Taxi Driver Online

Why all the question marks, peeps?

I thought asking questions wasn't legitimate debating?

Or is it another case of 'do as Toots and Captain Cab say, not as Toots and Captain Cab do'?

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Caledonian Cabbie

Well I was trying to ascertain if it was a statement as it appears or a question because of the ?. Wtf if you answer it with another question. God forbid you did as I did cos that would involve you actually answering something



Why am I even worse than you? What the hell has CC got to do with my opinion? I am use to proper debate this just isn't one. Hats off to you if you can flutter an avatar I don't think it's flirting it's called having a laugh You give me way too much credit for getting people to do anything



I change my signature all the time. It usually has quotes in it that I find amusing. Not to be taken as sworn avidavits. I don't recall saying that somebody was playing dirty, but, that's not to say I didn't I may have I'm just forgetful sometimes I think however you will find that with regards to de-restriction I have indeed said it as it is and it has not been sugar coated

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

Is that the best you can do to justify the fact that you never answer any questions. Come to think of it neither does Jasbar. It must be the Scots way

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

You show little knowledge of the taxi trade and deregulation.

Allow me to eductate you. Amongst the reasons some local authorities have delimited is on the advice of the Police......more cabs needed to clear up at the peaktime periods.

Its strange therefore that the police in Cardiff were actually more concerned about the physical situation which deregulation creates.....I.E. taxis fouling cab ranks etc.....than they were of the streets being cleared.

You cant see that obvious point because yor obviously retarded.

The oversupply at certain times and undersupply at other times has already been answered. Again, it is pointless debating anything with you, because you choose to ignore what you dont want to read, which leaves myself constantly regoing over points that have already been made.

Londons taxi trade is deregulated, you get a badge and you can have as many plates as you wish, although I'm sure GBC will tell you what the exact situation is, because you seem to think its regulated.

I merely pointed out that at times, deregulated London has few taxis available.

I dont know why drivers dont work Sundays, perhaps they dont because the want one day off per week, perhaps they see it as a day of rest?

CC

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George Carlin

Gaining a badge in London is hardly the same as filling in a form and paying the fee, as it is in many places. London puts the value in the driver, not the plate.
The trade is regulated, just not by taxi numbers.

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Are you suggesting outside of London it is merely a matter of paying a fee and collection a license?

If you are, I'm afraid you are misinformed.

CC

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

Are you suggesting it takes an average of 3 years study outside London to get a badge?
How many authorities issue badges to people with limited or no english, no checkable backgrounds and no idea where they are going?

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I was under the impression it took 2 years in London, but I'll concede to your greater knowledge

You stated (and I'll remind you);

the same as filling in a form and paying the fee, as it is in many places

Are you ignoring the CRB check which almost all areas have?......maybe the NVQ or BTEC which is increasingly common, local topographical knowledge tests, basic english tests, medicals, DSA driving tests?

Or am I being a tad pernickety here?

CC

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George Carlin

You are.
Yes some of these things exist in most areas and all of them in a very few. It's hardly the "knowledge of London" though, is it?

To say the London trade is not regulated is misleading at best and dishonest at worst.
London doesn't need a limit on cab numbers because they are already limited by the amount of licensed drivers available.
Any comparison with your's or toots' area is like comparing apples with carrots.

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I think your actually being quite simplistic about all of this.

some of these things exist in most areas and all of them in a very few Which is quite disengenuous really.

Plates in London are not regulated, thats a quite simple point, unless you are saying they are regulated, which wouldnt be accurate. There cannot be any dishonesty in saying London taxi plates are not regulated, because they arent.

The London trade has asked in the past for numbers regulation, I'm certain GBC can confirm this, even if he cant confirm it today, I'm sure he'll ask our mutual freind in the LTDA to confirm this.

Indeed, from memory, the only reason London currently has a night-time rate of fare is due to undersupply of taxis at night.

I know a couple of these points stray from the actual issue, but I feel they are part of the wider picture.

I could go a little further and mention age limits on vehicles on first and subsequent licensing, designed in my view to limit the affects of deregulation in many areas, but based, quite deceitfully, on something called 'quality control', which is amusing to say the least.

CC

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

Whatever.

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Caledonian Cabbie

So am I being simplistic or disengenuous?
Driver badge standards do vary wildly across the country as you well know.



There can be dishonesty in saying the London trade is not regulated, which is what you said.


I don't doubt it. What trade wouldn't want to limit it's competition?
I'm sure most butchers would tell you there are too many butchers and far too many Tescos.
What they may have asked for is irrelevant.
The point is about what is, not what was asked for in the past.


The same undersupply would indicate demand, wouldn't it?


Wider picture or a distraction from your earlier statement?

London taxi numbers are limited by the amount of badged drivers available to drive them.
Yes, anyone can have as many taxis as they want but what's the point if they don't have drivers to drive them?

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There seems little point in going any further on this as I totally disagree with you.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
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Well there's a shock.

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