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It is not the LA that has allowed the tariff to drop to that extent. That is the fault of the trade. Why are you not asking for a tariff review every year?[/quote]


Because it's like everywhere else, you'll get some dime bar that will oppose the increase stating, "it will ruin the trade." They'll be the first one to have their meters changed over.[/quote]

Right on the nail! Every other business pubs/clubs/takeaways and especially hotels have increased their prices, except the taxi trade . Part of the problem is short sighted taxi drivers who see hundreds of cabs out every night and get a pitiful return during the week......are then afraid that they will earn even less. If the truth be known it is a downward spiral, with that in mind the L.A/council should take safe guards to ensure that enough income is being generated to ensure that the drivers can keep their cars/cabs up to a modern standard.

The proof being is that the 10 year rule that was in place now seems to have gone out of the window, I now see cabs out there, that are 53 plates.



Our representatives go forward with a proposal! Dragon taxis (500 cars/cabs) who are basically P.H but also have Hacks usually put forward their proposals (generally lower) - guess which one goes through? they always neglect to mention that their 5+ seaters charge a fare and one third, whereas ours is a maximum of £1 for a fifth passenger. Basically they have a slightly different tariff whereby their drivers can make more, however the Council always seem to take their side.[/quote]



John...if you don't want to pick people up...then you need to get another job...........How much is your first flag......How much for the fist mile...what time if or when does it go on to tariff 2..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Paul R
Paul R If you can't get a taxi, maybe you should try calling a friend or family member for a lift
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Paul R replied · 4 Replies · 4 hrs
Liam Stickland
Liam Stickland The sooner uber comes to Cardiff the better. I'm sick of black and whites cabs doing stuff like this. Supposed to be providing a public service. Hopefully they won't be needed in the near future
21 · 20 hrs
Jenny Bennett
Jenny Bennett Come on, calling ya mother up at 2 in the morning isn't the best solution!. And certainly not tackling the point this girl is trying to make. Taxi drivers should NOT be doing this. They should be helping to protect vulnerable people by helping them to get home safely!
46 · 20 hrs
Denise Eastman Bertram
Denise Eastman Bertram Yep had the same experience back in May... all the taxis on Dumfries Place lining the road from one end to the other not one would take me home... I ended up having to walk from Dumfries Place on my own at 3.00 in the morning getting as far as the Ang...See More
11 · 20 hrs
Kelly James
Kelly James They were on about this on the news a few months ago. The man there said u need to take their name and id number off the badge on window screen and car reg and report them to the actual taxi firm.they are not under any circumstances allowed to refuse a close fare.
20 · 20 hrs
Meirion Evans
Meirion Evans Phone county hall
2 · 20 hrs
Laura Ann Jones
Laura Ann Jones https://www.facebook.com/WalesOnline/po ... 3869647183
1 · 19 hrs
Julie O'Reilly
Julie O'Reilly My partner, who's a woman was refused last weekend by 5 different drivers for a taxi to Caerphilly because they said they would make more money doing a few shorter trips than one longer one. Absolutely disgusting!!!
7 · 19 hrs
Simon Thomas
Simon Thomas Cardiff taxi drivers are mostly money grabbing t***s anyway the prices they charge are awful. Hope you have better luck next time
9 · 19 hrs
Kate Louise Pritchard
Kate Louise Pritchard This happened to me and my friends last night. We were going to Roath. Every taxi I when to said no and then allowed other people to get in. [edited by admin] us all right off!!! [edited by admin]!!!
3 · 19 hrs
Leah Bean
Leah Bean Not right at all!!
1 · 19 hrs
Chris Jonz
Chris Jonz Best thing is to say ur going to somewhere like st Mellons or Ely then change your in once there meter is moving
4 · 19 hrs
Leah Bean
Leah Bean It's sad that we have to try tactics like that frown emoticon x
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Deborah Bow
Deborah Bow This happened to me too at 3am just after i's finished work!!!!
