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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Cabbies asked to pay for key fobs to access street. |
Bollard fee for taxis Taxi drivers are set to be charged for fobs to operate a new bollards system on a public road. Wellingborough Council plans to charge the borough’s 63 registered Hackney Carriage taxi drivers £25 each for a fob to operate the new system in Gloucester Place, which was installed during the Market Street improvement works. The only traffic permitted to use the cut-through during peak day-time hours are Hackney taxis and buses, and drivers need the fobs to lower the bollards to allow them to pass. Wellingborough Hackney Carriage Association has campaigned against the £25 deposit fee. Chairman Barry Liffen said drivers who opt out of the scheme will be forced to take longer routes, resulting in them breaking Hackney Carriage Association rules and charging larger fees. He said: “We feel the cost to members of the public and to us are either not understood, or simply being ignored. “The council should remember that Gloucester Place is a public road and we feel that it’s unfair to charge. “Stagecoach made £191m in profits last year and their buses will get theirs for free, but our drivers are averaging three jobs every two hours at the minute and we are being asked to pay for the privilege of using a public road. The charge for the fob has been called a deposit but for us it is a charge that I feel we should not have to pay.” At a meeting of the council’s resources committee on Wednesday councillors voted in favour of introducing the deposit charge. Cllr Graham Lawman said: “The buses will have their fobs physically attached to the vehicle. The taxi drivers will be given fobs and in order to protect the security of the system, we have introduced a deposit to ensure they are not passed on to the wrong person.” But Cllr Andrew Scarborough said that the fobs should be free for the Hackeny Carriage drivers and they should face losing their license if they are misused. He said: “This has come about because the council chose to change the system. “Hackney Carriage drivers have not done anything wrong because they have always been able to go through there, and yet the only people who end up paying more are the Hackney Carriage drivers. “I can see no reason who this should not be free apart from the council wishes to get about £1,300.” |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cabbies asked to pay for key fobs to access street. |
F8ckwitted council. CC |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cabbies asked to pay for key fobs to access street. |
So the drivers are going to have to pay for access to the street which is neccessary to stay within the law is that actually legal for the council to do that ? |
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| Author: | wee eddie [ Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cabbies asked to pay for key fobs to access street. |
I'm afraid that your logic is faulty. If the Street is inaccessible to normal traffic then your shortest route will not be through it. Very much in the same way as if it had become a One Way Street in the opposite direction. |
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| Author: | grumpy [ Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cabbies asked to pay for key fobs to access street. |
If they have a way of attaching them to buses, why not use it on taxis (eg on the roofsign)? |
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| Author: | grandad [ Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cabbies asked to pay for key fobs to access street. |
grumpy wrote: If they have a way of attaching them to buses, why not use it on taxis (eg on the roofsign)? That would stop them getting nicked wouldn't it. |
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| Author: | grumpy [ Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cabbies asked to pay for key fobs to access street. |
grandad wrote: grumpy wrote: If they have a way of attaching them to buses, why not use it on taxis (eg on the roofsign)? That would stop them getting nicked wouldn't it. It might. If the roofsign was taken off at night and stored in the boot. On LTI type taxis why not make it a fixture (as on the buses)? |
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