Bit of a daft question really.

You could ask if drivers if they would prefer there were only half as many cabs. Or ask if existing plate holders if they could all have 5 drivers on their cars.

But the thing you are neglecting is what Mr and Mrs Punter wants. And I very much doubt it's less cabs and higher fares.

With deisel heading for a pound a litre, are you sugesting more cabs and lower fares? More Cabs and lower fares= Bancruptcy for thousands of hard working owner drivers.

Bit of a daft question really.

You could ask if drivers if they would prefer there were only half as many cabs. Or ask if existing plate holders if they could all have 5 drivers on their cars.

But the thing you are neglecting is what Mr and Mrs Punter wants. And I very much doubt it's less cabs and higher fares.

So which bit of my question is daft, Sussex, and why?

Well let's start with better for whom?

Non working owners, or jockies?

Driver who were told when to work, or those that can now choose for themselves?

Blokes who have been waiting up to twenty years on a list, or the queue jumpers?

its now over a year and a half since dundee was deregulated plus the seventy odd plates won by 203020 which represented ten percent of the total hack numbers prior to deregulation, and the situation is that the old plate holders who relied heavily on drivers are reporting big losses
the ops who drive their own cabs are reporting minor losses the new ops are saying either they are making the same or if they have a driver are better off, before dundee dregulation this site was full of hack owners shouting off some become quite aggressive just like the edinburgh situation but now everyone are pals again, its not nearly as bad as everyone thought it would be, dundee has probably went through one of the biggest changes, imagine your manor issuing ten percent of the hack numbers to one company then opening up to wavs ?the doom and gloom has not appeared in dundee at least no plates were surrendered when they were due to be renewed many thought 150 plus would go back
but the figures talk for themselves, but the old ops will probably say different, one problem dundee has is dundee private hire putting all the dole claimants through their badges this is acounting for nearly 90 per cent of new badge holders but the old ops think this is ok?maybe part of the cab test should be higher maths, the number of cabs in our office handys the biggest in dundee has also dropped this is also going against the too many taxis claim, quality controls do work and if the offices backed them up with nobody with a a full time job and no dole dossers
rule then all cabbies would make decent money

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You are turning the question around to your own hobbyhorse, as per usual.

How are things for the foot soldier owner driver in deregland is the question, not what does sussex think.