Taxi Driver Online

SUSSEX. For 30 years i have been in trade and seen the likes of you come and go,year in year out ,

always left to pick up the pieces when you go. P.S.

every M.P i have ever spoken to says the same thing, that deregulation does not work in transport ,

YORKIE

SEFTON IS MADE UP OF TWO HALVES, NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT IS ALL ONE 271 H/C 1600 P/H .

SOUTH SEFTON HAS TWO P/H COMPANIES, ONE IS SEAFORTH 380 CARS,THE ORTHER IS DELTA IT HAS 800 CARS PLUS,

WE HAVE LEARNED TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE,

WE HAVE GOT OUR RANKS WHERE THE WORK IS

MR T from sefton.

as you know, in Gateshead trade union leaders drive taxis part time build extensions to the home part time, and work full time selling fast tan.

thats how this trade is represented, fast tan salesmen and taxi owners who rent plates and never driven the thing.

it was my new year resolution to be nice to him, but by God what a Hypocrite.

we cannot earn a crust sitting in long rank ques do we? but wait a minute that is not a taxi mans job, they are supposed to go out and meet demand anywhere in the bourogh, but the lazy sods dont want to do that.

until Mick T, you see the light and think stategicaly you will see that public transports biggest competition is the family car, and if relevant services are not delivered quick, our roads will be jammed solid.

Geoff, as you well know I offered my resignation to the branch when I left the trade, they asked me to complete the year for which I had been ELECTED, I will not be standing at the AGM in February. As a trade unionist yourself you surely understand that the sole purpose for having "representatives" is to put forward the views of the membership, in the past this wasn't done in Gateshead.

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well as I have said b4 youve got this all wrong, we dont elect, representatives, not many Tand G branches do but stewards, first and foremost thier job is to follow the unions policy the manifesto they join up for.
I decided a long time ago not to participate as they negotiate with me.
and no no steward has any authority to go against policy and principles laid down by the executive.
were you the only one at this meeting, I know a quoram, did you achieve it?
It staggers me,is your a bullied branch?



Yorkie, mate, brother union member, lets stop the petty bickering, it is so counter productive, I would like to offer an olive branch, I'm prepared to start 2005 with a clean slate, no more will I berate your opinions or statements.

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very good I decided that too.



If more people in the trade were taxi men and did the job right we would reduce this unmet demand. As you know Gateshead covers a large area yet every single HC work the same 3 ranks during the day and 2 ranks on a night. Outlining areas have NO HC provision with regard ranks yet some do make a good living from taking phonework in these areas, these are the people returning their HC plates and relicensing PH.

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a taxi on rank is a wasted resource, and thier job is not to be on rank for long periods they should ply for hire, meeting needs elsewhere.



I agree that the family car is public transports biggest competition, but how many car owning passengers do we carry compared to the busses.

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most of them actualy in most parts, a car driver is the idlest of all people, and when he collects his car after service he does so in taxi.

LTP's strongly favour the PRIVATELY OWNED bus companies, I know the government state that we should be considered as part of an integrated public transport system, however in practice local councils consider us part of the problem and not part of the solution.

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I strongly disagree, certainly not ours and the majority of ones I have seen.





I would also like to state that certain areas HC drivers should really get a grip, Durham City and Halifax to name just 2 areas have obviously to few licensed HC's. This de-values my argument but please consider this, rank provision in the whole of Gateshead borough is appauling and the 300% rise in plate numbers has had a damaging efect. If the plate numbers were to increase by 300% in Halifax to 111 vehicles you would eliminate unmet demand but if the number of PH vehicles grew as well could you ensure the income of your drivers.

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it could not, would not does not happen, if taxis rose private hire would fall, does everywhere, love it to be prooved

B. Lucky

YORKIE

DONE MORE MILES THAN YOU CAN COUNT,EARNED MY MONEY THROUGH WORKING THE ROAD . NEVER LIKED MOANERS WHO THINK THINK THE WORLD OWES THEM A LIVING,

YOU PROVE A POINT THOUGH, YOU CAN EDUCATE AN IDIOT, BUT ALL YOU END UP WITH IS AN EDUCATED IDIOT ................
MR T

You 'suspect' too much, give me some facts and figures to back your suspicions up,

[and you still havent revealed to us where you are a Taxi driver, my suspicions are growing deeper.

my suspicions are growing deeper.

In fact I may begin to 'suspect' you 'drive' a Taxi from a desk, whilst reading books with long words in them!!

I mean just that, his takings match mine and he works in a restricted plate area where he rents a TX.

[He pays about £40 more per week than I will, so the point was there is not a great difference between the 'unrestricted' London (apart from a small matter of 3 years doing the knowledge in your own time and 3 yrs of lost earnings) and a restricted area like Edinburgh (12 weeks to get license and £25,000 for a plate, oh that equates to almost 3 years lost earnings whilst on the knowledge?)