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Sure we all bored of this topic now so what are your thoughts on restricting the number of private hire rather than deregulating the Hackney Trade ???

no..........................

merge the two (the public dont understand the difference anyway)

modernise the regulations

what your suggesting will decrease the available fleet to the public, introduce a waiting time for a plate and give councils a perfect arguement for a massive hike in charges (all the "fixed" charges like wages,etc would have to be covered by a smaller number of plated vehicles)

Just another thought....What regime controls Trams..is it Bus rules or Rail rules?

dunno but it seems to keep em......."on track"

Alas not in Edinburgh....the new tramway is to be opened around 6 years behind schedule...and even then it is only going to run about a third of its original distance....And I say......Goooooooooooooooooood

The subject of restricting PH was covered in Taxitalk mag a couple of months ago in the editors section. The principle was for operators to prove that they did have work for the drivers that they took settle from. I'm inclined to be of the opinion that a single system for taxis would be best, containing a mixed fleet to suit everybody's needs. Obviously there would have to be some inbuilt financial relief for those drivers that ran WAV's. The specs on saloon vehicles should be such that they can carry luggage as well as a min of 4 passengers. Limos, wedding cars, funeral cars and novelty vehicles etc would be covered under PH only

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

The subject of restricting PH was covered in Taxitalk mag a couple of months ago in the editors section.

The principle was for operators to prove that they did have work for the drivers that they took settle from.

Its never happened yet and i doubt it ever would, for PH or HC circuits, base owners couldnt care less

Obviously there would have to be some inbuilt financial relief for those drivers that ran WAV's.

why? theres none now

The specs on saloon vehicles should be such that they can carry luggage as well as a min of 4 passengers.

How many plated vehicles now cant carry 4, and luggage is so variable you would end up with everyone being forced to buy a WAV/MPV (just to suite the largest of suitcases)

Limos, wedding cars, funeral cars and novelty vehicles etc would be covered under PH only

A one-tier legislation could encompass any passenger vehicle and new technology, and very easily, even the "no plate" cars as are already legalised in certain LAs

Many in the PH trade would welcome it, but I doubt the bosses would concur.

However it would never work, as how do you assess the number needed, when in areas like Liverpool most of the PH work is done by cars licensed elsewhere?

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You obviously aren't aware of the young lady in Liverpool who has plated vehicles that don't carry 4, in fact they only have room for 1 passenger. There are also many PH vehicles that don't have sufficient space for one decent sized suit case let alone anymore than one.



Well just because there isn't any doesn't mean there shouldn't be. If you wish to encourage drivers to provide WAV's within a mixed fleet then you are going to have to do something to justify their extra expense in purchasing the said WAV



It would be for the operator to ensure that they did not take on drivers that they do not have sufficient work for. Obviously there has to be a % set either way to allow for growth but not for greed. With all the technology about now within the PH trade they can be pretty accurate as to the size of the fleet required to cover the number of calls made. They could probably tell you the busiest areas and at what times and days. There really isn't any excuse not to be able to do this

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

The last time any new law came about was when DisDis ended up costing so many hacks the price of a WAV and not much need for em...

think carefully what COULD happen rather than what you wish WOULD happen

(as for financial relief it already exists, its called a VAT refund.... )