Taxi Driver Online

There is a court case that said the driver cannot say yes and then put it through the office, driver should have told people to phone the office.

I suspect the driver gave a card and told them to ring the office, else, as you say, questions could be asked.

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IDFIMH

Or the hotel rang the firm to ask prices etc.

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IDFIMH

Yes, they'll all *say* to other drivers they won't do a 159 mile Sunday afternoon job for less than £460

So Friday evening, out at Leuchars station, in the middle of an unprecedent red weather warning for wind, and it's about 3C and peeing with rain



And, anyone who's ever been to or passed through Leuchars station will know it's a tad exposed in terms of wind and weather

So woman arrives with three young kids, one in a pram. £4.20 job, but she had a card, and none of the drivers take cards

So guess which mug feels obliged to do the job from the back of the rank

At least I got a big fat tip

Anyway, that was my highlight of the storm

Apart from taking an hour and a half to get home rather than my usual ten minutes, because of fallen trees blocking the roads

But at least I eventually got home - at one point didn't think I was going to make it

Haha, would you believe it, just drafted that post above, about to press 'submit', when a family jumped in for a local run

They were here for the (postgraduate) graduations this week. They'd had to get a 'taxi' up to St Andrews from Newcastle because the trains still aren't running.

So obviously I enquired (diplomatically) how much they'd paid. They said £280

Sounds about right, even though it would be 20 miles further than the job in the Sun's article

I asked how they'd booked the car, and they said something about a 'lovely gentelman' and also something about Blueline

I mentioned the Sun article, and they said that indeed they'd had quotes well north of £400

Anyway, they said they wanted to pay by cash, so thought I'd get my first tip of the night

Run clocked bang on £5.00. Guess how much tip I got

So, in your view, every private hire vehicle is a mobile booking office?

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Former taxi driver

I suspect you are a very suspicious person, Stuart.

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Former taxi driver

I asked the question what law is being broken.

You answer that one first.

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IDFIMH

Very funny, Jimbo

But I'm always wary of trying to portray my opinions and stuff I'm not 100% sure about as facts, so tend to qualify stuff with phrases like 'I suspect', and 'maybe', thus tend to repeat myself at times. But, that way, no one can ever say I'm totally wrong

I suspect I'm possibly generally right, though. In the main, at least

Plying for hire.

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Former taxi driver

Allegedly.

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Former taxi driver

i did travel that line a couple of times in 1977 but all i can remember is you pass above the stands of raith rovers football ground and one with a siding into an engine house that used to house A4 union of South Africa and a single track bit round a bay as you reach Montrose

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

Well remembered. You must be thinking of Montrose Basin, which is a large stretch of water, and part of the estuary where the River South Esk flows into the North Sea, and quite noticeable from the train. (Montrose is roughly my home area.)

Back in the 1980s and 90s I used that line quite a few times, and indeed Raith Rovers Stark's Park in Kirkcaldy is quite noticeable from the train. The Forth Bridges not far from Edinburgh and the Tay bridges crossing into Dundee are also quite noticeable.

Also used to notice Leuchars, though, even though I didn't know it back then, because the taxi rank was quite close to the rail line, and very visible from the trains, and it's all very open and exposed in terms of seeing stuff. And feeling the wind and cold.