Taxi Driver Online

dundee wav wrote

"its now over a year and a half since dundee was deregulated plus the seventy odd plates won by 203020 which represented ten percent of the total hack numbers prior to deregulation, and the situation is that the old plate holders who relied heavily on drivers are reporting big losses
the ops who drive their own cabs are reporting minor losses the new ops are saying either they are making the same or if they have a driver are better off, before dundee dregulation this site was full of hack owners shouting off some become quite aggressive just like the edinburgh situation but now everyone are pals again, its not nearly as bad as everyone thought it would be, dundee has probably went through one of the biggest changes, imagine your manor issuing ten percent of the hack numbers to one company then opening up to wavs ?the doom and gloom has not appeared in dundee at least no plates were surrendered when they were due to be renewed many thought 150 plus would go back
but the figures talk for themselves, but the old ops will probably say different, one problem dundee has is dundee private hire putting all the dole claimants through their badges this is acounting for nearly 90 per cent of new badge holders but the old ops think this is ok?maybe part of the cab test should be higher maths, the number of cabs in our office handys the biggest in dundee has also dropped this is also going against the too many taxis claim, quality controls do work and if the offices backed them up with nobody with a a full time job and no dole dossers
rule then all cabbies would make decent money"

proof is in the pudding eh realcabforce

so why dont you want youre fellow cabbies to have thier own plates again?

we are all in the same boat, you me thier is no differance,only these poorly thought out and poorly implemented laws put this artificial barrier between taxi drivers,and cause all this infighting.

open youre eyes and see the truth its coming wether any of us like it or not.

we all await youre response

hypophetical question although it may yet happen?


like youre quote on the demacratic process
my specs are clear glass.
it appears you went for the rose tinted ones

but anyway are you gonna give youre input on the question or not?

its all a question of morals realcabforce

what gives you the right to stop anyone having what you have been givin?

Yup. But as I said any pre-booked job is a 'private hire' and has been since time immemorial. Taxis (being public hire vehicles) can do private hire work legally but PHC cannot do public hire legally. (although, as we all know, they frequently do) My somewhat lighthearted contention is that although a survey of demand looks at both hail & call markets, should it?

the rights of the applicants were run roughshod over by the council and this sherrif
and you applaud this?#-o
im just interested to see how much rights you think the council should have and how little rights the public should have

I claim no such right. I abided by the law since I saw it addressed the problem of striking a balance between the trade making a decent living and the public having a good 24 hour taxi service. You prefer to challenge it on what I regard as the selfish grounds of greed.

I claim no such right. I abided by the law since I saw it addressed the problem of striking a balance between the trade making a decent living and the public having a good 24 hour taxi service. You prefer to challenge it on what I regard as the selfish grounds of greed.