Taxi Driver Online

I suspect you aren't the first nor will you be the last to contemplate this.

But if I was in similar shoes I would be very careful who I sold it too, because I wouldn't want to be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life.

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IDFIMH

Well if you think selling something to someone for tens of thousands of pounds, that you know will be worthless in a short time, will have no repercussions, then so be it.

I happen to believe folk are a little less forgiving.

But TBH I don't have too much sympathy for those that pay that sort of money to queue jump. So if both sides of that transaction end up in conflict, then so be it.

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IDFIMH

dont worry Sussex, i have no plans to sell any time soon, in fact I intend to continue my campaign against the de regulationists.

You would struggle to do much worse than the T&G.

And who is talking about de-regulation?

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IDFIMH

you know all the answers that the T&G need can be found right here on TDO, they probably have not figured it out yet........nor have these councils that are being held to ransom.

as far as Cardiff goes, well the guy deserves it, greed gets you no where

I agree, but first they will have to learn to read.

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IDFIMH

What did this guy do that was so illegal or repugnant?

He was apparently near the top of a waiting list and expecting a license, the fact he had licenses should have been irrelavent.

The council agreed to comply by the survey results and issue 6 licenses and in their words the restriction had served Cardiff well (or words to that effect).

They then decide on a ballot, and from what JD has found out (credit where credit is due), it seems to have been a previous practice. The guy at the top of the list was rightly miffed, as anyone would be.

The guy, quite rightly questions the right of a LA to dismiss a waiting list and a ongoing practice, (to which we have all benefitted, because now lottery issue of licenses are stated).

And it ends up with deregulation.

Surely the question needs asked, for the benefit of everyone (both pro limitation and pro delimitation) why an LA can be convinced in January 03 that regulation has served them well, and in April (well effectively April) that a 100% U turn would be better.

regards

Captain Cab

(unlike the certain republican groups, I am unfortunately here to stay)

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Maybe he just drew attention to the iniquity of the whole thing, which I would imagine most councillors didn't have a clue about until he chose to highlight it.

Even if the council had only issued the six plates, there was clearly little merit in letting him have them, given that he had a pile that were worth thousands, so clearly a ballot was fairer than using the waiting list.

But these ethical questions could easily be circumvented by the most ethical solution of all

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Taxi Driver Online
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Just Maybe drew attention?, your perhaps being overly fair.

I still think its a little hard to swallow to make a statement that they considered themselves well served by taxis and within a matter of 3 months do a 100% U turn.

Of course the question will be how many of the 600 or so applicants will actually go out and purchase vehicles now delimitation is the likelyhood, this will answer if they were in it for a quick buck or if they want to be owner drivers, I watch with interest.

Captain Cab

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

he had 50+ plates.
the councikl wanted to issue a few more and he wanted most of them as well.
i cant believe anyone supports that.
and i thought the t&g were tossers.

Maybe they had concluded that they were being well served by users

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Taxi Driver Online
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Yes, maybe that's why Cardiff performed the u-turn - they realised many were just in it for the quick buck, or perhaps the not so quick but even more bucks by milking drivers in the longer term.

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Taxi Driver Online
www.taxi-driver.co.uk

So the fact that a guy may live in a large house, or he may own more than one taxi makes the law different?

Whether a person has one plate, zero plates or 1000 plates doesnt affect an application, in so far as the various acts are concerned.

As for the tossers remark, well I thought you'd appreciate someone having a hobby similar to your own.


Captain Cab

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

well im a taxi driver so i dont give a dam what house he lives in.
but if he had 50 house and the council were giving away another 6.
only A pratt from the NTA would suggest the bloke with 50 gets them over the homeless.