Taxi Driver Online

I'm sure all the operators are until somebody turns up with a super cheap app and offers to bid for school runs on drivers behalf instead of having to work through an operator

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OMG - you think these large internet based firms are actually knowledgeable about the millions spent across the country on school transport??????

ffs

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George Carlin

I can't be the only one that read that some 4.5 million is spent by our council in providing transport for schools, elderly people and getting the unemployed to interviews, job clubs etc and we still have poor taxi drivers

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but well off ops

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

Of course. Nobody, not even dairies, skim as well as ph operators

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And I thought that work could only be passed from one operator to another operator under the proposals.

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Grandad,
old fart with no heart

So what is the gripe with the proposal to make it standard for a 3 year drivers license and a five year operators license? Both of these are allowed under the current legislation on some councils prefer to do a 1 year drivers license and a 2 year operators license.

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Grandad,
old fart with no heart

because that is a choice a council makes - they are not forced to issue three year licenses or five year licenses

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George Carlin

Providing all the 'fit and proper' drivers are actually 'fit and proper' as well as honest enough to let the council know whenever they do anything wrong, nothing.

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I think you missed my point, especially in areas where the majority of drivers are taxi drivers and not ph drivers

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Standardisation. Lets have the same standards across the board. there is nothing to stop a council checking a drivers driving license whenever they want. There is nothing to stop a council checking the insurance whenever they want and there is nothing to stop a council from checking the condition a vehicle up to 3 times a year. So why should say a driver who has been doing the job for 10 years without any blemishes on his drivers license have to have a council license for 1 year when the law permits 3 years? My passport runs for 10 years and my driving license runs until I am 70 but my Council license is for just 1 year.

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Grandad,
old fart with no heart

yeah ok - lets all have a one year badge

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

Not a problem if the price is the same as the price paid by Toots. More of a problem when the price is increasing by 25% year on year like it is here.

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Grandad,
old fart with no heart

How much is it then for your licence area?

I still shake my head in disbelief at the utter ineptitude in the way most of the national taxi/ph trade have handled the three taxi/ph issues in the dereg bill.

One so called leader, who doesn't post on TDO, told me personally he had no problem with two of the three issues. How many more are of that opinion but haven't got the balls to say that at the top table?

On here has been posted comments from some of our so-called reps in their response to the LC, which differ from their responses to the DfT. How on earth can anyone take these people seriously.

It's far too late for amendments but sensible ones could have been proposed at an early stage, but all we hear and read is no no no.

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