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I know we have something like 377 ish different boroughs all with differing tariffs.

I would like to find out how many have a fare and a half for vehicles that carry more than four people.

Anyone know?

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

None that I know of but an interesting point. I think some private hire firms might have an extra charge for additional passengers over the norm?

Regards

JD

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I know my area does (Breckland)

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Why don't you get a proper job???

Aberdeen City started doing this in October.
Aberdeenshire have been doing it for a few years.

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Down in this area PH charge meter and a half for over 6.
The proposal is to allow taxis to charge that in the next pay rise.

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Unmet demand you're having a laugh

And do you trust all your colleagues to charge normal rate when less than 6 tourists get on board, or less than 6 slightly pi**ed folks get on board?

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IDFIMH

No.......you never stitched a punter up then sussex???

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Why don't you get a proper job???

Not that I can recall, but even if I did/have, I wasn't aided and abetted by my council.

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We have had fare and a half since we where first licenced 19 years ago for more than 4 passengers in the Borders

If someone is going to the expense of running a multi seater then they should be able to charge more for doing it!!!

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Why don't you get a proper job???

This is my thinking as well, as it stands at the moment we can only charge £1 per extra person, of which I do not believe is enough.

As it is the driver has to spend up to £35k to conform with local regs but gets back an extra £1/£3 pound per fare over four people.I just feel that there should be some recognition of the expense/investment that drivers have had to put out to become hackney drivers, and the poor return they are getting.

What I am hoping for is to find out how many LAs allow fare and a half, and then to approach our local LA at least with something to back up a claim for the same.

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Quote: This is my thinking as well, as it stands at the moment we can only charge £1 per extra person, of which I do not believe is enough.


Not half enough mate.........get stuck into them (the LO that is)

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Why don't you get a proper job???

It is fare and a half in my borough as well. It's a pity the punters don't all understand that it will cost more though. They seem to expect to pay the same amount for 6 passengers or even 8 passengers as they do for 4 passengers.

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Grandad,

Easy give them a choice . pay fare and a half or use 2 cabs one with 4 the other with 2 in it.. that would cost them more per head.

But isn't it better, in the long term, to have people using two cabs rather than one?

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