Taxi Driver Online

I see from the minutes of their March Licensing Committee, they have decided to be rid of old cars.

http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/council/mi ... ID=5862581

What a sensible council, and I can't believe that anyone would object to such reasonable age conditions.

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all of that seems a step in the right direction to up the quality of the local fleet
i cant see any full time " professional" driver being oppose to these ideas.

Yes, what Calderdale needs is some 'quality transport'

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Oh dear, looks as though some one has copied our age policy exactly

Our's was introduced a few years ago

The result

Less vehicles on the road....customers waiting longer
Drivers having to work longer hours....potentially dangerous driving
Upmarket vehicles like Mercedes,etc. being replaced with cheap alternatives

The only ones gaining are the dealerships

Come to Paisley where the public have nice shiney taxis to be sick in at the weekend but children go to school in old ex-service buses as old as 25 years

All that should matter is the safety of the fleet not it's age, is everyone these days becoming obsessed with image ?

all the best

So presumably you mean that drivers are having to work longer hours to afford better vehicles?

So what is the gap between this cost and the revenue from extra work that they are getting, as you imply in your first statement?

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Seems to be a bit of a contradiction there

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All thats required is a level playing field,

If age is a prerequisite for safety & professionalism why isn't it in place for other forms of public transport such as buses, trains and planes

If some people believe that drivers, who already have to work 60 odd hours a week to make a few hundred pounds, should work even longer, run themselves into the ground & spend less time with their families in order to have a nice new shiny car when there's nothing wrong with the one they had, fair enough

I really do believe if it aint broke dont fix it, eg has the taxi service in Calderdale really been that bad up to now ?

All the best

So if some people are running 10-year-old ones, and others 2-year-olds, then is this a level playing field?

No doubt the former bought the older car because it cost less, but does he then charge passengers less? Probably not.

And if an age rule has made that much difference to the number of cars, as you suggest, then surely the lack of the age rule in the first place is penalising those who would run better cars anyway, which is hardly fair.

Going back to the point I made earlier, to what extent does the extra work brought about by the age rule compensate for the cost of the newer car?

Anyway, newer cars do have cost benefits such as much greater fuel efficiency and lower repair bills. A new diesel Octavia probably saves enough in fuel compared to a ten-year-old petrol car to pay the cost of leasing one.

In my opinion an age rule promotes a level playing field.

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