Taxi Driver Online

For reasons known only to themselves, and despite all logic, the commission continue to be convinced technology has changed the taxi and private hire industry, they dedicate chapter 12 to it.

The point seemingly escaping them is the fact that how a job is received is of no consequence whatsoever, the call must still be received via a PC or telephone.

Blinded by b*llshit I guess.

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I think this is used to support the idea that a private hire operator doesn't need to be based in several places, they could indeed just have one national call centre to take all work. I can think of a couple of operators that will benefit from this

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But that point isnt mentioned within the document; but I suppose large private hire operator wnts to close local office and send jobs to India wouldnt be a headline the private hire operators that wrote the document would want?

To actually label the point about technology they quote cases before the internet came about ffs!

The fact there hasnt been a internet related cross border prosecution seems to be superfluous.

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

I don't know if they intend to move things to India, but, they don't want to move things from perhaps London or Sefton maybe

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Doesnt that fly in the face of what you wrote above then?

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

No

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Of course its has change, the internet / mobile Data has change it, email / text / VoIP ( Skype ) other forms of Mobile data

I would perhaps be concerened about Veolia/Transdev Group. In several major US cities they run taxi operations and I think I saw they did in Europe as well. With national PH licensing they could be all over the country like a rash.

I have no personal expereinec of AL in London, but there success suggests that from a customer point of view they must be doing something right.

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Nobody told me to use my initiative. To err is human to arr is pirate.

hey my server is in Canada

Who receives the call?

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

Same person receives the email /text /mobile app'
There's no one making a call there with those mobile Communications

Just park up in the area of Heathrow using the iPad

Now I am inside T1 . Still accepting bookings by email .
Of coarse technology has change the way to accept bookings

Are you PH or HC?

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

You sure you don't just want to make sure they have a license to take bookings

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

I think his apparent admission in wanting to pay additional cash to accept bookings is rather quaint

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