Taxi Driver Online

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

You'd soon go bust.... why would the driver work when you're paying him wages.... as for the rest ... your describing private hire.....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Sounds familiar....Market forces will prevail !! Do you think the government would apply the same term to their posts ? A big NO i'd bet cause they know how to close doors when needed.

Well Trev, Its the risk the operator/ owner driver takes, so it could mean that cab off the road for the night or for how long the operator wants off, if he does not want to pay for a driver.
Oh I said operator as that means owner driver in Scotland, how do you work it out that the rest is PH?? the rest already applies to Scotland as well. except for those areas that still have restrictions in place

I get fed up of hearing this. Market forces may well prevail but has anybody checked out the current state of market forces recently. Everything is suffering and when that happens you get all those people wanting to supplement their dwindling incomes by taxi driving, just for now

Why should it be so cheap to become a taxi driver? It's not cheap to start any other self employed business. If it costs money to rent a vehicle then surely that's the same as renting a premises, derestriction should be managed in some way and should not become a free for all

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

What's so special about taxi owners? I say owners because they are the ones being protected, not the drivers.
No other self employed people get council protection from competition.

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No doubt you and Skull will sell them again then, go crying and stamping your feet shouting you want a free plate.

It's not council protection ffs it'll prevent the trade from becoming over subscribed. How about they issue plates to anybody who asks for one providing they pay the council coffers say £10,000 for instance or perhaps you could have the council rent out plates like they do market stalls and shops for say £200.00 per week would that make it fairer.

I have said this before that I don't agree with people being able to sell something for a lot of money that they paid nothing for but the idea that 'market forces will prevail' is a load of bollox.

I also think that you will find that if there is too much of something in one area the council will not give planning permission for more to be built or changed into for the use of and if they do they generally make it so difficult it's not financially viable. Taxis are not the only trade controlled by the council are they.

What gets me is the taxi trade is the only trade I know of that openly welcomes free for all compitition

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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 find it quite interesting that it seems some in the Edinburgh cab trade are thinking of challenging the Halcrow report. They have clearly missed the point of surveys.

Surveys are not under taken to help those that wish to have extra plates issued, they are under taken to stop everyone having the option of running their own taxi.

So if those pro restriction folks succeed in getting a court to find fault with the survey, they are doing a very good job for those that want a free issue of plates.

As the only thing stopping a council delimiting is survey evidence. Without that plates must be issued, if necessarily by the 100s.

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