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I was being specific to Kings Lynn, although I probably did not make that clear.

So, how will the inevetably higher running costs, and inevetable higher fares, "benefit the comsumer" in Kings Lynn?

Would you care te expand on your definition of "Safe"?

In the same way a £50,000 plate value does, or more likely doesn't.

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IDFIMH

Cars are getting safer all the time, so surely that's one benefit?

And how does Lincoln's strict taxi spec help consumers with it's (presumably) higher fares?

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Inevitably higher running costs relate to an older vehicle not a newer one surely - if it were the other way round, as you suggest, then that most definitely would be specific to Kings Lynn!

Also, according to the January PHM league table, Kings Lynn is languishing perilously close to the bottom at position 344, not having had a fare rise since 2003.

Now I don't know if there has been a fare rise since those figures were published but if there hasn't then I would say that a significant rise was due any time now anyway - and that the length of time since the last one would be the overriding factor, with everything else paling into insignificance beside it.

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The higher the fewer.

Fantasy, In Kings Lynn, and many other places, Lncoln,say.

It doesn't, does it?

CARS may be getting safer, but drivers are not. To paraphrase the glorious GLC Cars don't kill people, drivers do.

Which is why the sensible among us support the DSA taxi test.

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IDFIMH

And a one day course, (wrong gear, mate) is going to change driver attitude?

It will if they have to repeat it every time they get a certain number of points over a certain time.

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I counted six responses to the above statement (seven if you count this one).

That/s the most I have personally come accross for a single post on any forum so far.

You certainly caused a stir with that one jimbo.

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The higher the fewer.

It would be better to let the Kings Lynn report expand on the safety aspect considering it is mentioned three times.

The report strongly supported the concept of quality regulation as a means by which to regulate driver and vehicle safety.

5. Amendment to the existing policy.

The existing policy requires that all new hackney carriage licenses are only
given to vehicles which are fully wheelchair accessible. In order to improve
the quality, safety and environmental impact of the fleet it is proposed that the following policy is adopted.

3. The Office of fair Trading (OFT) Report – November 2003

The OFT published it’s report The Regulation of Licensed Taxi and Private
Hire Vehicle (PHV) Services in the UK in November 2003. The report is
extensive covering a number of different aspects to hackney carriage and
PHV services however the most controversial aspect to the report was it’s
recommendation for the removal of limits on the issue of hackney carriage
plates. The report stated that quantity restriction should be removed as
consumers suffer through:

(i) Reduced availability of hackney carriages
(ii) Increased waiting times
(iii) Reduced choice
(iv) Reduced safety

JD

For "sensible," read "Gullible"

Do you really believe that if every qualified driver took a DSA test, that crashes, speeding, and bad driving would become a thing of the past?

No need to reply, we all know you actually think it would be so.

We discussed that ad nauseum a few weeks ago jimbo, so there's no point in going over it all over again.

But suffice to say, the test might not make for perfect drivers, but it would help surely?

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