Taxi Driver Online

The chap from the council was saying that any rise is likely to be in line with the RPI. So it looks like running a taxi will be compared to buying a tin of beans and nothing to do with drivers earning a living and maintaining a car.

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Grandad,

Oh, right.

I was just wondering you see. Our latest tarrif change came in February this year. The council did not require a certificate of calibration, and have not made any arangement for meter testing and sealing. Could be any old tarrif in them there meters, couldn't it?
One driver, an agent for one particular brand of meter was told he could reset the tarrif in other taxi's, but not his own.

Correct me if I am wrong. A meter fitted into a vehicle is first callibrated by it's pulse rate, and once covering a measured mile accurately will not need ressetting. The tarrif is then installed, and can be reset in the future without altering the calibration?

So why would you need a "Certificate of calibration" when there is a fare increase?

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Former taxi driver

In legal terms they are 'fettering their discretion', in other words acting unlawfully.

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IDFIMH

To confirm that the meter has been changed to the approved rate by an approved dealer.

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IDFIMH

Then you miss the point I make.

If the meter is correctly calibrated, there is no need to adjust it, even for a new fare.

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Former taxi driver

i bet Pitt's arent forthcoming with a reciept for the meter change.....

and they only want cash, not a bad days work when we had it done, about 15 years ago, 25 cars at £10 a time

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

But meters go wrong, or the battery runs out. Thus the meter will need to be reset.

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IDFIMH

Meters do not "go Wrong" they either work or don't work.

The battery will not "run out" (used to, on a taxitronic in the eighties) still got one of them big grey monsters Sussex?

I've never had a meter problem in years.

Thought you might have asked why the council haven't tested and sealed, though.

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Former taxi driver

I gathered it's because they are f***ing useless.

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IDFIMH

So no-one in your manor has a vehicle that needs a new engine, or any job that requires the battery to be disconnected for a long period?

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IDFIMH

You must have some really funny meters in Brighton.... the ones we have in Sefton if they go down.. runs out of electricity... stops.... you simply get it going again.... new source of power.... and type in the pin number...... it doesn't interfere with the calibration.... and doesn't need to be resealed....

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

The back up battery is supposed to last at least 6 months without the vehicle power supply.

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

So are all you lot saying no meters get any attention, for whatever reason, form the meter fitters, between tariff changes?

Cos our local fitters are always resetting them.

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IDFIMH

Never had one repaired in 20 years

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