Taxi Driver Online

IMO paying % per job is great when you're not doing much work, but, if you're expecting to make a living from Apps they need to be fixed rate. Nothing until the work builds up then, in our case, £10 per week regardless of how much work you do. Most local Apps could work nationally if the owners bothered to make it happen. The one we use is used in several parts of the country already.

_________________
Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

God Dougie, you can talk some shi*e but let's try again, how much are your radio dues per month?

_________________
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Dougie, is obviously too embarrassed to put a real figure on his City Cabs Radio Dues per Month?

_________________
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Fact is Skull my CC radio pays for itself, it also creates jobs, it cuts my carbon footprint, it invests in technology, it also allows for our company to compete for the big contracts like the Airport, every penny I spend on my radio comes back in one way or another, no sign of profiteering, no dividend payments, no debts, we are answerable only to our members, the Uber App with no guarantee of drivers, vehicles or customers is a dead rubber and won't be allowed to operate outwith current or future regulation El Facto

_________________
Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

Ostrich syndrome.
Denying or refusing to acknowledge something that is blatantly obvious as if your head were in the sand like an ostrich.

_________________
Grandad,

Co-operative syndrome, apparently its a very healthy option rather than being profiteered by multi national 20% ers

Keep that to yourself Grandad, we wouldn't want to give your neck of the woods any ideas now would we

_________________
Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

And what Co-operative are you talking about Dougie, not City Cabs, what because you all get a pretendy wee vote, while the committee line their own pockets by running the company to suite their own financial interests.

City and CRT have not been a proper members co-operative for years...

Oh and Dougie, all you are paying for with Uber is a technology platform that puts the customer in direct contact with the driver - job done. No daft wee committees or jobs for their pals in the office.

So Dougie, you were about to tell everyone how much you pay a month, to keep all of these freeloaders and hangers on in a job?

_________________
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Uber - $40B

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25639

_________________
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

and replacing them with Uber.

If they are dispatching/receiving bookings from a location based in Scotland, they will need a booking office licence. It need not be in Edinburgh but it must be licensed by that location's council.
If they are not dispatching or receiving bookings from a location based in Scotland or they are doing so for no more than 3 licensed vehicles, no booking office licence is required.

Cars will need to be licensed "hire cars" (Taxi or PHC). "Hire car" - motor vehicle with a driver which is, with a view to profit, available for hire by the public CGSA 23(2)

The legislation doesn't mention how hires are made by the customer or received by the driver other than a taxi licence being required for hires from a public place, there and then. CGSA 23(1)
A booking could therefore be made in person or via a phone, radio, internet, semaphore, smoke signals, carrier pigeon, telepathy or anything else you can think of.

Their Taxis and PHC will need to be licensed by Edinburgh, unless they like returning to their licenced areas out with the city, instead of waiting for a job in Edinburgh. CGSA 21(1)

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

I think you are misinterpreting the quote:


While I agree, that councils might and probably will use the CGSA to licence the use of this technology, Uber in itself, is just an app, like any other app that puts the customer in touch with the service provider.

Uber is not a taxi company, it is a technology platform. Uber does not own taxis/Phc and nor are they a taxi/phc company.

_________________
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

_________________
Grandad,

I keep on trying to point that bit out -and the bit that they have done the same in England - but who listens to me ffs

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

My point exactly. Uber is a technology platform and not a taxi company. It doesn't need an office in George street. The booking office licence is just a means of satisfying they council and smoothing the way to the apps operation throughout City.

I wouldn't be surprise if Uber's registered office in George street was little more than a plaque on a wall.

_________________
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

They are a company facilitating the booking of taxis and PHC and they are taking 20% of the fare for the privilege.
What means they use to achieve this or how they describe themselves doesn't matter.

_________________

http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

No one is disagreeing with you but it doesn't change, the fact, that Uber is a technology platform. I bet there are cities where Uber is operating without a licence.

_________________
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"