Taxi Driver Online

People are going to really love this free market when a few people have lost their jobs.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

We have to remember that demand doesn't have to be obvious (patent). It can be latent, i.e. demand lost to the hackney trade now being met by PH, or even buses if the survey says folks have given up waiting for a cab and now get a bus. Or even walk.

Also down here the peaked/un-peaked demand equation has changed. Before if patent demand only happened at the busy hours at the weekend, then no taxi SUD was ever reported. That's changed now as the DfT now say someone waiting at those hours is as important as someone waiting during the week.

IMO if anything it's more important as folks are more vulnerable late at night, which follows on from the sad rape cases.

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IDFIMH

Well it looks too long.

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IDFIMH

Well it hasn't translated into any rise in my takings, infact the opposite is true, I just want the figures to peruse first.

But let's be clear about this, the article just gives the figures in passenger numbers and vehicle departures, pretty meaningless without the waiting times because that amount of passengers would fit in the number of vehicle departing three times over.

There also seems to be something wrong with this appearing in the Edinburgh evening News before the Taxi trade stakeholders were informed and I can't find anything on the council website about it either.

I wouldn't go as far as "huge unmet demand" either, there is obviously going to be some periods in December where there are extraordinary demands for taxis but January and February? personally I've not seen it and that's all I can say about it really.

I've no reason to get over anything, yet.

Maybe if they all went in the same direction at the same time.

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IDFIMH

Well at times it probably is but if everywhere shuts at the same time then you are always going to get a good few thousand people immediately wanting to get home at the same time.

TBH I'm frankly amazed a survey was undertaken during December.

If I was a conspiracy theorist I would say the council wanted a certain outcome, and got it.

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IDFIMH

why how dare you

but saying that.....

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Not sure if you lot have had the new licensing laws, but down here the closing times are stretched throughout the night. No longer the 2.00am mad rush.

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IDFIMH

Well I usually get more than one person in the cab, sometimes you get five all at the same time, otherwise we would be as well with a smart car each.

I wonder about it though.

Na, it's almost medieval here these days, the best way to stop disorder is to disgorge several thousand drunk folk onto the streets at exactly the same time, always works really well too.

Stu, it's all over just accept it.


The plug will be pulled in the very near future.


The government are behind the change of policy - the End.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Well that's fine Skull, but it won't be the end for many of us I would imagine.

It cuts both ways though and I know where the buck stops, I couldn't care less and in some respects it may aid me, just interested that's all.

What, you spend 50K for a plate and a year later it "may aid" you?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Yes,I think it will.