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To have all of London's mini cabs painted yellow and have meters fitted.????????
Would doing this cut down on touting????????????

No it would make it easier for the punters to find them and use them.

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Grandad,

It may that but at least they would know they are getting into a legal car
and it would make enforcement easier.
it could also be advertised that yellow cabs must be pre booked and only black cabs can pick you up without a booking.
There are going to be folk from around the world coming to London for the games and they wont know the difference unless they are informed
There is also the point that the Uk is the only place in the world with a two tier taxi service

It would help the reverse IMO.

The yellow bit I'm not sure about, but having meters should be a must.

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IDFIMH

Just because a meter is in, doesnt mean the tariff is decent

As for yellow....another insane idea from skippy....wonder what he'd think if all his vehicles in his area had to be a certain colour?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

No.
But it would be easier if all London taxis where black only (except livery taxis) and minicabs any colour but black.
Who benefits from Addison Lee's minicabs being the same colour as taxis?

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Here love, phone us a canary

OK CC you can have pink PH ones in Carlisle

all cars have trip meters, so a taximeter is £300 wasted in my opinion

No they dont, you will find that some of the base models dont have them fitted

How about one tier taxis As I've said sooooooooo many times before. With the exception of London all taxis can be whatever the council says is fit for a taxis, slap a 'taxis' bubble on its roof, make sure they all have appropriate insurance and have passed all appropriate knowledge tests etc upto them then if they do PH work everybodies choice there. In London of course because they are a 'special' case all taxis in London should be the famous London Black Cab and so long as you have a nice new one less than 3 year old and pass the knowledge test etc and there is a spot on a rank somewhere for you to sit there you go. Oh yes and one more thing the areas surrounding London should not have 'black' as the colour of choice for their taxis

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Why?

Does something happen to them when they reach their third birthday?

The candles are harder to put out

at 35k a time i'll be damned if i change my cab every 3 years!!

Do trip meters work out waiting time then, or is that all for free?

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IDFIMH