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The wheelchair lobby are quite vociferous

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

The signatures were only a small part of the reasoning behind the council decision.

The link to the council report is at the start of this thread, and it shows the taxi trade have only themselves to blame.

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IDFIMH

The taxi trade being to blame....or the council not enforcing a policy?

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

How does it show that the taxi trade have only themselves to blame

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

The hackney carriage trade in Eastbourne and their stupid so-called leadership.

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IDFIMH

So they should all rush out and buy 23k vehicles in a small area to sit and do one job an hour, tell ya what, why don't we insist there is at least 50 barmaids in every bar incase two stag nights come in at the same time and all want serving at once, while were at it I think the banks should employ at least 30 tellers per branch so I don't have to queue up, lets not stop there though, lets insist all busus should be brand new as I might not like the sound of them rattling, and if the council could get a tarmac crew out with a spirit level that'd be great also, the bottom line is it isn't the car that needs changing, it's the idle fat idiot who deems it too much hassle to help the disabled into the car, and as has been said in another thread, disabled ppl like to get out of the chair for a while and ride a saloon, if it was London I'd agree totally, but it isn't it's one road along the coast and to expect everyone to lash out money they'd struggle to get back, maybe if some assistance to the cost of buying one had been offered maybe some of the guy's would've gotten one.

TBH you make a great case for saying the world wont, or doesn't, end following a council's decision to delimit.

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IDFIMH

That's because it's a plain old fact that envious eyes cannot get past the fact that a plate can have value, and instead of feeling good for those that do own one, like this whole s**tty countries attitude, it's to pull ppl down rather than build them up.

I missed the boat on a free issue some years ago, I missed buying a house when they were mega cheap in the mid 80's, but as I wanted both I earned the deposits and purchased both at double what I could've earlier, if you feel left out that isn't the trades problem, it's yours, if you want something and it has a price you have to pay that price or go without.

I sometimes wonder about ppl like you, you think dereg will just mean the same PH and HC drivers under one name, but it doesn't, the carpetbaggers come in and where there were 200 mouths there's now 2000, look beyond trying to prove me wrong mate and see the bigger picture, or are you one of those that tinkers with things, breaks them and then moves on.

The plate has no value really, as it belongs to the council, and has the power to take away from the owner. Simple an’ it

Nice price for a motor.

So the carpetbaggers will come in and, if your analogy is right, bag nothing.

Why do you think restrictions are not needed in 100% of the English and Welsh PH fleet, and 73% of the English and Welsh taxi fleet, yet in your area you can't exist without them?

Could it be because your area is a bastion of inefficiency and pi** poor professionalism?

You sure your not a banker?

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IDFIMH

Wrong wrong and wrong.

Restrictions are needed on the PH side, I know a firm that has 300 cars owned by just six ppl, even advertise in Eastern Europe for drivers, this in turn leads to them going flagging and blatant ranking to make the payin's.

And where do you get your info, this site alone list just about every unreg'd city as being in a right state now because of overstocking of the fleet.

What is it with the banker bit? I don't follow, is that another modern day turds way of insulting someone? you are lame as mate, from what I see here YOU ain't even a TAXI driver, why should you even get a say on things that really aren't your business or concern, you come across as another PHD that just signed up in the PHD army to fight the nasty Hackney's, I can't be arsed with you anymore, whatever I say you'll just make some reason to answer with.


The trade is all screwed up now because ppl like you wanted a cab within 5 mins for 20 minutes of a week, and we now have 900 cabs chasing 200 punters, do the maths Sherlock.

You come across as another one who bought into the illusion of buying a plate = Businessman.
You fork out a fortune for a piece of plastic and a bit of paper which belongs to the council, (without the council getting a share) and expect the council to consider you first before anyone else? You jumped the queue (perfectly legally) and took a risk. Buying a plate is always a risk, as even the biggest of restriction advocates will acknowledge, since there is always the chance that the council may change policy. If you didn't realise it was a risk then you are a fool. If you did, you are a poor loser. You gambled and you lost. You have no one to blame but yourself.

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So just cos one firm has loads of PH, they should be restricted.

And Eastern European drivers only drive PH.

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IDFIMH

I learnt long ago never to take any notice of what the local press reported over drivers moans.

Why not read the Eastbourne report and see the research the LO did about the effects on the councils in Sussex that have recently delimited.

Basically it's had no effect.

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IDFIMH

You advised drivers to buy plates, rather than join the de-limit crusade.

That business acumen is akin to the bankers funding all those US iffy mortgages.

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IDFIMH