Taxi Driver Online

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

I like Apps tbh and I envisage they will take the majority of work in the coming years, but, I wonder if the drivers will work for just one App or if they will have several on the go at a time. Is there anything to stop them having more than one App on the go other than the need for a different phone for each App?

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I'm struggle to work out how or why the Uber app is any difference than all the rest.

It appears to me spivs are panicing over nothing.

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IDFIMH

Uber seems to be the only 1 intended for useage as a "cyber circuit", akin to my base using Mercury and using a PH licensed base with staff, nearest to me being Birmingham, wheras in theory there shouldnt be a base anywhere and any member of the publics request for a car should just go out to operators with the app and mainly intended for direct to car owners individually...

putting joe public's request straight to cars

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

I guess the difference in Uber and others is on the drivers side insofar as there is no settle as such you pay % of what you take, it's also intended to be a national App which most ph ops Apps aren't and the only other Apps that could be national are hackney based. What we need is an App that covers all types of vehicles, saloons, purpose built hackneys, high spec vehicles, airport runners etc, etc. I don't think operators need to worry at the minute it's not going to take over overnight but they need to be making plans imo. I'm still wondering if drivers could operate more than one App at a time?

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

Not an app as such but i get this by email onto mt android so quite close

I can bid, punters can accept, etc

http://www.quotemetaxi.com/

one today I could have bid on

Reference 1007250
Pick-up Time 22/03/2015 07:45 (SUN)
Return Time 22/03/2015 21:45 (SUN)
Passengers 1 + 0 BAGS
Option EXTRA DROP-OFF/PICKUP-UP
Pick-up
Address BAKEWELL DRIVE
DERBY
DE74 2NF
Drop-off
Address BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORT
HURN
BH23 6SE

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

If it's not in the T&Cs of an App company then I see no reason why an operator can't use multiple but the question should be, Should we support this form of extreme profiteering?

As proven once they have you, your trapped and at the mercy of them

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

How is this type of profiteering any different than paying a base operator £100 per week for work that may or may not be there As the App deals directly with the driver it takes away the need for the operator company.

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

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

Depends on your local authority if you can work for more than one firm at the same time. I understand with some local authorities, you have to submit your PH licence to your chosen operator, and you can work for them.

In London, you can work for as many operators - app based/traditional office-based as you like. As long as you've got access to your car's documents - i.e. MOT, PH licence, logbook, as you need these to submit copies of these to each operator you work for. Hence, if you drive a company car a company gives you (e.g. Addison Lee - and they're branded anyway), you won't have access to these documents, and can't use that car for other firms.

Most PH drivers in London are on more than one app anyway, and it makes sense to maximise your income in this way.

In London as far as I know there's: Uber, Wheely, Hailo, Bounce, Splyt, and Drivr (though they seem to have discontinued operations in London).

With regards to different phones. As far as I know, you can rent a phone from Uber and Bounce for a weekly fee (though it will be locked so only their own app works on it), or you can download their driver app onto your own phone.

The smaller, recent start ups expect you to work for more than one app/firm anyway, since they don't offer enough work to justify from working with them solely. (e.g. I only get an average 1 or 2 jobs a week from Bounce)

Our authority requires that the paper part of your driver license issued by them is lodged with the operator you work for, if you work for more than one you had to purchase another one from them. Recently they have made available drivers information live online so that operators can check that drivers and vehicles are fully licensed. This is so they can get away from the requirement of having paper licenses issued to give to operators so a driver will only need the one and they keep it themselves.

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

Couldn't the driver just take a photocopy?

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Grandad,

City Cabs Edinburgh is a non profit making co-operative, so we don't profiteer at anyone's expense, most of my circuit fees are made from the extras I earn from telephone and App bookings, in real terms my circuit fees pay for itself, companies like Uber Get Taxi are purely for profit, the more they get the more they want and at the drivers expense, there's plenty of evidence of unhappy Uber drivers

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

er, like any other base then?

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

The paper part of the licence will be abolished from June or July this year so your LA will need to re-write the rules.