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Author:  captain cab [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:39 am ]
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New rules could force conversion of taxis to take wheelchairs

TAXI drivers whose cars are not wheelchair-accessible could be required to convert them under new proposals being considered.

Crawley Borough Council is asking for the views of drivers and the public as it looks at changing its policy on taxi licensing.

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Drivers have told of their fears that converting their cars would be too expensive

Two proposals are being considered, with the first limiting the number of taxis in the town after a survey showed there were enough in the town to meet people's needs.

The other is to require all taxi owners to provide wheelchair access, meaning vehicles which do not already comply would have to be converted by a set date.

Current policy requires all new licence applicants to have wheelchair access but only about 40 per cent of existing taxis are wheelchair accessible.

Most drivers the News spoke to this week agreed the number of taxis needs to be limited to ensure there is sufficient business to go round.

Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

Ken Trussell, the council's cabinet member for environmental services, emphasised that no decisions have yet been made.

He said: "The main part of the proposal is limiting the number of taxis in the borough but wheelchair accessibility is something else we are considering. At this stage it is a consultation."

A spokesman added that the council would not subsidise the conversion of taxis with taxpayers' money.

source: http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/
Author:  Stationtone [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:58 am ]
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I wish the government would get their finger out and give the local authorities
the ratio between wavs and saloons that is required to meet everyone's needs.
This is where i have sympathy for councils they have been left to deal with this until the government finish the demonstrations and provide a ratio.
Author:  skippy41 [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:41 am ]
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The number plate on that cab is illegal :shock:
Author:  Sussex [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:00 pm ]
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captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?
Author:  captain cab [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:18 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?


nope.....and making them all buy WAV's wont either.

CC
Author:  toots [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:24 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?


By all accounts the cost of running a taxi will go up, cos to get the restriction they now have to have WAVs. Why don't they do surveys of what proportion of the population need a WAV when they do the SUD
Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:42 pm ]
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skippy41 wrote:
The number plate on that cab is illegal :shock:

FFS!!
Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New rules could force conversion of taxis
Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?

It won't get any worse and it might change, because if they keep it unrestricted, next year he might be waiting two hours for a job.
Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New rules could force conversion of taxis
toots wrote:
Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?

By all accounts the cost of running a taxi will go up, cos to get the restriction they now have to have WAVs. Why don't they do surveys of what proportion of the population need a WAV when they do the SUD

If they had road tax on wheelchairs, that would be easy.
Author:  toots [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:52 pm ]
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Brummie Cabbie wrote:
toots wrote:
Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?

By all accounts the cost of running a taxi will go up, cos to get the restriction they now have to have WAVs. Why don't they do surveys of what proportion of the population need a WAV when they do the SUD

If they had road tax on wheelchairs, that would be easy.


You can't do that it's not fair
Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New rules could force conversion of taxis
toots wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
toots wrote:
Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?

By all accounts the cost of running a taxi will go up, cos to get the restriction they now have to have WAVs. Why don't they do surveys of what proportion of the population need a WAV when they do the SUD

If they had road tax on wheelchairs, that would be easy.

You can't do that it's not fair

Yes it is!

What's a fiver a year, FFS!!

They're all no emission or very low emission, depending on the occupant's own gas works' discharge!!

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  toots [ Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:02 pm ]
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BC you're bad :lol:
Author:  Sussex [ Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New rules could force conversion of taxis
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?

It won't get any worse and it might change, because if they keep it unrestricted, next year he might be waiting two hours for a job.

Crawley has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, due to Gatwick.

So are you saying that loads of people will buy a WAV (£10-35,000), insure it (with no no-claims £3-5,000) to do one job every two hours (say, £5)?

The reason the hacks in Crawley are doing such little work is because they have lost huge chunks of their work to the ph trade.

And restrictions wont solve that.
Author:  captain cab [ Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:47 am ]
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Things would have been so different if dear old frizzy was still around :wink:

CC
Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New rules could force conversion of taxis
Sussex wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Ryan Grice, 39, from Ifield, said: "The amount of taxis in Crawley should be restricted. Today I've been sat here waiting for an hour for a job."

And if you restrict taxi numbers tomorrow what will change? :?

It won't get any worse and it might change, because if they keep it unrestricted, next year he might be waiting two hours for a job.

Crawley has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, due to Gatwick.

So are you saying that loads of people will buy a WAV (£10-35,000), insure it (with no no-claims £3-5,000) to do one job every two hours (say, £5)?

The reason the hacks in Crawley are doing such little work is because they have lost huge chunks of their work to the ph trade.

And restrictions wont solve that.

But running at 73 pence a mile will!!
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