Tuk tuks get tut tut in Totnes

By PRSD, on Wednesday, August 27, 2008

posted by Cptn

Councillors put the kibosh on a Totnes tuk tuk taxi service powered by chip fat because of byelaws.

The Totnes Rickshaw Company applied for a taxi licence to for its two 416cc tuk tuks but was told that the vehicles did not comply with the council’s byelaws or the Hackney Carriage laws.

The three-wheeling plan was to transport people from Streamer Quay up the hill to the top of Totnes, and to go to Bridgetwon, Falloton and Dartington on the recycled cooking oil fueled machines.

Apparently, taxis in Totnes must have two rear doors – the tut tuts have no doors at all– and cabs much have more than 1,300ccs.

Pete Ryeland, one of the men behind the project, is reported to have said: “Byelaws are put there by the community for the community and it’s up to the community to change them.”

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pete ryeland

thanks for your input

if you would like to keep up with the news on
the rickshaws go too

http://www.totnes.transitionnetwork.org

http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31075960659&ref=mf

we are going to run it - free- to all- for the next 8 weeks and go all the way to change the law of the land .the environment needs it

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Good to see Totnes Council's committment to the environment doesn't extend to eating chips then! It's a shame that these sort of petty decisons by faceless local councils don't receive the humiliation they deserve!