‘Immoral’ taxi fare rise rejected

captain cab · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:24 pm

Sean Ridley, centre, with other hackney carriage drivers opposing the increase W51370H13

A BID to increase taxi fares in Adur has failed for a second time.

A division on the ranks saw some drivers calling for new rates, while others described the proposed fares as ‘immoral’.

Adur District Council’s licensing committee heard from both sides at Adur Civic Centre last Monday. Members rejected the increase, as the proposal did not come from the majority of drivers.

Chairman Carson Albury said: “It is up to the taxi drivers themselves to determine what fare they think is right. It is the second time we have had to go through this process and it is getting a bit tedious.”

Adur has not had an increase in the hackney carriage tariff since September 2008. A request in early 2011 for an increase was rejected.

The district has the 18th dearest taxi fares out of 365 areas nationally and it is the second dearest area in Sussex.

Sean Ridley from Lancing, who has been in the business for the past 30 years, spoke on behalf of a number of Adur taxi drivers.

He said the proposed increase came to the committee without the whole trade mandate. He described it as ‘nasty in its make-up’ and ‘immoral’.

“It is designed to unfairly penalise the shorter journey, exactly the opposite of the traditional method of constructing taxi tariffs,” he added.

Stephen Fleming from Shoreham was voted chairman at the trade meeting in November last year, when a narrow majority voted in favour of an increase.

He said a lot of drivers felt short journeys were economically unsustainable and rising costs were putting pressure on taxi drivers.

“Any tariff is a maximum, if you don’t want to charge it, you don’t have to,” he pointed out. But Emma Evans questioned how it would work and said it would cause issues at the taxi rank.

She added: “I am not prepared to support the proposal because it only represents 19 per cent of those who have a voice.”

The committee heard there were 68 hackney vehicles in Adur and 84 drivers.

David Lambourne, who said he was a taxi driver himself for a short period, said: “I think you should have had a proper postal ballot, then you would have had more credibility for this.”

Vice-chairman Peter Metcalfe said: “I think taxi drivers do a fantastic job and residents of Adur deserve a good taxi service.

“What they don’t deserve is the most expensive taxi service in the whole of the UK, which is what is being proposed here.”

The committee said it wanted to hear a proposal from the trade as a whole.

source: http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-6192782

captain cab · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:02 pm

Is it any real surprise to find the trade is full of f*ckwits?

skippy41 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:19 pm

“Any tariff is a maximum, if you don’t want to charge it, you don’t have to,” he pointed out.

Quote:

But Emma Evans questioned how it would work and said it would cause issues at the taxi rank.

Simple its the punters prerogative what taxi they take from a rank, regardless

captain cab · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:22 pm

skippy41 wrote:

“Any tariff is a maximum, if you don’t want to charge it, you don’t have to,” he pointed out.

Quote:

But Emma Evans questioned how it would work and said it would cause issues at the taxi rank.

Simple its the punters prerogative what taxi they take from a rank, regardless

you better tell that to Emma the thicko

Sussex · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:19 pm

captain cab wrote:

Is it any real surprise to find the trade is full of f*ckwits?

Nope.

They haven't had a rise for nearly 6 years, so instead of saying no to this increase, why not propose a different increase that more/most could agree on.

Or do they want to end up working forever for f*** all?

captain cab · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:25 pm

http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-5755337

wee bit of history here

Sussex · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:30 pm

captain cab wrote:

http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/local/taxi-drivers-claim-majority-do-not-support-rise-in-fares-1-5755337

wee bit of history here

The crazy thing is, that this council, of all the councils in the land, has a leader that would be very sympathetic to the cab trade. :wink:

captain cab · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:32 pm

Quote:

Mr Ridley hit back, saying: “These attempts to increase fares are born of pure greed, as no one can argue that taxi fares could ever be described as cheap. It is true to say that fuel and running costs are significant, but not significantly any more in Adur over any other area.”

I wonder if this is the same Mr Ridley;

http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-1140596

captain cab · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:35 pm

viewtopic.php?p=105586

oh - they were all furious in 2008 as well :lol:

skippy41 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:45 pm

Sussex wrote:

captain cab wrote:

Is it any real surprise to find the trade is full of f*ckwits?

Nope.

