Monday Newsround.....by Jason Byrne.

London 2012 Olympic commuters told to change travel habits or face Gridlock 

Londoners have been told to significantly change their travel habits to keep the city moving or face gridlock: click here for full story.

Comment from concerned Taxi Driver: 

And on the radio tfl are saying that public transport will not be able to cope with the numbers of people in London.

Is this the first shot across our bows that something is a foot with private hire and we will not like it one bit, I wish the french had got the Olympics.

John Mason makes announcement about Age restriction exemptions.

We have been advised that we need to consult on the exemptions and expect to start this in early May, making a final decision around July.

Are PCNs at Battersea Rise and Northcote Road. Another TfL rip off?

Motorists have been hit with more than £1million in penalty fines at just one road junction – even though traffic bosses privately admit the road markings on it are somewhat deceptive.

More than 9,000 drivers were fined £120 each after being photographed entering the box junction, but not being able to drive out of it before the traffic lights changed.

Under the Highway Code, motorists must not enter the box until the exit road or lane in front is clear. Read more: 

Fabric; by Givati

Early Sunday morning (4am ish) I pulled up by fabric with my light on and got a good job to Kentish town then onto Holloway and then Stoke Newington

The 3 young women were quoted £90 in a scab cart

I decided to go back and whilst waiting there, a police car pulled up along side me and told me to move!

I asked him why he was not doing the same to the scabs? 
He told me that they were waiting for job. i said that i was also waiting for a job and refused to move. the cop car drove off

There is good work at this club, we should work it.


Clapham Hight Street


As we ALL know the extension limit stops at the Junction of Clapham High Street and Clapham Park Road, so Clapham High Street is 'out of sector' to Yellow Badges with the extension added to their license.

And as we all know of an evening CHS is a scab feast that 1/2 mile is their area they clean up whilst a Que of black cabs remain on the rank away from the High street hidden from view except to the members of the public who have knowledge of the rank.

How has this allowed to have happened?

Lack of service from Black cabs is the main problem, a FEW cabs will work it and maybe a FEW will put their light on when going through, but in the main CHS is under serviced by the vast Majority of Black cabs! 

The answer is to place a night time rank in the MIDDLE of the High street, not tucked away in some side street like the last one off Northcote Road (rank committee hang your head in shame!)

Make sure the rank is serviced and if need be by YBs with the extension!

There is a large fleet of Black Cabs yards away from CHS waiting to clear the place up but are prevented by only one thing, GB objections,

If this CHS situation was in central London there would be an outcry on this and other outlets, demos, drive ins, tag squads the lot but for some reason no one cares! I suspect its because not enough GB drivers are effected by it so its not a 'problem'

If there was ever a recent 'success' story of removing scabs from an area and one that would show anyone evidence of rank placement working, would be the Putney high street rank.

Putney rank was given to YB's at Richmond because of the lack of service at night, CBJ everywhere and scabs 'touting' unhindered.
Now there is a well serviced rank by YBs and the scabs have moved on!
Why wasn't there such an objection to Richmond having Putney as there is to Sutton and Merton having Clapham?
(The YBs didn't even have to study or take any extra appearance to be able to work that rank, unlike the Sutton and Merton drivers!)