Cabbies in fare coats?

CABBIES should ‘get an overcoat’ in winter instead of keeping their engines running to keep warm while waiting in taxi ranks.

Under a proposal by the chair of Oldham’s licensing committee, Coun Norman Briggs, a new condition could be introduced by the town hall to stop vehicles idling in a bid to tackle air pollution.

Coun Briggs said drivers should be prevented from keeping their cabs ticking over to use the heaters, adding it was ‘tough’ if they were cold.

“They’re getting no sympathy from me,” he told committee members. “Get an overcoat.”