Drivers Hours ?

Sussex · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:54 pm

grandad wrote:

The number of cars stays the same, the number of drivers goes up to cover the hours, the number of jobs per driver goes DOWN.

So where are all these drivers going to come from?

Why are they not in the trade now earning X, when you are implying they will join up to earn less than X?

skippy41 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:00 pm

most drivers own there own cabs/PH and dont have drivers, so there cabs or PH will be off the road so they will earn less than they normaly would
and due to the cost of providing an extra driver for there cab PH it would not be worth it
if it came in most would only work the more lucrative times leaving the rest of the week to who ever wants it

Sussex · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:20 pm

You are basing your views on drivers currently having no down time.

I suspect 20/30/40/50% of the time you are sitting around waiting for a job doing nothing. The reason that's the case is there are many more drivers doing likewise.

If drivers couldn't afford to sit around all day, cos their hours will be up, they will only work when it's busy. That will lead to the quieter times also becoming busier for those working those times.

So back to Mr Bart's equation. As long as customer numbers remain static, then there should be no decline in earnings. Only a decline in the numbers of hours we need to work to earn our money. :wink:

grandad · **Joined:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:27 pm **Posts:** 20130

Sussex wrote:

grandad wrote:

The number of cars stays the same, the number of drivers goes up to cover the hours, the number of jobs per driver goes DOWN.

So where are all these drivers going to come from?

Why are they not in the trade now earning X, when you are implying they will join up to earn less than X?

Poland.

toots · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:41 pm

Sussex wrote:

You are basing your views on drivers currently having no down time.

I suspect 20/30/40/50% of the time you are sitting around waiting for a job doing nothing. The reason that's the case is there are many more drivers doing likewise.

If drivers couldn't afford to sit around all day, cos their hours will be up, they will only work when it's busy. That will lead to the quieter times also becoming busier for those working those times.

So back to Mr Bart's equation. As long as customer numbers remain static, then there should be no decline in earnings. Only a decline in the numbers of hours we need to work to earn our money. :wink:

Would this equation still work if people think it's a good idea to become a taxi driver because you can earn X amount in X amount of hours which is less than it use to be therefore making the job more appealing to those that weren't so keen on it when hours seemed to be longer, so now you have more drivers and less time to earn a living. I only work weekend nights so any limit on my hours wouldn't apply but I work those hours because they are the busiest. I don't earn fortune but that's not a problem but there again neither do any of my co workers so they are forced to work the quieter periods to try and make up money. To be quite frank the demand just is not there on a regular or predictable basis anymore. I understand what you are saying about all this but I just don't think it's going to pan out like that at all, but hey that's just my opinion

Sussex · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:07 pm

grandad wrote:

Sussex wrote:

grandad wrote:

The number of cars stays the same, the number of drivers goes up to cover the hours, the number of jobs per driver goes DOWN.

So where are all these drivers going to come from?

Why are they not in the trade now earning X, when you are implying they will join up to earn less than X?

Poland.

Why aren't they here now then?

Sussex · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:10 pm

toots wrote:

Would this equation still work if people think it's a good idea to become a taxi driver because you can earn X amount in X amount of hours which is less than it use to be therefore making the job more appealing to those that weren't so keen on it when hours seemed to be longer, so now you have more drivers and less time to earn a living.

If more cab drivers enter the trade they, and us, will earn less. But why would someone who's not already in the trade come in to earn less?

And of course the part-time cabbies/full-time whatevers, wont be allowed in full-stop. :wink:

toots · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:21 pm

Sussex wrote:

toots wrote:

Would this equation still work if people think it's a good idea to become a taxi driver because you can earn X amount in X amount of hours which is less than it use to be therefore making the job more appealing to those that weren't so keen on it when hours seemed to be longer, so now you have more drivers and less time to earn a living.

If more cab drivers enter the trade they, and us, will earn less. But why would someone who's not already in the trade come in to earn less?

And of course the part-time cabbies/full-time whatevers, wont be allowed in full-stop. :wink:

Cos they won't know how much they will earn until they come into the trade.

Is that them that are part time cabbies cos they are full time doing something else and if so they should have gone ages ago with a big boot up their bottom :wink:

Sussex · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:26 pm

toots wrote:

Cos they won't know how much they will earn until they come into the trade.

Well for those to stupid to ask it wont take them long to find out, and then tell their mates. :wink:

Sussex · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:57 pm

Quote:

Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): If he will bring forward legislative proposals on the maximum number of hours that can be worked by taxi drivers.

And the answer to Mr Illsley's question;

Paul Clark: We have no plans to introduce legislation regulating the hours which taxi drivers can work. We are, however, willing to consider carefully any new representations or evidence put to us on this issue.

For the record Mr Illsley is the MP for the area involved in this;

http://taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10453

bloodnock · **Joined:** Thu May 03, 2007 8:15 pm **Posts:** 9170

Sussex wrote:

grandad wrote:

The number of cars stays the same, the number of drivers goes up to cover the hours, the number of jobs per driver goes DOWN.

So where are all these drivers going to come from?

Why are they not in the trade now earning X, when you are implying they will join up to earn less than X?

Duh....Taxi drivers X is a lot less than the National X...they wont settle for Taxi Drivers X and Hours until its one of the last reasonable options left to them...our X is infact a small x but still better than no x at all....thats why they aint driving at the moment, they aint that deperate yet...unlike the majority thats on the unemployed register at the moment the new batch of unemployed that are forcibly laid off will probably actually want to work and not sponge...

thats what I XXXXing think anyway...

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