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6 seater owners said to the council that the vehicles cost more to run and insure and that having the extra seats they should be able to charge fare and a half for 5 to 6 passengers the council agreed

I am not disputing what your Tariff says, I am questioning your point made of not charging extras, which is fine on its own, but then your full support for an extra charge for 5 or six passengers. This makes your first position look daft.

If every job for a 6 seater was five or 6 passengers the tariff position would make some sense, but surely even on a good day these jobs can only cover about 1 in 10 jobs, the vast majority must be 1 or 2 passengers. The majority of customers are not covering the extra costs highlighted in any way.

I am all for either:
1. a Tariff that without extras is all encompassing

2. or a Tariff that incrementally charges passengers more as the load increases.

The neither one nor the other Tariff in force in your neck of the woods is madness.

The Tariff here allows no extra for 1 or 2 passengers, subsequent passengers attract an "Extra" of 20p each, so 6 passengers is 80p extra. Far more sensible for drivers and passengers.

Finally, tolls, incurred as part of the journey or as a result (the return) should be chargeable as extras, whether within a district or on longer jobs. This to include set down or pick up fees at Airports and the like.

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Chris The Fish

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If 8 punters want to only pay a CAR tariff/rate in an 8 seater then send them 2 cars and pay for 2 lots of four....

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Chris, you're forgetting your rules are totally different to that in the rest of the UK apart from London.
Quit a few here run 6 seaters mainly for weekend work, but due to folk being able to choose what cab they take off the rank most sit there while the punters take the saloons, yet on a weekend they are busy taking full loads, so fare and a half pays them