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| Author: | Barhamm2 [ Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Passing another taxi on a rank |
I was on a rank last night, in the middle of taking an airport booking when the rank moved and I was still on the phone to a potential customer when loads of cars started to blow their horns and tell me to move up and then the customer wanted to pay by credit card, then 5 taxis overtook me I confronted them, what would other people do in that scenario? |
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| Author: | bunny [ Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
A professional taxi driver would not be asking such a daft question! |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Barhamm2 wrote: I was on a rank last night, in the middle of taking an airport booking when the rank moved and I was still on the phone to a potential customer when loads of cars started to blow their horns and tell me to move up and then the customer wanted to pay by credit card, then 5 taxis overtook me I confronted them, what would other people do in that scenario? You weren't available for immediate hire because you were taking a booking. Why should everyone else have to wait? |
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| Author: | Gobby [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Apart from the obvious that you should have a hands free kit for your mobile phone and could then have moved up the rank while talking...without this you should have said to the punter hold on a min while I find a pen and taken this time to move up. The practice by some frustrated drivers to not move up to wind everyone up is one of the things that really pi$$es me off of late! I drive around them 
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| Author: | Barhamm2 [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Trouble was gobby, they wanted to pay over the phone with a credit card do u be rude to say hang on minute or can't the drivers be patient and wait! Literary 3 minutes or are they so desperate they might be missing out on a better job! |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Barhamm2 wrote: Trouble was gobby, they wanted to pay over the phone with a credit card do u be rude to say hang on minute or can't the drivers be patient and wait! Literary 3 minutes or are they so desperate they might be missing out on a better job! upfront while they rang? or did yoy just have to say yes/no? either way you were in the way.....move or be moved, how long did you expect the cars behind to wait?...were they to know what you were doing? |
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| Author: | Barhamm2 [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Certainly was not front on,I was 12-13 cars back! |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Barhamm2 wrote: Certainly was not front on,I was 12-13 cars back! i meant were your airport punters paying upfront by card/on the phone if you were 12 cars back you were causing an obstruction |
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| Author: | Barhamm2 [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Sorry yes misunderstood what you meant Wannabehack |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
"You want to pay by card? I'll get the details when I pick you up" or "can I phone you back?" What do you do if they phone while you're on a job? You're taking the pi$$ if you think everyone should wait for you. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Barhamm2 wrote: I was on a rank last night, in the middle of taking an airport booking when the rank moved and I was still on the phone to a potential customer when loads of cars started to blow their horns and tell me to move up and then the customer wanted to pay by credit card, then 5 taxis overtook me I confronted them, what would other people do in that scenario? You could report them to the council for queue jumping, but they could report you for not moving up. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
Barhamm2 wrote: I was on a rank last night, in the middle of taking an airport booking when the rank moved and I was still on the phone to a potential customer when loads of cars started to blow their horns and tell me to move up and then the customer wanted to pay by credit card, then 5 taxis overtook me I confronted them, what would other people do in that scenario? Round here that is a 3 penalty point offence if you are lucky you won't have been reported to the council but the thing is why not ask the person on the end of the phone to hold on 10 secs whilst you move down ? Cars not moving down are VERY annoying and our LO makes it clear that if cars refuse to pull down to the front of the rank you are entitled to go around them in this instance you are the one in the wrong |
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| Author: | Tico [ Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
you not have leg to stand mate you shold move as soon as you realise or get tooted at it rank not office |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
gusmac wrote: "You want to pay by card? I'll get the details when I pick you up" or "can I phone you back?" Better yet.... Yes sir, it will be £120, if you go to my website at www.taxi'4'u.co.uk simply enter your details and click PAY |
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| Author: | Barhamm2 [ Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passing another taxi on a rank |
I did contact the lo and just got a reply she said under no circumstances that another taxi should do that! |
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