Taxi Driver Online

Remember anything you get for free is worth exactly what you paid for it.
What good De-lim if the thing you crave is destroyed in the process.
Plates should be expensive if only to stop the likes of "sussex" getting one.
We need people with business qualifications and experience. We need proper investment, marketing expertise. We don't need spoilt brats, "its not fair I want one, give me, give me". When you work for something you appreciate its value.

Reply: By definition a taxi is a controlled fare vehicle. It must adhere to the tariff set by the licensing authority. If it does not have a working meter fitted the driver must obtain a exception certificate to use the vehicle as a taxi. A PH is free to set his own rates and fees.
PRIVATE hire, a private arrangement between customer and supplier.
PUBLIC hire, a controlled fare vehicle, fares charged according to a published tariff.Basic stuff but totally unpalatable to "sussex".

I don't think one side is better than the other but we should not ignore the fact there is a difference. They are not two sides of the same trade although we may target the same customers. The PH trade has done a very good job in blurring the lines and the taxi trade needs to re-assert itself.

Incorrect again,as well as a contradiction from a previous debate.

As you are well aware plates are very rarely GIVEN plates for nothing from Councils, thats why they have such value. Plates have, I would guess, changed hands many times since they were given to people for nothing.

When B&H issued more plates you applauded the P/H drivers who sold their entitlement without even plating a vehicle, and remained licensed as P/H.

Come on Sussex, at least retain substance within your argument.

Dream your dreams.

B. Lucky

I work in a area that doesnt limit cabs and I do just fine thanks.
The only PH are the luxury cars who dont want the council stickers.
In fact some cab drivers also have top notch PH to do exec work. Nobody maons good luck to them.
But the think we do have is a hard geography test, a drivers standards test done by the DSA and good quality vehicle standards.
Whats wrong with that?

A council near me doesn't have set fares but has taxis. B ut then agsin they just licensed a fire engine.

Controlled by a max fare within it's area and any fare outside of it, isn't that convincing a definition. But what about those areas that license cabs but don't insist on meters. How does that fit your criteria?



And what act are you quoting there then?

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IDFIMH

Well I don't remember saying such a thing.

But I will just say that it's the system that's s***, and in a s*** system you get s*** people doing s*** things.

Such as happened in Brighton.

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IDFIMH

By not condoning their actions and dismissing them with a comment along the lines of "why shouldn't they ....... everyone else does" it is fair to assume that you agreed with their actions.

The system is [edited by admin], some of the people involved in this trade are [edited by admin] but councils deem them fit and proper people so we shouldn't discriminate against someone we know is [edited by admin] just because they are [edited by admin].

The point is, we can't change the system the way you want it changed because it would cause a massive financial burden on the people who could least afford it, and that is [edited by admin].

B. Lucky

(hes quoting the law Sussex, ancient law with an illegal condition from his LA thrown in, the Lad is confident hes right, only me and you know hes been misled by his LA, NOW LET HIM OFF)

Geoff

you did Sussex, take it from me yer did.

Guest,
I dont believe you have read it either that or you dont understand it, and the papers are out instructing councils to go WAV, however all trades are responsible for amendments to serve all disabilities.

now councils issuing new plates have no alternative but to insist on wavs or they offend the dda.

model bye laws

yes Cgull you need private hire to protect your racket, and nowhere is there more racketeering than your patch.

Just remember one thing,
Joe Public and Fred Citizen owns the ranks, pay for the ranks, your view would almost certainly had government putting a stop to this racket of selling plates.

no one should be stopped from having a plate its immoral.