Image credit: Surrey RoadSafe A private hire driver has been reported for driving without due care and attention after police received a 999 call alleging he was playing a guitar while driving a Tesla on the M25. Surrey Roads Policing said the vehicle was reported travelling at 60mph in the Reigate area when the alleged behaviour was brought to the attention of officers. After stopping the Tesla, officers said they discovered the vehicle’s interior camera, used to check drive

A taxi or private hire booking app can find the nearest available driver, but it cannot make that driver nearby, turn an empty return journey into revenue or compress ten scattered villages into one profitable operating zone. That is the difficulty facing rural taxi and private hire provision. Technology can improve how work is allocated, but it cannot by itself repair the underlying economics of low-density demand. Department for Transport (DfT) figures for 2026 show 6.6 lic

Northern Ireland’s licensed taxi driver total rose for a fifth consecutive quarter to 7,586 at the end of June 2026, according to the Driver and Vehicle Agency’s latest statistics. The increase extends a gradual recovery in driver numbers. The DVA said licensed taxi driver stock had “more than halved” from the 15,802 recorded in 2013/14, and described the latest rise as the “fifth quarter on quarter increase” in the figure. The number of taxi driver licences issued during the