Taxi Driver Online

A local private hire company charged six passengers £13 (and 10p!) for the half mile between the William Foster pub to the Adam and Eve pub at 1900 on Sunday 10th April. Visitors to the City told me last night. PH fares are massively higher than hackney rates now. Would have cost £5 to £6 in a Hackney. Yes, hackney fares should go up, but the head of licensing is “far to busy” to push through a tariff increase that was applied for last year. Glad to be out of it. Much more fun doing the homes under the hammer thing…

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Former taxi driver

So is the hackney rate £10-£12 a mile?

And I doubt the punters were forced into the PH.

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IDFIMH

I’m a civilian now, so I thought I’d write this as your average journalist would, by not letting the truth get in the way of a good story.

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Former taxi driver

Seems to me the flagfall could be £5.00 and the Running Mile could be £2.00 and then a half mile fare would be £6.00 QED.

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

im moving

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In with Jimbo?

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IDFIMH

For £26/4 miles....maybe

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A friend ordered a six seater from Eagle, a village out of Lincoln at 2230 on a Saturday to Carlton boulevard in the north of the city. The journey would be 11.5 miles with passengers on board. He was quoted £62. He didn’t take the “ good looking “ private hire company up on their offer. His wife picked them up instead. People will not be taken for mugs and won’t use them. Don’t run away with the idea you can charge what you want.

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Former taxi driver

Is £10 each to get home after a night out really that unreasonable?

I don’t personally think so.

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IDFIMH

But that's the problem with substituting personal opinion for objective economic rigour.

The opinion, essentially, and in informal terms, is economicall illiterate

It is an opinion but even if I was neutral the £10 a punter, and £6 a mile rate at that time of night isn't unique in this app world we live in.

I also suspect that the firm charged that rate because it could usually get it, even though that quote wasn't taken up. It would be a bit daft quoting high if no bugger was going to book you.

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IDFIMH

No, but it's not that unique for pubs to charge £10 for a pint of beer, but the vast majority wouldn't pay that.

And £6 a mile might not be unique, but on the other hand charge even £3 a mile and some will call you a thieving c**t and threaten you with violence

not even the price of starters for 1 meal

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