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Brummie Cabbie
PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:48 am 
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I along with all other Birmingham trade reps received the following email yesterday. The name of the sender has been withheld for obvious reasons. There were 10 photos attached to the email, which I will attempt to post later.

'At the meeting I attended with yourself and representatives of the Taxi Association on 24th August 2012 the Chair and Secretary of the association were at pains to stress that their members were complying with the restrictions and 'Just trying to make a living' and asked for a 'Lenient Approach towards enforcement'

I would ask you to look at the below photographs I took today of Taxi's parked / ranking along Suffolk Street Queensway in the bus lane, forcing busses to use the main carriageway and reducing the traffic flow, Ranking / parked around the 90 degree bend into Suffolk Place forcing vehicles turning left onto the wrong side of the road. Taxis are then parked / ranking all along Suffolk Place around the 90 degree left hand bend again forcing me to travel on the wrong side of the road around a blind bend to be met with a van coming towards me. At this point I had to reverse.

Vehicles were being waived past the Taxis on the wrong side of the road approaching the Zebra Crossing, so as to be forcing vehicles to contravene the Road Traffic Act by overtaking on the approach to a Zebra Crossing.

When the taxi driver saw me taking photographs they became agitated wanting to know who I was, and made it clear they were waiting to go to the station and made no attempt to move on.

It is clear that the Taxi Association and there members have no intention of trying to restrict ranking / parking in this area and expect the City Council to "Adopt a lenient approach". We have received numerous complaints from the public and there have been a number of minor collisions directly as a result of the illegal ranking and parking. It is clear that a zero policy of enforcement coordinated with the police is the only way forward to address this issue.'

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I wonder how many of the "rank" cars were not on a circuit, having to wait for a walk-in fare

dont any of them decide to rent a radio and avoid the long wait?

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Brummie Cabbie
PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:25 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
I wonder how many of the "rank" cars were not on a circuit, having to wait for a walk-in fare

dont any of them decide to rent a radio and avoid the long wait?

About 600 are on a radio circuit, leaving about 800 as indepentents.

But the wait for a radio job can sometimes be an hour or more, so independents are likely to work just as quickly.

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Bloody hell really a shrewd lot arnt they time to get a proper union involved up the standards sling 60% off the road and start earning without parking on zebra crossings just a thought TT :badgrin: :badgrin:

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trotskys twin wrote:
Bloody hell really a shrewd lot arnt they time to get a proper union involved up the standards sling 60% off the road and start earning without parking on zebra crossings just a thought TT


they dont need unions, why pay subs to a corrupt flawed institution?

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wannabeeahack wrote:
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Bloody hell really a shrewd lot arnt they time to get a proper union involved up the standards sling 60% off the road and start earning without parking on zebra crossings just a thought TT


they dont need unions, why pay subs to a corrupt flawed institution?


Reallly thats why they earn so much then, UNIONS corrupt and flawed of course some are!! your scab outfit the so called UDM for instance!!how long did Greatorex get ??????????????????????????? how many scab pits still working ha ha ! Nottinghamshire the scab county!

I reckon the RMT UNITE or the GMB would be able to help on this one clearly its chaotic at the moment or are they all happy ??????? pasking on ZEBRA crossings :badgrin:

So come on scabby whats your advice on their problems :?: :?: :?:

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trotskys twin wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
trotskys twin wrote:
Bloody hell really a shrewd lot arnt they time to get a proper union involved up the standards sling 60% off the road and start earning without parking on zebra crossings just a thought TT


they dont need unions, why pay subs to a corrupt flawed institution?


Reallly thats why they earn so much then, UNIONS corrupt and flawed of course some are!! your scab outfit the so called UDM for instance!!how long did Greatorex get ??????????????????????????? how many scab pits still working ha ha ! Nottinghamshire the scab county!

I reckon the RMT UNITE or the GMB would be able to help on this one clearly its chaotic at the moment or are they all happy ??????? parking on ZEBRA crossings :badgrin:

So come on scabby whats your advice on their problems :?: :?: :?:

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I would suggest offering the council a deal whereby taxis only work every other day thus cutting down the over ranking BUT the council provides additional housing benefit and assistance to the drivers in obtaining additional income support from the Government etc etc.to compensate for the loss of earnings

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Brummie Cabbie
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edders23 wrote:
I would suggest offering the council a deal whereby taxis only work every other day thus cutting down the over ranking BUT the council provides additional housing benefit and assistance to the drivers in obtaining additional income support from the Government etc etc.to compensate for the loss of earnings

You bet they do with the number of Brum drivers on Working Tax Credits!!

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Brummie Cabbie wrote:
You bet they do with the number of Brum drivers on Working Tax Credits!!



Something not thought of by the LC :sad:

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captain cab wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
You bet they do with the number of Brum drivers on Working Tax Credits!!



Something not thought of by the LC :sad:



like they care...........

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Brummie Cabbie wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
I wonder how many of the "rank" cars were not on a circuit, having to wait for a walk-in fare

dont any of them decide to rent a radio and avoid the long wait?

About 600 are on a radio circuit, leaving about 800 as indepentents.

But the wait for a radio job can sometimes be an hour or more, so independents are likely to work just as quickly.
Damn right, and it is much less likely to be a wheelchair, or crappy little account job.

I have tried a radio in Brum and it was RUBBISH!!!

New St station is the only place you can guarantee to work within the hour, why can't the "Brains" at the council come up with a route into the station where we are not getting in everyone's way. Surely it can't be that difficult, they caused the problem by releasing too many plates.
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