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We have them down here and they work well, apart from the thieves who press the multi seater tariff when they shouldn't.[/quote]

So in effect then they're no better than non-calender meters, because the driver can select the wrong tariff just as easily?

Partly.

Four seaters have no option to upgrade to multi-seaters, so once the meter is sealed the rate will come up automatically, be that day rate, night rate, Sunday rate, bank holiday rate, Xmas and New Year.

Multi-seaters have the option to change the 1-4 rate to the 5-8 rate, but not change to holiday or night rate.

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Always interested in the fact that up here there's no tariff incentive at all to run the bigger vehicles (not even extras for additional passengers) yet suspect we have quite a high proportion of such taxis for an area in which all licences allow saloon cars - I'd guess a quarter to a third are eight-seaters.

Of course, they do tend to charge a bit more for off-meter and airport runs etc, but that's nothing to do with the council's tariff structure.

I suppose the incentive is to jump the rank queue and get jobs quicker.

Few moons back I had a multi seater, and I f***ing hated it.

Great for the extra you get for multi seater work, but lost so many jobs for old dears that want a saloon car.

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