Taxi Driver Online

UK cab trade debate and advice
It is currently Wed Apr 29, 2026 6:51 pm

All times are UTC [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 170 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12  Next
Author Message
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:15 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:22 pm
Posts: 14152
Location: Wirral
Dusty Bin wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Well that was a completely wasted post!!


On the contrary, since you said nothing to doubt the substance and merely immaturely quoted the whole post just to add a few words then I suspect my points were bang on, irrespective of whether this mysterious vehicle dealer that you cited earlier was or wasn't Mr Pow and/or Allied Vehicles.

But presumably it was all meant to be said in secret anyway or you would have named names 8-[


Believe what you like about what you posted but why would there be a need to name names?

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


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:54 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:11 pm
Posts: 8119
Location: A Villa in Aston NO MORE!
Dusty Bin wrote:
Can just imagine you meeting the LC at Coventry, Toots.

:D wrote:
Hi Mr Percival, I'm Kags from the Wirral, please don't derestrict, there's too many taxis you know, and some people need protecting from themselves, cos I know better than them. In fact reminds me of the time I said that the trade suited me because it's flexible and I can fit it round my other several sources of income, but please don't let other drivers who rely on the trade for a living have a taxi if they want one, because they'll just cherrypick when they want to work, and they need protecting from themselves you know.

And as I said, there's too many taxis, but I know a nice man from Sefton called Trevor who has a fleet, and instead of drivers running their own taxi if it suits them they can go to Trev and get a drive there and pay him his inflated rentals, because remember if they drove for themselves there'd be too many taxis and they need protecting from themselves, ideally by driving a taxi for the selfless and benevolent Trev. And anyway, allowing drivers the choice to work for themselves would amount to controlling peoples' lives and be like the Third Reich, innit?

And don't forget that if anyone disagrees with this then they can't be a real taxi driver, in fact he'll probably be a child pretending to be an adult whose Daddy in fact drives a PHV, thus clearly not a real taxi driver at all and needs to grow up a bit.


:D :D :D

She did, you didn't.

Fact!!

And she had sensible discussions on two occasions with their representatives.

_________________
Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

Type a message, post your news,
Disagree with other members' views;
But please, do have some decorum,
When debating on the TDO Forum.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:56 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:30 pm
Posts: 57347
Location: 1066 Country
blackpool wrote:
The thing is, i think if i was going to go round every ph company and ask if theyd like the best of both worlds.I.E would you like your radio and also be able to pick up of the rank they would probally say yes.The vast majority anyway.But the vast majority would also want to sit at the few places that are available on the few ranks that work in the day.i also think they would want to come out and do that busy hour from 2 till 3 am(yeah right busy !) The vast majority probally think being a hackney in a restricted area is easy money.Like dusty says "plate barons" that charge inflated rents to drivers.In the real world though you should find out how much work there really is to go around on the streets, and can it really be diluted anymore.

You make some interesting points, but the way I look at it is that who's best to decide what's best for you? Not me, nor the Bin.

But that also applies the other way, it's not for the likes of the pro quota brigade to dictate what's good for me.

_________________
IDFIMH


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:57 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:11 pm
Posts: 8119
Location: A Villa in Aston NO MORE!
Dusty Bin wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
What about the slavery of the PH Operator?

What about it?

Dupa!!

_________________
Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

Type a message, post your news,
Disagree with other members' views;
But please, do have some decorum,
When debating on the TDO Forum.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:59 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:11 pm
Posts: 8119
Location: A Villa in Aston NO MORE!
Dusty Bin wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Well that was a completely wasted post!!

irrespective of whether this mysterious vehicle dealer that you cited earlier was or wasn't Mr Pow and/or Allied Vehicles.

You got it in one.

See, you are ultra-intelligent after all!!

_________________
Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

Type a message, post your news,
Disagree with other members' views;
But please, do have some decorum,
When debating on the TDO Forum.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:02 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:30 pm
Posts: 57347
Location: 1066 Country
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
What about the slavery of the PH Operator?

On a par with the worst aspects of the trade.

But delimiting taxi numbers will help some PH serfs gaining their freedom, alongside some taxi journeymen.

