tom2907 wrote:
Just issuing to anyone, will be the only answer. I have had an argument with somebody today in Manchester who gave me the same old sh*t. If they de-limt they will fall foul of emmissions laws, there is nowhere to rank, people will go bankrupt, there are to many cabs etc. Evidence is proof. If you take Taxis and PH as one sum total. Where de-limiting has taken place the overall number of vehicles has reduced. Private hire nimbers have been decimated as they converted to hackneys. So less vehicles mean less emmissions. If people have nowhere to rank and there are less PH vehicles, so hackneys will join PH circuits. People are less likely to go bankrupt because there are less vehicles, less emmissions and more importantly less cost. The only thing against de-limiting is the loss of plate value. Big deal, it will mean you can rent a cab at London Values. An old cab in London (the dearest city in England) cost £160 a week to rent. Here in Manchester, my nightman and I, pay £430 a week for a nine year old banger. De-limit, bring it on.
Of course in reality your council will not increase rank spaces, indeed, your council will be less tolerant of over-ranking due to complaints from the public.....like in Tendring or Sutton in Ashfield, or Nottingham, or Leeds, or Cambridge or Stoke or Bristol to name but a few......and you'll get suspended for illegall ranking.....like in Sefton....or Liverpool or Wirral or Tendring......to name but a few.
Then of course you have the conditions for the new vehicles licensed.....2 or 3 years old on.....maybe 10 years off?
And you'll be able / forced to pay a PH operator for the use of his equipment.....at his rates obviously.
Yeah.....bring it on.
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