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Do people seriously expect the LC or government will throw thousands of people out of work if they attempt to set standards that are too harsh?

People need a reality check.

In relation to PH the basic standard it can be whatever it or we want it to be.

However when the standard is set there is nothing stopping that being high compared with the average we have at present.

I know what you mean by the word 'basic', but perhaps it's a bit misleading in this context - sounds a bit like 'bog standard' or whatever?

Perhaps 'mandatory standard' or 'minimum standard' is more appropriate, and looks less oxymoronic than saying that a basic standard whould be 'high'.

On the contrary, the LC's approach seems to be that because the market works well with regard to PH then the consumer gets what they want.

I think that's a bit crude though, but that's the way they seem to be approaching it.

By the same token, they seem to think tougher taxi regulation is OK, because the market doesn't work so well in the streets.

But this also begs the question, why leave it to the current mish mash evident in the approach of LAs?

If the LC wants to substitute regulation for market forces then surely it should be more consistent?

Or perhaps 'mandatory minimum standards'.

If they have mandatory national standards for ph/taxis, but, the taxis can be improved by the LA this will cause mixed standards on the circuits so the public won't know what they're going to get, just a thought

Keep thinking.

Keep thinking.

Toots obviously hasn't been thinking about how well the pre-booked market works for consumers

Toots obviously hasn't been thinking about how well the pre-booked market works for consumers

It's does work well, very well IMO, which makes it so very strange that the LC now want to down grade the country's PH service.

What I meant was how well the LC's blueprint for minimal standards in the pre-booked market would work for consumers

What I meant was how well the LC's blueprint for minimal standards in the pre-booked market would work for consumers

That will certainly have a negative effect on the level of standards customers receive.

However I'm hoping that particular avenue will be reversed, as why change something that, in the main, is working.