Taxi Driver Online

Quite modest increases compared to Cardiff (and starting from about the same base).

Quite a short article, and not much detail, but don't know whether to or at some of the stuff in here.


Fears taxi fare increase in North Kesteven could impact on residents

https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/ ... ts-3855260

There are fears that plans to increase hackney carriage fares to help taxi drivers tackle the cost of living crisis pressures could impact on other residents.

North Kesteven District Council’s general licensing voted on Wednesday to recommend that the authority should go to consultation on plans to increase maximum fares in a way which would see them rise to £22.80 for a 10-mile journey. Currently the fares equate to £20.80.

The changes, which will be given a final seal of approval by NKDC executive before going to consultation, will see passengers charged 20p every 1/10th of a mile rather than every 1/9th.

The waiting time (when the vehicle is stopped or waiting in traffic) would be changed to 20p for every 40 seconds. The current flag charge of £3 would be retained.

A request to increase prices was made by hackney drivers in a bid to tackle inflation and cost of living rises.

Council officers said the rise was “proportionate for both Hackney Carriage proprietors and the travelling public”. They added that it was in-line with neighbouring authority’s latest moves.

However, NK Independents Group Councillor Jim Clark said the figure was already “quite a lot of money to come into Sleaford shopping for the elderly, those on fixed income, etc”.

“Although other authorities have increased with inflation and I understand why totally – are we adding to people’s cost of living?”

He also raised concerns over ambulance response times and people’s choices to take alternative transport to hospitals in emergencies, as well as changing behaviours of residents and where they choose to shop.

He feared those on low income were finding their finances “stretched and stretched and stretched”.

“A Hackney carriage driver has a choice of making a living or not, a lot of people don’t have that choice and it’s a difficult decision,” he said.

Council officer Neil Chadwick said he had spent “countless hours” on the report.

“What I’ve tried to do is find a modest balance between the two, a modest increasing in income, because obviously we all know there are increased costs, but also a modest increase that the customers are going to have to foot at the end of the day.

He told councillors the taxi companies themselves would decide whether to increase their fees to the maximum level.

Not every day you read about councillors citing ambulance response times with regard to tariff decisions

Not to mention how tariff changes might influence residents' shopping behaviour


Don't know if I've misconstrued what he said, but seems to me he's saying a driver's living is less important than people using taxis to go to the shops, or out on the pish. Or something like that


So the flagfall is the same and the 20p increment is for each 1/10th of a mile rather than 1/9th.

Wonder how many hours he'd have to spend on it if it was anything more involved

And let's hope his arithmetical ability as regards the tariffs is better than his ability to quantify how many hours he's spent on something

Fears f***ing fears.

Why is it that the taxi trade is the only trade that causes fear when all it's asking for is a cost of living increase?

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Then get a bus, as buses never increase their fares.

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And this f***wit is a licensing councillor?

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Buses in Sleaford and surrounds almost as rare as hens teeth !

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

Maybe the councillor could take a haircut on his expenses claims to ease the burden on the poor of his parish.