Taxi Driver Online

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A local councillor has (on the back of a 13yr old's funeral*) put forward a proposal that ALL taxis should accept chip and pin card payments. He reckons it would allow parents to give their kids the means to get home safely without the need for cash.

This has been welcomed by the provost and will be put to the licencing dept for consideration and consultation by the trade forum. I have no problem with chip and pin, per se, but like cameras I'm not comfortable with the thought of it being imposed without any help to finance the hardware costs. This should be left to each and every driver to decide if a)he wants it, and b) it is affordable.

I await the next forum meeting to see what the mood of the trade is to this latest initative. So far it's negative. Comments include "I've taxied for x years and never been asked to accept a card payment". "What work all night and wait for days to see the money cos everybody has a card, feck that"

* he "spent" his bus fare and decided to take a shortcut over a motorway to get home quicker. (A tragedy on so many levels).

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My heart is heavy, but my consience clear,
I voted Yes, without any fear.

Personally I think all cabs should have chip n pin as standard now. I have one and tbh, I don't know the monthly cost but there has been too many cases of people being dropped off earlier than the destination and a terrible incident has happened because they were a few £ short

How secure is chip and pin? Many scams have been highlighted?

Kids would be required to carry a parents credit card?

Free Download cab:app to your smartphone. No other hardware required.

Parents can pre register a card saving the worry of lost cards. Kids just has to know the 3 digit security number.

And with a smartphone of their own, they can hail a taxi with added safety of getting every detail of the vehicle and driver.

How secure is cab app?

Could any taxi or driver download the app and use it?
Is it possible for bogus drivers or unvetted licence holders to download the app and start picking up passengers that could be children?
Do users/members of cab app have to have security checks and other safety measures like Disclosure Scotland?

"How secure is a cab app?" Do you think people like you are going to give up driving a taxi Longshanks?

Yes they do. All drivers have to verify their license and vehicle details. Slowly but surely LA's are getting on board with this important safety feature.
Each passenger is provided with the driver and vehicle details before it arrives .

Disclosure Scotland PVG will be built into the app as the demand and supply of drivers increases. Only drivers who have registered will then be offered jobs from children or vulnerable adult groups. So if you are PVG registered, get on board and let the cab: app people know.

Are these details subsequently checked by the cab app people before the download?

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Grandad,

Download triggers the registration process. Drivers are then placed in pending until cab:app are satisfied you are a bona fide driver.
If you have any smartphone check it out. It costs nothing, and if there is something in the process that troubles you or could be done better let them know. They will be pleased to hear it because it is for all our benefit.

And if you don't like what you see don't use it.
But at least you have the facility to accept cards as the councillor proposes. To get back on topic

Our LA cant accept a card payment for fees so i doubt they will worry about cars tacking card payments

plus, are fees legal, who pays the fees...

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

So people are harmed because they don't have the fare and it's automatically the cabbie's fault?

Of course it is. It invariably always is when you're at the bottom of the food chain.



What this proves is just how good a businessman you are LongshanksED. So good, you don't even know a fundamental cost to your alleged "business".

Now tell us all how you can go into any bar in Edinburgh, order a round of drinks, and tell the barman you're sorry but you're a few quid short, and how you would expect him to let you off with it?

Can I suggest that you, like the stupid councillor in this fairy story, just aren't living in the real world?

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

See you ya fanny, this forum is a far bettereplace without you, you can't even stick to the point. Yer a cancer to yerself, get to fir all time like you promised.

I was in a bar today after watching hibs hearts derby. Knew I was short before I ordered and asked if they took card payments

"Yeah of course, what would you like?"

In today's world and it's becoming ever more a cashless society, chip n pin or other card payments are the way of the world

Sorry James, my alter ago got the better of me. It's not just this forum that would be better of without you, the 'trade' will move on and provide handsomely for the many who are prepared to work hard and better their all.

What will it take to make you redundant from this forum? Clearly the dossier to Bill and Erica wasn't meaty enough, the next instalment will contain your bile about rape and the shortage of licensed taxis. Keep it coming Jasbar you piece of cancerous bile.

C'mon James, let's get it on. All your years of argument and pontificating, well I fancy my chances of sticking it to you. C'mon all the years of telling the trade how it's wrong against your future employment with Bill and Erica, ya cab nigga!

In my world which, with respect, is real to me, I work in a service industry, where giving the customer what they want and a bit more has immediate tangible ££ rewards. And does the whole trade no harm at all.
Of course the humble cabbie being is at the bottom of the food chain, unfairly blamed of all ills. Unfairly all tarred with the same brush. Stupid Councillor and everyone else who perceives us in a bad light.
What should we do about it?