3 · 19 hrs
Katy Priddle
Katy Priddle Same happened to me an my friends last night in Cardiff. DISGUSTING if you ask me
3 · 19 hrs
Deborah Bow
Deborah Bow I'm not alone, being 20 years old and hearing about all these sexaul assaults makes leaving work kind of scary!!
I asked one taxi drivers if he'd take me home and when I told him I lived in 'Pentrebane' he said 'No that is too far from where I live I wanna go home'
Go home then you dickhead.
8 · 18 hrs
Leah Bean
Leah Bean What an idiot!! We need to start reporting every bad driver from now on, x
5 · 18 hrs
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Leah Bean
Leah Bean I'm.glad this has raised awareness. Awaiting to see what the council are going to do about this issue. Clearly is a huge problem by the amount of people who have similar experiences to me!
7 · 18 hrs
Caroline Morgan
Caroline Morgan This behaviour is not acceptable. ! Taxi drivers r meant to be one of the many people who serve the public !!
4 · 18 hrs
Hannah Chick
Hannah Chick We got thrown out of the taxi last night because we didnt have the £6 fare upfront, when we were getting dropped off right in canton by loads of cash machines. Does he thinks girls like me run haha! Absolute joke cardiff taxis!
4 · 18 hrs
Debbie Frangos
Debbie Frangos Same thing happened to me friends last night absolutely awful
4 · 18 hrs
Kelly Loydon
Kelly Loydon I've been saying this for years!!!!!!!! Absolutely crazy. Used to happen to me when I was a student constantly so that in the end id end up bribing them with £20 to go two minutes to Cathays. It's a disgrace and Cardiff council need to clamp down on this as a matter of necessity x
10 · 18 hrs
Sarah Lucas
Sarah Lucas Awful treatment. This seems crazy when you have taxis waiting and people searching for one. They could take a short fare and be back for another in no time instead of sitting there waiting for that golden fare. Seems to be an awful lot of people wanting to pay good money for a quick journey. Terrible.
2 · 18 hrs
Leah Bean
Leah Bean Exactly! They could make just as much money doing all of these short fares anyway!
1 · 18 hrs
Stacey Parry
Stacey Parry Glad to see your story made wales online. Hopefully with media involved it will be addressed.
11 · 18 hrs
Leah Bean
Leah Bean Fingers crossed. A lot of shares and a lot of angry locals with similar complaints!! They can't ignore it now!
3 · 18 hrs
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Rachel Gruffydd
Rachel Gruffydd Hannah McCoy lots of stories coming out about cardiff taxis now x
3 · 18 hrs
Martin Hurley
Martin Hurley
Martin Hurley's photo.
7 · 17 hrs
Lindsay Whittle
Lindsay Whittle BOYCOTT THE TAXI DRIVERS FOR ONE DAY EVERYONE DO IT THEY WILL SOON CHANGE
30 · 17 hrs
Laura Jane Mullen
Laura Jane Mullen I had this problem before ... [edited by admin] down with rain and a taxi driver wanted to charge me £15 from tiger tiger to central train station ... Absolutely disgusting!!!!
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Emmie Moody
Emmie Moody Libbi Jones x
1 · 17 hrs
Andrew Parker
Andrew Parker Well that's not right at all, if my 19 year old daughter got this treatment I'd go [edited by admin] mental.. If any of those asshole taxi drivers had or have daughters, then they need to think about the consequences of their actions!! Disgusting....
11 · 16 hrs
Alex Pearson
Alex Pearson They don't want to go valleys either that's too far!!!
10 · 16 hrs
Angela Rugless
Angela Rugless You need to complain to the people in the council offices ideally the man who issues the taxi badges.
10 · 16 hrs
Angela Rugless
Angela Rugless https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/.../Taxi/Pages/default.aspx

Hackney carriage and private hire taxi licenses - Cardiff.gov.uk
As the Licensing Authority for Cardiff, we are responsible for setting the conditions and issuing licences to ensure the vehicles used are safe and comfortable and that the drivers are fit and proper persons, medically fit, knowledgeable and free from relevant convictions.
CARDIFF.GOV.UK
5 · 16 hrs
Angela Rugless
Angela Rugless This is the link to contact them. Hopefully you'll get some joy if you do x
5 · 16 hrs
Chantele Cross-Jones
Chantele Cross-Jones Ladies when you get refused take down their can numbers and report them directly to their firm and the council, especially as single women in Cardiff at the moment.
22 · 15 hrs

