Mick Pollard wrote:
What then would be acceptable findings though Dusty?
What is suitable to one isn't to another, and that goes for customers as well as drivers and operators and I suppose to a certain extent councils.
Who therefore would they be pleasing by making any changes at all?
Maybe hampering to the people who expect a H/C or P/H vehicle to be available for them at 11:30 on a Friday and Saturday night might be their idea of reform but I would bet my last penny that people will still struggle to get a cab at these times whatever reccomendations they make.
Maybe allowing drivers the choice of what plate they put on the back of their vehicle will offer them the reform they seek, but where does that end, the people demanding this will look for something else to demand, look for some other in-equality and believe me they will find something.
But what do I know, I'm just some daft Geordie who's trying to make things fair to everyone and not just myself.
B. Lucky
Seems to me you have lost the point of what OFT does, there responsibly is to look into unfair trading practices, not ow the T&G want this the PH want that.
The basics are simple restricted numbers policy is against all European and British competition laws. The other issues such as prices and standard are obviously to be included. My bet is a complaint was made re restricted numbers then the floodgates opened i.e. council fixing prices driving standards ECT
There are way to many narrow minded ppl that follow their own financial interests not the travelling public. In my experience the growth of night buses nation wide has grown. The reason being restriction numbers polices means the drivers with plates would sooner see the public travel on a bus than have more licenses.
No one told these silly bad business minded fools that travelling in a Taxis is a habit, a habit that can be gotten out of if there’s none to travel in
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