy advice for thailand visitors in these situations
eastlondonseagull
Well-known member
Tuc Tucs (or rickshaws in India) are FAB!!
Dragon's Den people know nothing.
Dragon's Den people know nothing.