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I did the knowlege a few years ago, got my license but haven't actually started driving. The reason for this was that i got my old job back having been made redundant. I have kept my license going as a back up should i ever need it. Looks like i might need it soon as i could be made redundant over the next few weeks. I was a wee bit concerned when i read that earnings could be as low as £300 per week. ??? Is this correct. I had always thought that providing you put the effort in there was money to be made. I know things have been harsh on everyone of late but is it really that bad ??

No, because everbody who's being made redundant thinks the same way, plus the recession means fewer people want taxis.

More drivers + fewer customers = Lower earnings

Anyway, this particular topic was done to death a few weeks ago and what particular figures portray the exact picture isn't entirely clear, but I suspect that anyone saying things are as good as they were need their bumps felt.

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The word on the grape vine is you will be able to get your own plate if you apply for one.
If your prepared to put the effort in there is a living to be made, I have been up there for my bookings on different nights of the week and folk have tried to flag me down, get yourself near the playhouse from around 11PM there is always a massive queue there, then Lothian road at near kicking out time or Waverly bridge

Hopefully there's enough of a living to pay the mortgage and feed the wife and kids.

Skippy, you nearly admitted to pirating then

I can't say for sure how busy they are mate, personally I'd give it a wide one for all manner of reasons right now, and as Skip says if they issue, you won't be the only one with a debt round your neck that all of a sudden you have no means to pay back, insurance is getting on for £40 pw now FC, still up to you, me I'd rather be a drunk at weekends that be ferrying them around these days, and they aren't nice drunks anymore, they always mix their drinks with COKE today, something we didn't used to have to deal with, but now instead of a tired idiot you get a rarring to go one who can't feel anything.

"rather be a drunk"...... i thought you were one

I wish only one day per week and that doesn't last long enough

Listen, if you want to have a life with your wife and both of you want to see your kids growing up together, forget about driving a taxi.

Driving dayshift in Edinburgh for one of the big two, i have seen myself going out at 4:30 am and not getting a radio job for 1-2 hours on a bad day and that's sitting about in the zones where work usually comes out. And a on a bad day, I can end up on a negative once my rental and fuel are paid some days. I honestly wish I'd never got into it and will be getting out within the next year or so.

Good luck mate, I'm on the way out as well, it's hell in a handcart now thx to corporate greed and the wrong type of people being involved.

@ Skull, look at that, you backed me up me old wingman

"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting." E. E. Cummings.

Honest, and to the point, herdy73, I hope you're getting the picture?

So what about the chap who said this the other week:



Was he a or a ??

That would depend on the size of the mortgage and the size of the appetites

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Like we didn't know, it's official. The UK ECONOMY is on its ar*e and getting worse. Herdy73, I only hope you need very little to survive. Driving a taxi puts you in the front line when everything is turning to shi*.