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Baconsdozen
PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:06 pm 
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Why is it that more and more councils are setting age limits on taxi cabs?.Is it that the new ones are supposed to be 'better' in some way.I'd have thought condition,safety and pollurtion more important than the number plate,is there another reason?.
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It's something they call quality control, and I think you're right they ain't got a clue what quality control actually is.

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Baconsdozen wrote:
Why is it that more and more councils are setting age limits on taxi cabs?.Is it that the new ones are supposed to be 'better' in some way.I'd have thought condition,safety and pollurtion more important than the number plate,is there another reason?.

To keep out the riff raff. :shock:

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Sussex wrote:
Baconsdozen wrote:
Why is it that more and more councils are setting age limits on taxi cabs?.Is it that the new ones are supposed to be 'better' in some way.I'd have thought condition,safety and pollurtion more important than the number plate,is there another reason?.

To keep out the riff raff. :shock:


Here's me thinking you were a bastion of driver standards :lol:

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