They haven't had a rise for nearly 6 years, so instead of saying no to this increase, why not propose a different increase that more/most could agree on.

Or do they want to end up working forever for f*** all?

They are 18th in the fare chart, we are around 268 th and we get by, and we haven't had a rise for 18 months, the council said we are not getting one
So this lot can mark time until we try to catch up and that will be in about 10 years time

Sussex · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:47 pm

skippy41 wrote:

Sussex wrote:

captain cab wrote:

Is it any real surprise to find the trade is full of f*ckwits?

Nope.

They haven't had a rise for nearly 6 years, so instead of saying no to this increase, why not propose a different increase that more/most could agree on.

Or do they want to end up working forever for f*** all?

They are 18th in the fare chart, we are around 268 th and we get by, and we haven't had a rise for 18 months, the council said we are not getting one

And the cost of living your way is on par with living on the South Coast.

captain cab · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:54 pm

Sussex wrote:

And the cost of living your way is on par with living on the South Coast.

yeah the south coast of india :lol:

Nidge2 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:42 pm

captain cab wrote:

‘Immoral’ taxi fare rise rejected

Sean Ridley, centre, with other hackney carriage drivers opposing the increase W51370H13

A BID to increase taxi fares in Adur has failed for a second time.

A division on the ranks saw some drivers calling for new rates, while others described the proposed fares as ‘immoral’.

Adur District Council’s licensing committee heard from both sides at Adur Civic Centre last Monday. Members rejected the increase, as the proposal did not come from the majority of drivers.

Chairman Carson Albury said: “It is up to the taxi drivers themselves to determine what fare they think is right. It is the second time we have had to go through this process and it is getting a bit tedious.”

Adur has not had an increase in the hackney carriage tariff since September 2008. A request in early 2011 for an increase was rejected.

The district has the 18th dearest taxi fares out of 365 areas nationally and it is the second dearest area in Sussex.

Sean Ridley from Lancing, who has been in the business for the past 30 years, spoke on behalf of a number of Adur taxi drivers.

He said the proposed increase came to the committee without the whole trade mandate. He described it as ‘nasty in its make-up’ and ‘immoral’.

“It is designed to unfairly penalise the shorter journey, exactly the opposite of the traditional method of constructing taxi tariffs,” he added.

Stephen Fleming from Shoreham was voted chairman at the trade meeting in November last year, when a narrow majority voted in favour of an increase.

He said a lot of drivers felt short journeys were economically unsustainable and rising costs were putting pressure on taxi drivers.

“Any tariff is a maximum, if you don’t want to charge it, you don’t have to,” he pointed out. But Emma Evans questioned how it would work and said it would cause issues at the taxi rank.

She added: “I am not prepared to support the proposal because it only represents 19 per cent of those who have a voice.”

The committee heard there were 68 hackney vehicles in Adur and 84 drivers.

David Lambourne, who said he was a taxi driver himself for a short period, said: “I think you should have had a proper postal ballot, then you would have had more credibility for this.”

Vice-chairman Peter Metcalfe said: “I think taxi drivers do a fantastic job and residents of Adur deserve a good taxi service.

“What they don’t deserve is the most expensive taxi service in the whole of the UK, which is what is being proposed here.”

The committee said it wanted to hear a proposal from the trade as a whole.

source: http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-6192782

Feckin idiots. If they want to work for nothing let them. By the looks of them they're drawing pensions and only earning pin money.

trotskys twin · **Joined:** Wed May 23, 2012 7:24 pm **Posts:** 6755

skippy41 wrote:

Sussex wrote:

captain cab wrote:

Is it any real surprise to find the trade is full of f*ckwits?

Nope.

They haven't had a rise for nearly 6 years, so instead of saying no to this increase, why not propose a different increase that more/most could agree on.

Or do they want to end up working forever for f*** all?

They are 18th in the fare chart, we are around 268 th and we get by, and we haven't had a rise for 18 months, the council said we are not getting one
So this lot can mark time until we try to catch up and that will be in about 10 years time

This from bollock chops ......................always discount ...................its pasasites fu8kwits like you that create this shy8e #-o

wtf does it matter where yer are in the league tables ......................kkunts like will you will always destroy the industry ffs #-o

gusmac · **Posted:** Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:06 am

captain cab wrote:

Is it any real surprise to find the trade is full of f*ckwits?

No

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