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Ryan Daly
Ryan Daly Majority of taxi drivers do not give a fxxk. I have been going out clubbing for over 10 years and I live in Grangetown, I've had some bad situations to being nearly robbed and worse because taxi drivers won't take me home because it's a short fare.
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Adam Williams
Adam Williams Happens whenever I go to town. Theyre [edited by admin]. They usually say "I'm not going that way"
[edited by admin] off like I don't care if its not where youre going I am paying you to take me home. [edited by admin].
8 · 14 hrs
Paige-Gabrielle Gabs Evans-Gay
Paige-Gabrielle Gabs Evans-Gay Legit me every time I'm out
1 · 13 hrs
Karen Stone
Karen Stone I had the same problem last week taxi number 0199 I've reported it to the licensing team and they are coming to take a statement with a view to prosecuting him you should ring them tomorrow the more people that report them the better chance we all have of stopping this behaviour
34 · 13 hrs
Hollie Jones
Hollie Jones When I was a student I had a bad experience with a black and white on a Sunday night after I'd finished work. I realised that this is a massive problem in Cardiff after I had to get the police involved and they have a system for reporting taxi drivers ...See More
7 · 9 hrs
Daniel James McDermott
Daniel James McDermott Will Hughes
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Leah Bean
Leah Bean Mustafa Sa'ed they are breaking the law so shouldn't even still have a license off the council to operate this way. Also I wasnt drunk...And why should I have to walk home?! Have you not seen the news recently with the attacks that have happened to 3 ...See More
30 · 7 hrs
Leah Bean
Leah Bean If you.operate under the council, you need to abide by the law. You can't just do as you please and treat people this way. End of.
15 · 7 hrs
Velma Murphy
Velma Murphy I went outside tiger tiger on the phone, even though I was on my own they point blank refused to let me back in, not even go to and get the girls!
1 · 7 hrs
Leah Bean
Leah Bean Make sure you report it to the manager, they can't just leave you outside alone surely\?
1 · 7 hrs
Andrea Skene
Andrea Skene Every single time ive gone out i have same problem!! I live on a differant side of cardiff to many of my friends and so i can not taxi share!! It is becoming a joke!
1 · 6 hrs
Lucy 'lilfairylucy' Sollars
Lucy 'lilfairylucy' Sollars In a rush to get to a gig one day, we got refused because it was 'too close' too. Not for us, it wasn't!
2 · 6 hrs
Tracy Collett
Tracy Collett Copied & posted on Cardiff City Council page x
15 · 6 hrs
Andrea Myhill
Andrea Myhill Done one better than sharing! Sent it to the council so now they can act on it rather than just read it! X Good luck! And keep up the awareness!
5 · 4 hrs
Tom Lloyd-Roberts
Tom Lloyd-Roberts Lived in Cardiff for the last three years, this sounds like utter [edited by admin].
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Irene Baynham-Jones
Irene Baynham-Jones Surely it there job to take you any where you wish to go. I agree with you they must be made aware of the dangers of people out on their own at night. When you find it necessary to be out at night, especially when your work deems it necessary to do so. It would be understandable if you were drunk.
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Lewis Fackrell
Lewis Fackrell I live 5 mins walk from Revolutions and they are always happy to take me smile emoticon £3.20
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Leah Bean
Leah Bean Insanely lucky! I can't even get driven a 5-7 quid fare from the rank in central town. What rank are you using?? Maybe it's different drivers at different ranks???
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Rebecca Jayne Crossley
Rebecca Jayne Crossley https://www.facebook.com/cardiff.counci ... 84/?type=3
The City of Cardiff Council / Cyngor Dinas Caerdydd's photo.
The City of Cardiff Council / Cyngor Dinas Caerdydd
URGENT: The City Council is really encouraging people to report any taxi incidents. Take a photo of the driver number or cab number or the license plate with th...
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Leah Bean
Leah Bean Tom Lloyd-Roberts unfortunately not, happens 99% of the time I go out, and just look at How many other people experience this from the black and white taxi rank cabs. We aren't lying. They do refuse short fares unfortunately, you've clearly been lucky enough not to experience or live far enough for them to not complain frown emoticon
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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

You are bracketing me in with the rest, all I am doing is explaining as to why it is happening. Having said that when drivers took out big loans to pay for their cabs, the tariff was a lot more attractive enabling them to earn their living properly. I guess if your/my terms change drastically (and they have) then your first duty is to look after your dependents. I feel that your reply is very much on the lines of political rhetoric "if you don't want to pick people up...then you need to get another job." the same sort of reply that the nurses get - sorry but just not acceptable.

