Taxi Driver Online

And here was us thinking that you'd only been here for five minutes

But you're right about the site being different, it's a lot more civilised and the debate is a lot more constructive than when you and your troublemaking mates were trying to wreak havoc.

Sirius, you're certainly not the brightest star in the sky, but you are the weakest link....goodbye

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I agree to an extent, and the biggest messing around with the market was section 16 of the 1985 Act.

I'm glad you are with me in wanting to be rid of it.

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IDFIMH

I said it was crazy to charge by the mile. I based that opinion on the proposed charges which were being banded about by the media and which were not denied by the Minister. If fuel duty was removed and the price of petrol came down to 70 pence a gallon and the mileage charge was a penny or two pence a mile then that would no doubt be acceptable to most people, including me. We know that is not going to happen and the whole exercise is about raising extra revenue.

Your analogy about plates and road tax is so far removed from reality that it leads me to believe that perhaps you wanted to hijack the thread in favour of plate restrictions. Road pricing is about one form of taxation replacing another and the purpose is exactly the same.

Restrictions placed on a license by a council have nothing whatsoever to do with raising Taxation. The only reason some plates are traded is because of the scarcity value in 109 of the 343 authorities in England and Wales. To compound matters further 60 of those authorities are still considering their options. To link the sale of plates with Taxation revenue in my opinion is absurd.

Regards

JD

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Err, so you said you were going the other night for no apparent reason, to me that looked as if you couldn't stand the heat. The discussion was perfectly amicable as far as I can see before you started going on a about antagonism and being fickle and suchlike - where exactly?



This is a disussion forum, the only representative of the site is TDO - I was referring to the site's views, not the members of the discussion forum.

By the way, if you want to see a forum of yes men, have a look at the one started by the people whose departure from this forum you lament.


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It costs money to access the roads at the moment, as I said earlier. Directly pricing the roads is essentially a different version of what's there at the moment. There are clearly pros and cons attached to such a change, but I can't see the link to restricting taxi numbers and plate premiums.




No, they are an artificial barrier to entry - surely you cannot deny this?



Precisely, that's why the OFT recommended that governments stop messing around in markets.

You seem to have your argument on plates completely upside down and back to front Mr Sirius, but at least you taught me a new word

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From past experience, when newcomers to the site start criticising the past actions of the site for no obvious reason it's normally turned out to be one of the past troublemakers under a new identity.



I don't think anyone ever disagreed with that, and I'm sure Harold Shipman cured many sick people, but this hardly exscused mass murder surely?

Please note that the troublemakers started their own forum, so it's not as if they can't have their say - but of the three or so people that we banned, a couple don't even post regularly on their own forum, which says a lot.



Since you've been reading the site for so long you should no full well what their 'crime' was, so why try to misrepresent things?



If you've been following the forum for as long as you claim then that should be pretty obvious - they cause as much trouble and spread as much lies as possible, then when they get kicked off they accuse us of censorship.



Ditto.



See my first reply above.



Well if you think that disagreeing with your viewpoint amounts to antagonism, then you're obviously very easily offended.

Maybe they aren't your mates, but to the extent that you're trying to defend liars and troublemakers then doesn't that make you their mate?

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Yes, but your argument seems to be that if the governments stop interfering in the market for taxi plates then that means they are..err...interfering. Seems to be a massive contradiction there

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The council does set a price for a plate, nothing. They are all issued for free.

The only folks doing what you say, are those selling them on for up to £50,000.

Now some may think that's fine and dandy, but I don't.

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IDFIMH

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Your point being?

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IDFIMH

Without a shadow of a doubt. Ask the wheel-chair bound.

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