A West Yorkshire council is considering scrapping its knowledge test for taxi and private hire drivers as the vast majority use sat-nav technology to get around. A review of the test - which includes ...

Last year, The Chronicle reported that hundreds of Newcastle taxi drivers are backing a campaign to bring back the compulsory “Geordie Knowledge” test after Newcastle Council decided to scrap it. The ...

What was the locality test? The test was designed to establish that, prior to obtaining a licence, drivers have sufficient knowledge of the locality, and of their responsibilities, to operate ...

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ASPIRING taxi drivers will be required to demonstrate their abilities to speak English and navigate Stafford’s roads as part of a “knowledge test” set by the borough council. The written and oral test ...

Plans to turn Plymouth’s black cabs green and white are set to be scrapped along with the famous “knowledge” test for private hire drivers. Plymouth City Council could bin the proposals in a bid to ...

Local taxi drivers could soon have a to take a driver knowledge test, as part of plans being considered by Rhondda Cynon Taf council. At the moment, people who want to apply for a Joint Hackney ...

TAXI AND private hire drivers could be forced to take English tests and be quizzed on local landmarks when applying for a licence in Shropshire. TAXI AND private hire drivers could be forced to take ...

The Knowledge test, which requires taxi drivers to learn thousands of routes across the city, has been axed in Bristol after only eight drivers managed to pass this year. First introduced in 1865, the ...