The tariff is...........



HACKNEY CARRIAGE TARIFF LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1976 AUTHORISED FARE TARIFF

First 103 yards (94.18metres) or Part thereof, £2.00

If distance exceeds 103 yards (94.18m) for first 103 yards (94.18m) £2.00

For each subsequent 207 yards (189.28m) £0.20

WAITING TIME
For each period of 48 seconds
£0.20

EXTRA CHARGES
For hirings between midnight and 6.0 am and on Sundays, and Bank Holidays £1.00

For hirings between 8.00 pm Christmas Eve and 6.00 am on 27th December
and between 8.0 pm New Years Eve and 6.0 am 2nd January £3.00

For each passenger exceeding four £1.00 each
For bicycles, cabin trunks (minimum size 36” x 24”x 18”) and items of furniture £0.50 each

THE EXTRA CHARGE FOR NIGHT TIME, SUNDAYS AND BANK HOLIDAYS WILL NOT
APPLY WHEN EXTRA CHARGE FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR APPLIES.

CONTAMINATION
For the fouling of a vehicle
£50.00



On all journeys within the boundary of the City and County of Cardiff the driver
must use the meter which must not exceed the authorised fare scale shown
above.


Fares for journeys ending outside the area of the City and County of Cardiff,
and in respect of which no fare or rate of fare was
agreed before the hiring was effected, must not exceed the authorised fare scale as shown above.

COMPLAINTS REGARDING FARES, VEHICLES OR DRIVERS SHOULD BE MADE TO
THE LICENSING SECTION, CITY HALL, CARDIFF, 029 2087
1129 QUOTING NUMBER
OF VEHICLE AND THE NUMBER OF THE DRIVER’S BADGE.
Dave Holland 1 September 2011
HEAD OF REGULATORY AND SUPPORTING SERVICE

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Common sense........is just not that Common.

Well done Mr T......lets all jump on the band wagon and react to alcoholic ravings of the lemmings.

The Council are acting totally irresponsible by telling everyone "Take an image - and report"! Okay so they take an image and report....what exactly does that prove?

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Common sense........is just not that Common.

Stop making excuses for them...they are cherry picking.....they make you look bad....get rid of them..they make the professional taxi driver look bad....or at least get on the local chat show and tell the public how....get rid of the £1 after midnight...go for clock and a quarter...after 11pm...

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

The P/H must be made up....I wonder who the real Lemming are??..I was only pointing out what your X customers are saying..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

You are missing the point completely! All this crap about doing the job properly pales into insignificance if your income has been cut by OVER half i.e 450 licenses now 967 (courtesy of the Council) that in actual fact translates into roughly 3102 extra passenger seats based on an average of 6 seats per WAV, or if you like an additional 775 saloon cars on the road + no real rise in 7 years, also then take into account the so called recession = all in all a massive reduction in income. The guys are struggling to make a living, to then say yes I know all of this........but you have to play by the rules is complete b*ll*cks.

In order to do the job properly you have to have the tools otherwise you do not stay in business, (we have had the tools taken off of us). Putting it finely! it is a case of bending the broken rules to stay in business, as for getting rid of "get rid of the £1 after midnight...go for clock and a quarter...after 11pm." ...do you really think that it is that simple having not had a decent raise in 7 years.

Just remember this; The hotels in Cardiff for the world cup increased their room rates in some cases by over 1000% (the zeroes are not a typing mistake) = hardly a ripple about that one, Wetherspoons hiked up their prices = no mention of that either, you then have some drivers doing a bit of cherry picking = all hell breaks loose. If you expect me on the back of serious erosion of income of the drivers by the L.A to condemn the drivers...then think again as we are being f*%ked over time and time again. You have some other silly sod ( a Cardiff driver ) saying that it does go on, and many a time he has taken them home for free! For the do gooders he is a hero with THEM wishing there was more like him, Or is he a mug!!! I say mug, because we all know that the public will take advantage of people like that, the reason being is that we are in a dirty game with people willing to slag us off and take advantage for all sorts of reasons.

