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This isnt true to our LA.
All our work is prebooked.
LA rule is a meter does not have to be used as long as fare is less than what a meter price would be.
The inspectors even joke when they do a metered mile every 6 months that theres not a lot of point as we only had hacks just to have the name "cabs".
We do not pick up off the streets as we are a rural area and you would never find any one to pick up

If the meter is not used then how does the customer know that the fare is below the metered fare?

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Grandad,

That is what I was leading to. Except that it would seem that most of the work is carried out in the neighboring authority.

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Grandad,

Most of our jobs did start or end in the town which is in the next authority. Customers just know what meter prices are high and our plot to plot prices were a hell of a lot cheaper. eg the job i quoted earlier to the town as 6 quid is about £12 on a meter.
2 months ago i actually sold the company, but towards the end LA said its kind of pointless you fitting rooflights and meters on every car so agreed that we could start plating vehicles as private hire and still be called "cabs" as we did have a percentage of hc.
Never really wanted to be hackney but although our LA was wuite soft on a lot of rules they were strict on names

Given his degree of disability he should receive a specific benefit to enable him to travel. he would get it in London via the local council.

Theres no reason the WAV owner should take on non viable jobs ffs!

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I tried to explain to a base op that sending a car 5 miles (from our base) to pick up then 10 miles further on in the same direction (ending up 15 miles from base) didnt mean she could quote as a 15 mile job (UNLESS she sent a PH) but it fell on deaf ears...

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It usually does.

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Grandad,

I have heard of hackney only companies that start meter from leaving base which would result in a 15 mile journey. Is this not allowed in some districts?
NKDC (my LA) has a rule that all HC are actually allowed to work as private hire, hence we had them to get desired name but never switched a meter on.
I often thought would be nice to work in a city that has a lot of work and be a HC and not have to rack up much dead milaege

I would love to see the actual wording used because there are some around here who think that is correct but it isn't.

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Grandad,

If our LA sent out staff to book 20 local trips im sure in 19 cases the meter wouldnt go on, the 20th would have set it at flag+extra at start to start at the £4 the others would have charged

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Interestingly our regs say "The meter must be used for all journeys"

If it came to court id say the journey started (in my opinion) when I was given it by the base (or when the passenger got in the car off a rank)

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It is quite specific in my area. The meter starts when the passenger is on board and the wheels start turning and goes off when you stop at the destination. no allowance for loading goods or passengers and no charging for dead miles.

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Grandad,

We also have no waiting time rate, Pitts (Notts) didnt believe that and rang our LO who said "We (WE!) only charge mileage and some extras"

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Dark ages, f***ing dark ages.

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correct , wrong i think though , so scenario, pick up some old lady in a wheelchair, pull up to the house, get the ramps out, wheel her down to the car, push her in the car, put the ramps away , lash her in the back , close doors , jump in the car, hit meter , drive to supermarket,stop meter, get paid repeat as before , effectively, working for nothing , takes longer to do so they should get more imoh like + they get mobility allowance for that very reason, TRANSPORT COSTS !