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Isle of Wight taxi fares set to rise for first time in six years

https://onthewight.com/isle-of-wight-ta ... six-years/

The proposed increase in taxi fares on the Isle of Wight follows a consultation last year. Find out how much the average journey will cost if approved.

From what I can see there's so many inaccuracies in this piece that it's probably better just to quote each section and then comment on the figures etc. Not sure where the proposed figures come from, but was alerted by some of the comments on the website, so had a look at the Isle of Wight's current tariff card, which is reasonably straightforward as regards the figures - a half-mile flagfall, then quarter-mile increases on the running mile, and nice, easy to work with increments at that:

https://www.iow.gov.uk/azservices/docum ... .03.14.pdf


The Tariff 1 flagfall is £3.00 for a half mile. The running mile is 4 x 45p = £1.80.

So where the £1.57 figure comes from is anyone's guess.


The £11.10 Tariff 1 figure is the only one I can reconcile with the tariff card for the five mile trip, ie £3.00 flag for the first half mile, then 4.5 miles @ £1.80/mile. So £3.00 + £8.10 = £11.10


Not a clue where the current figures come from here. For a start, there are no five pences on T2, 3 & 4 flagfalls, and no five pences on the increments, so where do the five pences on the current figures come from?

And using the same calculations as on the Tariff 1 figure, for a five mile trip my figures are:

T2 - £15.30 (10pm to midnight)
T3 - £20.40 (after midnight)
T4 - £25.50

5+ passengers are the next tariff up, but even ignoring that possible confusion the figures don't add up - the maximum possible five mile cost is £25.50 according to the tariff card, but the paper says it could be up to £27.75


The current tariff card says that the charge is 20p per individual piece of luggage


Usual stuff, so no need to comment further than elsewhere.


But the headline says it's the first fare increase for six years?

They used this photo to illustrate the article - check out the England flags on the wing mirrors


Image: On the Wight

Not England, that picture is red diagonal "Flag".

Could be St Patrick Saltire I suppose.

Or both are broken and held together with electrical tape perhaps?

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

Defo an English wing mirror cover.

Just a bit pi***d.

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If you're right then seems an odd thing to have in view of the scope for misinterpretation.

I mean, you'd think the last thing someone displaying the St Patrick's cross would want to do would be to possibly have it confused with a St George's cross

But there's nowt as queer as folk, as they say somewhere.

Looks like the original article has been pulled and this put in its place. Some bits have been amended, others removed completely, and the council's official agenda paper is now included on the page.

Unfortunately the agenda is a bit difficult to read on the news site, and I can only download the first three pages on the council's website for some reason:

https://www.iow.gov.uk/Meetings/committ ... agenda.pdf

Anyway, all's now well

Isle of Wight taxi fares set to rise for first time in six years (updated)

https://onthewight.com/isle-of-wight-ta ... six-years/

The proposed increase in taxi fares on the Isle of Wight follows a consultation last year. Find out how much the average journey will cost if approved.

Taxi fares on the Isle of Wight look set to increase for the first time in six years.

The cost of a taxi will increase by 10p per mile — from £1.80 to £1.90.

The initial cost of flagging down a taxi will also rise by 50p.

Journey costs

This means the maximum Islanders could pay for a five mile journey between 8am and 10pm (excluding bank and public holidays) is £12.05, compared to £11.10 previously.

The plans follow a consultation with taxi drivers on the Isle of Wight, with most citing increased running costs as the reason a price hike is needed.

Consultation responses

One person said: “I believe the tariff should increase. I run a small firm of two taxis in Ventnor and costs are increasing rapidly.

“Fuel is by far my largest overhead and it has increased by over 20 per cent in the last year.

“This, along with an increase in all my overheads — which includes driver commission, telephones, insurance and vehicle replacement.

“I have found trying to recruit drivers very difficult due to the pay levels that we can afford to offer.”

The last price increases were in 2013 and 2010.

If the plans are approved by the licensing committee on Monday, a formal notice will be issued.

Having used the island's taxis as an occasional visitor, I was impressed with the service. From an out-of-the-way place at the island steam railway at night a cab was there within ten minutes of calling. I can't remember what the metered fare was, but the driver refused to take it and offered a discount. I asked him why and he told me they wanted to offer the cheapest fares on the island. My reply was that you ought to aim to be the best in the island, not the cheapest.

Been over to the Island many many times, and the cab drivers are very nice and very old fashioned.

Similar to the Island itself.

The trade is very seasonable, which personally would do my nut.

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Wasn't going to bother looking at this again after nearly losing the will to live last time round, but interesting that committee meeting had to be paused regarding the inclusion of credit card charges on the tariff card.

So yet another clanger from someone somewhere. Had noticed that on the old card - if you have even a quick look it stands out like a sore thumb - but didn't mention it because assume it was being dealt with, and had spent enough time crunching the numbers anyway

https://www.iow.gov.uk/azservices/docum ... .03.14.pdf

Taxi fares on the Isle of Wight rise by 10p per mile

https://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/17392021.ta ... -per-mile/

TAXI fares on the Isle of Wight will increase by 10p per mile — the first price hike in six years.

The plans to change the cost of a taxi taken between 8am and 8pm were agreed by the licensing committee tonight (Monday).

The initial cost of flagging down a taxi will also rise by 50p.

However, the meeting had to be paused halfway through, due to the inclusion of a credit card surcharge in the plans.

The UK government made it illegal last year to add a surcharge for card payments.

Principal licensing officer, Kevin Winchcombe, said this was only included as it had been included on previous paperwork and carried over. It was confirmed taxis on the Isle of Wight could not legally charge extra for card payments.

The committee voted to agree the new fares, subject to the removal of the credit card surcharge from the paperwork.

The plans follow a consultation with taxi drivers on the Isle of Wight, with most citing increased running costs as the reason a price hike is needed.

Another thing I noticed last week but couldn't be bothered with was this comment from the editor of one of the websites, who said the author of the piece blamed the quality of the council's documents.

Who knows who's to blame exactly, but the latest credit card clanger maybe tells us something.

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