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skippy41
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Coast line we will know the outcome within the next week or 2, and if it goes Berwicks way, as it should you will be free to save some shekels, and you council wont be able to implement there clauses no matter how much they want to
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I think the main problem is that Berwick Council never see the vehicle nor the driver, as the judge said at the hearing, a mail order licensing system.

Some will ask what is the point of having local standards i.e. knowledge, DSA taxi test, age limits etc if a driver can ignore those and shop around for the cheapest and sh***iest standards.

Do we want a decent taxi/PH service or not? :?


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captain cab wrote:
Sussex wrote:
I think the main problem is that Berwick Council never see the vehicle nor the driver, as the judge said at the hearing, a mail order licensing system.

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Some will ask what is the point of having local standards i.e. knowledge, DSA taxi test, age limits etc if a driver can ignore those and shop around for the cheapest and sh***iest standards.


Do we want a decent taxi/PH service or not? :?


=D>


Some would ask why Berwick does the same job only 70% cheaper
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skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Sussex wrote:
I think the main problem is that Berwick Council never see the vehicle nor the driver, as the judge said at the hearing, a mail order licensing system.

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Some will ask what is the point of having local standards i.e. knowledge, DSA taxi test, age limits etc if a driver can ignore those and shop around for the cheapest and sh***iest standards.


Do we want a decent taxi/PH service or not? :?


=D>


Some would ask why Berwick does the same job only 70% cheaper


It doesnt have to pay the enforcement costs in Newcastle?

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captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Sussex wrote:
I think the main problem is that Berwick Council never see the vehicle nor the driver, as the judge said at the hearing, a mail order licensing system.

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Some will ask what is the point of having local standards i.e. knowledge, DSA taxi test, age limits etc if a driver can ignore those and shop around for the cheapest and sh***iest standards.


Do we want a decent taxi/PH service or not? :?


=D>


Some would ask why Berwick does the same job only 70% cheaper


It doesnt have to pay the enforcement costs in Newcastle?

CC


What 16k for a 6 hour week
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skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Sussex wrote:
I think the main problem is that Berwick Council never see the vehicle nor the driver, as the judge said at the hearing, a mail order licensing system.

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Some will ask what is the point of having local standards i.e. knowledge, DSA taxi test, age limits etc if a driver can ignore those and shop around for the cheapest and sh***iest standards.


Do we want a decent taxi/PH service or not? :?


=D>


Some would ask why Berwick does the same job only 70% cheaper


It doesnt have to pay the enforcement costs in Newcastle?

CC


What 16k for a 6 hour week


Who works 6 hours and what costs 16K?

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An enforcement officer thats what ours is paid :roll:
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An enforcement officer thats what ours is paid :roll:


But your hardly a vast metropolis.....we have 2 LO's, 1 LM, and a number of other office persons....and thats little Carlisle.

I dont know what the average wage of a civil servant is....but say its £20K per year....work the rest out for yourself.

I would add, if anyone in Newcastle is unhappy about their fees they can always request a breakdown via the FOI?

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captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
An enforcement officer thats what ours is paid :roll:


But your hardly a vast metropolis.....we have 2 LO's, 1 LM, and a number of other office persons....and thats little Carlisle.

I dont know what the average wage of a civil servant is....but say its £20K per year....work the rest out for yourself.

I would add, if anyone in Newcastle is unhappy about their fees they can always request a breakdown via the FOI?

CC

We have 3 of them covering the whole of the Borders plus the ones in each office in Gala Hawick Peebles
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skippy41 wrote:
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skippy41 wrote:
An enforcement officer thats what ours is paid :roll:


But your hardly a vast metropolis.....we have 2 LO's, 1 LM, and a number of other office persons....and thats little Carlisle.

I dont know what the average wage of a civil servant is....but say its £20K per year....work the rest out for yourself.

I would add, if anyone in Newcastle is unhappy about their fees they can always request a breakdown via the FOI?

CC

We have 3 of them covering the whole of the Borders plus the ones in each office in Gala Hawick Peebles


all doing 6 hours each and getting 16K each?

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captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
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skippy41 wrote:
An enforcement officer thats what ours is paid :roll:


But your hardly a vast metropolis.....we have 2 LO's, 1 LM, and a number of other office persons....and thats little Carlisle.

I dont know what the average wage of a civil servant is....but say its £20K per year....work the rest out for yourself.

I would add, if anyone in Newcastle is unhappy about their fees they can always request a breakdown via the FOI?

CC

We have 3 of them covering the whole of the Borders plus the ones in each office in Gala Hawick Peebles


all doing 6 hours each and getting 16K each?


The ones in the offices are council employees so they work normal council hours, the taxi inspectors work a max 6 hours in-between playing golf or on holidays
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skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
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skippy41 wrote:
An enforcement officer thats what ours is paid :roll:


But your hardly a vast metropolis.....we have 2 LO's, 1 LM, and a number of other office persons....and thats little Carlisle.

I dont know what the average wage of a civil servant is....but say its £20K per year....work the rest out for yourself.

I would add, if anyone in Newcastle is unhappy about their fees they can always request a breakdown via the FOI?

CC

We have 3 of them covering the whole of the Borders plus the ones in each office in Gala Hawick Peebles


all doing 6 hours each and getting 16K each?


The ones in the offices are council employees so they work normal council hours, the taxi inspectors work a max 6 hours in-between playing golf or on holidays


The public of the Borders can sleep safely in their beds then :shock:

Do you not see my point now then?

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Spoke to berwick lic/off and they said that they belived taxi drivers to be proffesional people and would keep there cars up to standard also that the police also have the powers to check taxis and that vosa do periodic checks on taxis aswell which means that a berwick car can have 2 to 3 test in 1 year. Just dont no what to do

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coastline wrote:
Spoke to berwick lic/off and they said that they belived taxi drivers to be proffesional people and would keep there cars up to standard also that the police also have the powers to check taxis and that vosa do periodic checks on taxis aswell which means that a berwick car can have 2 to 3 test in 1 year. Just dont no what to do


Do Berwick Council believe in pixies too? :wink:

Go legit in your own area is the best advice I can give you.

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