If You’re Not Using Your Taxi Get A SORN, Plus Think About Cheaper Insurance

Another 305 Taxi vehicles gone from the fleet 

No new ones...That’s over 600 vehicles gone in just 2weeks. 

If you are staying a home and are not getting an income from your vehicle, just tell DVLA you’re taking your vehicle off the road, for example if you’re keeping it in a garage or car port (it must be off road). 

This is sometimes called a ‘Statutory Off Road Notification’ (SORN).

In My case, a 2012 TX4 it will save me £48.68 a month. 

Details

You can make a SORN online 👈click this link or by phoning 0300 123 4321 if you’re registered as the vehicle’s keeper.

But you mustn’t drive while on a SORN, it’s easy to cancel once you decide to go back to work, just call the same number 0300 123 4321 .

Another saving you can make is to phone up your insurer and tell them you are not working the Taxi for hire and reward, different insurers will have different savings. 

If you want to use the cab but are not working, you can insure your vehicle for SDP (Social, domestic and pleasure).

If you have taken it off road and have a SORN, you can insure for just fire and theft. Your insurer will give you full details of savings that can be made. 

It’s not a fortune but in these unprecedented times every little helps. 

Not all insurers may be as accommodating, but we have spoken to PLAN, and they currently have a range of measures for their drivers. 

The following figures are for week ending 5.4.2020....

Taxi driver licences 22,327 down 26

0 are new

Taxi vehicle licences 18,249 down 305

0 are new

Private hire driver licences 111,626

Down 100

81 are new

Private hire vehicle licences 93,250

Down 1622

0 are new

3409 petrol cabs have been license in total. 

TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT :
We started this post with the sad news of the loss of Taxi vehicles from our fleet, but this is insignificant in the light of the fact that a number of drivers have succumbed to this terrible virus. Plus many more are currently seriously ill in hospital many in intensive care. 

Our sincere condolences go to the family and friends of our departed brothers and sisters. 

Also we would like to wish those currently suffering the effects of this pandemic, a speedy recovery and a swift return to your love ones.