_________________
IDFIMH


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:12 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:11 pm
Posts: 8119
Location: A Villa in Aston NO MORE!
Sussex wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
What about the slavery of the PH Operator?

On a par with the worst aspects of the trade.

But delimiting taxi numbers will help some PH serfs gaining their freedom, alongside some taxi journeymen.

Why woulf you want to delimit in all LAs, when many have relimited after many years of delimitation.

Don't those LAs have a right to choose how they run their patch as per the governments localism charter.

Surely they know what's best for their LA.

And as for restriction and derestriction, there just has to be a different way, a middle road some how, because both systems create problems to a greater or lesser extent.

I've suggested this in the past, but I now have this gut feeling that we may well get a one-tier system in the end as that would greatly deminish the PH barons, allow market forces to prevail as the government wants, but most importantly of all, would at a stoke eradicate the publics' confusion regarding HC and PH.

And this reform is not for our benefit but for the benefit of the public.

_________________
Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

Type a message, post your news,
Disagree with other members' views;
But please, do have some decorum,
When debating on the TDO Forum.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:25 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:37 pm
Posts: 2406
Who posts on here that works in a recently deristricted area,im curious how it suddenly becomes better earnings and service ?


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:36 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:31 pm
Posts: 12045
Location: Aberdeen
blackpool wrote:
Who posts on here that works in a recently deristricted area,im curious how it suddenly becomes better earnings and service ?


Anyone in a recently restricted area who are now making shed loads of dough?

_________________
Image
http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:10 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:37 pm
Posts: 2406
gusmac wrote:
blackpool wrote:
Who posts on here that works in a recently deristricted area,im curious how it suddenly becomes better earnings and service ?


Anyone in a recently restricted area who are now making shed loads of dough?

No :roll:


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:17 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:26 pm
Posts: 8529
Quote:
Yes, that much is obvious, but - and I don't know how many times this needs repeating - the point originally was about a one-tier system. There was no impediment in terms of different PH/HC barriers to entry


Now if I remember rightly, the law commission have already stated that the private hire sector has a huge turnover in drivers...( might possibly be a clue there).... and they also State that their preference is not to a one Tear system... (the major private hire companies don't want it) they do not want their drivers picking up off the streets. so that seems to be the end of that.

_________________
Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:20 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:26 pm
Posts: 8529
Sussex wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
What about the slavery of the PH Operator?

On a par with the worst aspects of the trade.

But delimiting taxi numbers will help some PH serfs gaining their freedom, alongside some taxi journeymen.

shouldn't this be in the Scottish section..... and I hope you painted your face when you wrote it :D

freeeedddddom :lol:

_________________
Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:23 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:30 pm
Posts: 57347
Location: 1066 Country
MR T wrote:
Now if I remember rightly, the law commission have already stated that the private hire sector has a huge turnover in drivers... might possibly be a clue there....

They stated that but they have got it wrong. That's the clue.

Maybe people could estimate the amount of local PH drivers that don't renew and leave the trade each year.

In my manor I would say it's less than 5%.

_________________
IDFIMH


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:24 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:26 pm
Posts: 8529
Sussex wrote:
MR T wrote:
Now if I remember rightly, the law commission have already stated that the private hire sector has a huge turnover in drivers... might possibly be a clue there....

They stated that but they have got it wrong. That's the clue.

Maybe people could estimate the amount of local PH drivers that don't renew and leave the trade each year.

In my manor I would say it's less than 5%.

I think you'll find it's you that's wrong :shock:

_________________
Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:29 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:26 pm
Posts: 8529
Sussex wrote:
MR T wrote:
Now if I remember rightly, the law commission have already stated that the private hire sector has a huge turnover in drivers... might possibly be a clue there....

They stated that but they have got it wrong. That's the clue.

Maybe people could estimate the amount of local PH drivers that don't renew and leave the trade each year.

In my manor I would say it's less than 5%.

but Brighton doesn't represent the rest of the UK... in fact it is exceptional.... probably because it's so small, and quaint, :p it must be over 20 per cent in Sefton because there is always loads leaving and new ones taking their place.... and without a knowledge test it would be huge

_________________
Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 170 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12  Next

All times are UTC [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 33 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group