Dusty Bin wrote:
I doubt if anyone can conclude that all passengers like a screen or not. Some no doubt do, some won't.
It also probably has a lot to do with other aspects of the vehicle rather than a screen per se.
But even if some passengers don't like a screen, there's a bit of a difference between that and being in the driver's lap
Are the Smart cars to be offered as a distinct service at a discounted price? If so I could understand the attraction to the customer.
But if they just turn up at random then I suspect there'll be quite a few disgruntled customers.
Targeted for specific customer needs. No one expecting hack or a PH would have one of these instead unless they had specifically agreed.
It's not a dumbing down, its new offer of a service that some customer will grasp.
Small vehicles, using less fuel, less emissions,nippier through traffic an priced accordingly.
It's not going to suit everyone.
But it does address the problem that taxi trade has with ts insistence that on size fits all, and tough if it doesn't suit the customer. Take it r leave it.
Like or not, the taxi trade has gone from a one stop solution to a niche market. That is what slavish adherence to the stats quo has delivered.
hat s where city and central have taken the trade. Two dinosaurs unable to survive in the modern world. And principally because they're run by unqualified amateurs.