Taxi Driver Online

Listen, I honestly don't give a fu*k. I am merely playing devils advocate by putting forward a possible scenario for measured growth. You do remember that licence plates are not legally transferable and have no intrinsic value? My suggestion would simply make sure the de-facto transfer of a licence would not take place. You would still hold a licence you just couldn't sell it. Problem solved. Unless of course this is simply about you wanting to sell something you don't own.

This is all academic anyway. If you think things are quiet now, just wait until next year and the year after. Things are going to get much worse long before they improve.

What measured growth have you advocated in your manor?

And how many extra hackney plates has that produced in the last 5 years?

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IDFIMH

None, and if it was purely down to demand then we'd need to withdraw at least 50 plates, add in an grossly undercutting PH fleet of 1000 and the place is well served with modes of transport including sub'd buses, and it's all heading your way some time soon but you can't see that.

p.s I thought you might drop by last saturday on your way back from St Mary's, mind you I don't suppose you would've been much company thx to Lambert & Co would you.

Why don't you ask the council to pay you a good wage and forget about living in the real world altogether?

Last time it was done here everyone who owned a firm was offered one, it's slightly before I entered the job this happened but I thought at the time sod them the drivers on the waiting list should've been offered first, but I believe it was just a ploy so the Cars/Cabs bit in the company title could become Taxis myself, the justification of extra plates should be only after a SUD says there is demand for at least 15 hours of any given day, it's no good saying you need more at 2am, that just isn't a fair reflection, peaks and troughs is the term for it.

Fairest method is to have a waiting list which cannot include existing plate holders nor anyone whose held one and transferred it before, the candidates should then be required to prove they have the means to fund a new vehicle and have a good record, also nobody can go on the waiting list until they've completed 3 years complaint free service to the job, then the qualifying names are put into a tombola full of pin pong balls with the badge numbers written on them and given a good rotation, the ball then pulled should be pulled by a totally neutral person from outside of the trade and the event should be witnessed by anyone wanting to attend, in cases where a waiting list has been available for longer than 10 years then it should be first on the list but only if the driver has a good record and has the means to buy a new vehicle, which right now I guess is a WAV to increase the balance on mixed fleets.


Sorry for the delay in answering you I got side tracked.


@ Skull

Behave or I'll confiscate your china white.

Yes, it is all a bit of a lottery

The trouble with your “measured growth” theory is, while it may be convenient, it's completely impractical. Why should anyone who is licensed and qualified, be forced to seek employment under the control of another person? You are denying him his freedom of choice through fettering his access to the tools of his trade. It simply can't be right. I'll tell you this, if the above ever makes it into court as a human rights issue, your cap on vehicle licence is finished. It's absolutely ridiculous.

Oh and I'll tell you what else is ridiculous, being forced to purchase council property through de-facto plate transfers to gain unfettered access to the tools of your trade.

Ok, now calm the feck down Gazza, you will give yourself the cramp, I can see you now, veins gurggling away like Dr Frankensteins' liquid vases on the bunsen burner, hopping around the room like a pixie on acid, booting the poor cat cos it dared to cross your war path, snarling on the posties fingers through the letterbox like a werewolf being rear ended by vampire.

You need a drink my friend, and it won't leave tracks in yer either

You know it's difficult to indulge in a debate which is utterly stupid. Your “controlled growth” theory is fundamentally flawed when it comes to peoples rights. In fact, the only way it can work is for local authorities to abandon the rights of the individual. Only councillors and taxi drivers could come up with such a system and think everything is just the way it should be.

What rights would those be?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Your inalienable rights of freedom and equality, the right not to be discriminated against and exploited. The capping of plates is simply a charter of abuse for those with vested interests to protect. And who ever heard of having rights, that change depending on what part of the county you find yourself driving a taxi. Fuc*ing stupid! You can pass “the knowledge” in London and put on a taxi on the road but not in Edinburgh.

inalienable rights of freedom and equality, the right not to be discriminated against and exploited

pmsl you sound like abraham lincoln ffs

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Really!!!!

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