Nidge wrote:
Sussex Man wrote:
I sometimes wonder how London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield and the hundred odd other councils manage to operate a taxi service.
Or maybe I don't.
And isn't it funny how the only drivers defending a mixed fleet, are those that a) might have to buy a WAV in the future, or b) advocate others coming into the trade buy them.
No it's not funny Andy, you can discriminate against able bodied people as well as diabled people. A lot of people don't like WAV's, alot of people will walk round a WAV to get to a saloon, it's proved that in Dundee. If you look in all the cities you mention the PH trade are making a killing because of the WAV's. I can speak for Nottingham because they have F***ED the HC trade up big style with it being all WAV's, a mate of mine works in Nottingham for Trent cars and says their trade has increased 40% since the WAV rule was bought in 8 years ago, the HC trades prices have been increased to cover the extra costs of the WAV's this being passed on to the public. A ride to Mansfield from Nottingham is £20 in a PH, in a HC it's £30+ not a deal of difference is there??
there is lies, damn lies and statistics, you deliberatly imply that the 40% increase is due to work form taxis.
consider,
1 changes in the trade in the last 8 years, dot claim big increase in trade size.
2 demographic change, more getting older, population changes some areas rising fast.
3, gains from straight forward competition.
then youll consider things not that straightforward.