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An interesting situation now in Aus, there all plate transfers will have to be properly documented.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/co ... 43,00.html

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IDFIMH

Bournemouth as expected, voted to retain Quantity controls, at their full council meeting on 18/4/06.

This now leaves 18 = 5.3% of councils who have yet to make a decision on policy. 79 = 22.9% have voted to retain numbers control and 246 = 71.8% have either removed them or voted to remove them at a specified future date.

Regards

JD

I wonder if the local T&G campaigned for 'managed growth'?

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IDFIMH

Only 14 councils remain undecided on hackney carriage policy. The latest estimate is 96-98 will remain restricted.

http://taxi-driver.co.uk/quotalas.pdf

Regards

JD

Being from a district where plates have NEVER been restricted I must say that some of the arguments presented on this thread are laughable I work in a town of 20,000 population with over 90 hackney plated vehicles and 1 rank with just 8 spaces ! on a friday night it can be fun trying to get 40 taxis onto 1 rank but with a little leeway from the police it does sort of work. The main problem is that we are getting flooded by Private hire cars from neighbouring councils Peterborough in particular coming over to us because they can become Hackney and there is work for them at certain times of the week so on a saturday night they will all be busy for a couple of hours and as we run time and a half after 11pm it is lucrative for them.

My main issue with it is that if i wanted to go over to Peterborough to work I wouldn't be allowed to i.e. We have an unfair system the only solution is total deregulation to stop the overspill situation between regulated and unregulated councils

By the way our fares have been deregulated for over 12 years now and the consumer does get a very good deal ! It's just that the drivers have to work 7 days a week to make up for the low fares if you want a good living

I think you are comparing apples with bananas.

The PH from the other manor can come into yours to do pre-booked work, as you can in theirs.

The taxis from the other manor can't pick up in the street in yours, as you can't in theirs.

Thus in the pre-booked work market it is indeed a free for all, but in the street work market only those licensed as taxis in that manor can serve it.

Maybe your problems are caused by p*** poor licensing enforcement.

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IDFIMH

You misunderstood me the PH drivers from Peterborough are being issued with Hackney plates for my liscensing district

But one must assume that there must be some work for them or why would they do it?

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IDFIMH

Basically the work is getting spread thinner and thinner drivers have to work about a third more hours to earn what could be earned 5 years ago

Is any of that down to the financial situation in your manor, or more subsidised buses?

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IDFIMH

No a large increase in the number of taxis there are 30% more hackneys compared to 12 months ago

Is there a stupid potion they put in the water in your manor?

Because if there's no work then why would people go through all the time, cost, trouble etc of getting licensed?

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IDFIMH

Because theres not enough work where they are either. In this part of the country a lot of taxi firms recruit more drivers than theyve got work for and once people come into the business they tend to start looking for greener pastures having found that the promised earnings are not there rather than look for another job of which there is very little about at the moment

I take it you are speaking from an owner’s point of view having now lost his driver? A 30% increase in taxis would mean for the most part a 30% reduction in double shifted vehicles with new owners single shifting their own taxi.

Up here rentals are extortionate with fewer shifts and no work and that’s without an increase in plates.

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It never dawned on you Garry, that most owners won't give you a shift cos of your previous criminal record, plus your well known hatred of owners. So the easy way out is to quote you a sky high rental rather than let YOU drive their car - it's called trust, and nobody trusts you. Why let anyone like you drive when all you want is to destroy their business.

If you could type out your usual abuse and mail it to someone who gives a cr4p

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