You need to read those comments that you posted, and read them properly! It is lemming posting with all and sundry jumping on the band wagon. One silly girl stated that her night ended at 2.00 a.m, she then asked 12 taxis to take her home! at that time of night there would have been 100+ cars/cabs parked up here there and everywhere (but asked only 12) she then went on to say that this happened every week! she also went onto say that she had to walk home through a dodgy area (every week), and that it was a 20 minute walk that got her home after 3.00 a.m then adding that it was more like 4.00 a.m ! So this is the scenario that you are sucking on;

1. This apparently happens to her EVERY week.
2. She has a 20 minute walk through a dodgy area EVERY week.
3. This 20 minute walk takes her anything between 1 to 2 hours!!!!!!!!!!!
4. You as an experienced man of the trade are giving as already mentioned the kind of spiel that Gov people give our Nurses........no doubt you will be soon saying - it is not the money...its a vocation!

When they give us the tools to do the job properly I will condemn......until then!!



Ha Ha, the customers that you are seemingly backing are as stated lemmings. You mention that the P.H must be made up! one beauty posted an image as requested by our wonderful L.A of any offending taxis.....it was an image of a P.H that had refused her when was the last time that you worked nights, you seem to be seriously out of touch.

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Common sense........is just not that Common.

Pick the excuse that you want.

The LA wont allow it.
or
The companys wont allow it.
or
The drivers think it will kill the trade.

Maybe the list can be expanded but these 3 will do for starters.

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Grandad,

That would go nowhere near to solving the problem.

The City centre has a number of (close by) Hotels/Guest houses and thousands of houses/flats/apartments. In essence it would mean a reduction of income as many are in range of less than £4. Without being critical of the proposals, you have to know the layout/terrain, as ever those who are suggesting (in good faith) will only be able to see it in the vein that works for them.

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Common sense........is just not that Common.

Obviously another one talking out of the back of his neck who has not heard of the surge price...careful what you wish for.

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Common sense........is just not that Common.

John...I am not going to respond to your rant..bad publicity can only lose you work...I don't have to work nights...I only have to speak to the night drivers... p.s. you need a holiday..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Like I mentioned above, there's always someone who'll reject the increase. At the moment it's a race to the bottom.

John, I was a trade rep in Sefton for many years and had to deal with lots and lots of drivers who thought that getting a hackney drivers's licence and a cab, was all they needed to do to go out and make money. They thought people would just walk up to them, jump in the cab and off they'd go raking it in. They wouldn't have to do anything else it was all there for them. Sorry, that's not the way it works.

Sefton was deregged 25 yrs ago and we had cabs following each other down the road with their for hire lights on. and I was driving one of them. Wasn't nice at all. Long, long hours for very little money and the Council were no help at all, and yet the private hire were expanding, so it was a time when the trade had to stop working as individuals, so associations were formed. Drivers and fleet owners, both sides of the borough, north and south. It took a great deal of time energy and work to form these into one that would work together and unanimously submit a new working concept to provide a better hackney service for the public of Sefton. Eventually the cap was put back on. It meant pinpointing the places where new hackney ranks needed to be and arguing with the council that it was their responsibility to provide these ranks for the public. We went from 40 ranks to over 180 and it took time. We restructured the fares, taking into consideration that what was good for the night driver wasn't necessarily good for the day driver. It takes planning,

The structuring of meter fares comes down to the geography of your area and your local knowledge, but at the same time you do not dramatically outprice yourself from your competition. You advertise the advantages of using a hackney over a 4 seater vehicle i.e. wheelchair accessible, disability friendly (blind and deaf) and the extra passengers you can carry, including mums with prams.

It never finishes. The trade has to work as one, and has to continuously be part of the infrastructure of were you are.

p.s. Liverpool took their eye off the ball. Each year they would put in for a fare rise until the gap between Sefton p.h. and them was huge. It was easy for the private hire to walk into Liverpool and take their work.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

It seems that they are nearing the finish line on that one Nigel.

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Grandad,

well spleens well and truly vented here then and no agreement on the right course of action and you never will cabbies by their nature cannot be united they all have their own solution to the problem the council are the only people in a position to solve anything and probably won't be bothered. personally I would suggest inviting the TV and press down on a mid November night with loads of cabs sitting around and nobody struggling to get a cab home and then as part of their "investigation" invite them to visit a couple of drivers and their families struggling to make ends meet then get them to ask the council why they don't think it appropriate that cabbies earn a living wage

Used correctly the media is mighty tool

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector