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I've been to too many taxi meetings to hear people just make things up and keep talking for the sake of it......this meeting seemed little different.

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Maybe they had to answer that one correctly before they were allowed in the room

I suppose in a saloon taxi area it's conceviable, particularly if it's tightly restricted and thus the saloons have never really had to compete too much to make their money.

But even then I suspect that WAV PH provision is more about the number of seats and the WAV provision is secondary to that.

After all, if left to the market there would be very little in the way of provision for the disabled, despite the likes of the rot from saloon car taxi drivers who say that they're doing the more mobile disabled a favour by providing easy access saloons.

How does an area become "tightly restricted"? It's either restricted or it isn't, but, that aside if you are working an area that is derestricted with 100% WAV taxi fleet I don't feel there is much call for the PH fleet to have many WAVs. Surely if market forces should be allowed to dictate the level of vehicles then market forces should also be allowed to dictate the type of vehicles, be them WAVs, small saloons, larger saloons, estates, 5/6/7/8 seater vehicles. Supply and demand is the cry of the free market. It seems to me that a 'free market' isn't all that 'free' when it has somebody trying to dictate the level of vehicle types. Also why are saloon car taxis considered 'rot'

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

What PH Operators fail to realise is that their customers are not just the people that ring for a vehicle, but, are indeed the actual drivers that provide the service to the person ringing up. If I provide a bad service my customers are unlikely to want to pay good money for it and are unlikely to use me again, should that standard not also apply to the PH Operator. If drivers are unwilling to pay them money there is a good chance they haven't earned enough to do so. IMO if operators want fees paying then they need to provide a better service to the drivers they want the said fees from. The only "moneypots" here are the ones the PH Operator is trying to create by becoming the only provider within an area and by flooding the market with drivers working excessive hours to fill the said "moneypot"

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The vast majority of Wheelchair users phone for a lift, yet this is where they are least likely to find an accessible vehicle.



Left to the free market, there would be little provision anywhere for wheelchair users, not just the taxi/PH trade.
Shops would still have signs which said NO BUGGIES OR WHEELCHAIRS and hotels would still have signs which said NO BLACKS, NO DOGS, NO IRISH

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The cars aren't considered rot.
The argument that they are needed to provide a service to the slightly disabled is.

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You're right, they do indeed ring for a vehicle. The other bit I'm less inclined to agree with because I know the PH here have a large array of vehicles available. I guess I'm being silly now because it all depends what area you are in and what demand there is for said service and who knows better than those that fulfil that demand. As I said I don't feel there is much call for the PH fleet to have many WAVs, especially when I consider the fact that there are some 235 of them readily available on a rank, at the end of mobile phone and indeed on a circuit as well. Also considering that nobody has actually everr done any surveys to assess said demand

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Why?

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If an operator is not prepared to employ a driver then they certainly don't deserve any control over the driver. What difference does it make whether driving does or does not represent the main source of income?

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I'm guessing they're talking about internet bookings or mobile phones and the effect it may have on the industry. Currently in our area, I'm not sure if it is a national requirement, we have to have a landline number if we are to be an opertor. Technology does away with that requirement and this has to be considered. Also with regard to training they may well consider that PH or indeed taxis don't need area knowledge because of satnavs, personally I think that would be a disaster, but, do they?

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Replace the word 'some' with the word 'all'.

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IDFIMH

Would someone please advise the boss of bosses of the 2010 Equalities Act.

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IDFIMH

London spiv gets it wrong again, or tries to mislead again.

How many Addison Lee cars are owned by the drivers? The answer is none.

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