Taxi Driver Online

But why should you have to turn away a job. in rural areas there could not be a taxi passing for ages if at all.

Most PH drivers are only doing PH because they cant get a hackney badge due to council regs, so why cant they use the law to there advantage .Iys a Tough world need to take money where you can. PH has the same expencess as Hacks .

I dont agree with just picking up but by either a phone call to the office or getting the punter to fill in a booking form before getting into the vehicle I see no wrong doing.

I used to regularly be approached by punters and if fancied the job i'd just ring the base on me mobile hand it to the punter hed make a booking then base Radio me the job perfectly legal as far as im concerned .........................if i didnt want the jlob id bung the punter a card and ignore the Radio

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In my rural area of Shepway, aka Folkestone, I don't particularly want a hack badge as I can't be arsed to learn Folkestone or the Alkham Valley, it's about 18 miles from base! I prefer to stick to Romney Marsh where the quality of the people and sheep are better. That's why all cars on the marsh are ph and not hacks.

Understand the district bit, but not the circuit bit.

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I often work at ort local airport. Rarely do we see a hackney on the "rank". Our firm pays for the facility to rank at the airport exclusively. There is a "taxi marshall". As punters come to the rank, they give their destnation to the marshall who fills in a docket in a duplicate book. The top copy is given to the next driver in turn and off we go. This does provide the relevant audit trail of a pre booking. However the new "act" seems to mention a "there and then" hire being for "taxis" only. Are far as these jobs are concerned I would bet the punters regard this as a there and then hire.

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Nobody told me to use my initiative. To err is human to arr is pirate.

Where is your office?

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Grandad,

Try blackpool airport,come out and jump straight in a ph no questions asked