Midlander wrote:
Skull wrote:
How is it going to turn Dundee into the mother land you clot?? Turning around from deregulation takes years.
Now do one Taylor wants some wrong love.
That's the problem with inbreeds like you midlander, your genetic make-up only supports procreation and excessive substance abuse, thinking is for higher forms of life.
Twenty years ago in Edinburgh, you could make the argument that restriction works for the taxi trade. For all intents and purposes, there was no competition. You had an infrequent bus service and an extremely sparse Ph fleet. Times have changed. Taxis are no longer operating in a restricted market with little or no serious competition. The bus service is second to none while the Ph has expanded to meet public demand. Technology and vehicle type has almost put them on a par with the Taxi fleet. The exception being the quality of the drivers, but give it a few years and even that will blur into insignificance.
The last ten years have seen an economic bubble which has now burst, a swelling labour pool of drivers, a shortage of available shifts forcing up rentals and artificial plate premiums, against a backdrop of falling customer numbers. In short, the Taxi market in Edinburgh is fecked.
The fact is, there is no longer a restricted market, but only a choice of how you compete in, regulate and control the market.
I suspect that Taxis (wav's) have already lost their critical mass in Dundee and as a consequence, a new cap, will only force drivers owners and customers into the arms of their competitors, the Ph, diluting the market even further.
Re-restriction is not the answer, and there is no turning the clock back.
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