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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

If the public have access, it's a public place.
Who owns the ground is irrelevant.
Only taxis can accept unbooked fares in a public place.

CGSA 1982
23(1) In sections 10 to 22 of this Act:-
“taxi” means a hire car which is engaged, by arrangements made in a public place between the person to be conveyed in it (or a person acting on his behalf) and its driver for a journey beginning there and then; and
“private hire car” means a hire car other than a taxi within the meaning of this subsection.

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But they don't take account of increasing private hire as a demand indicator for increasing taxi numbers. Over the last 15 years or so PH has increased by 400%, taxis by less than 50%.

In other words the increased demand in the market has been given to PH. Councils have deliberately been promoting PH. This means that taxi trades have been losing their market share, losing the critical business mass. To the point where there is a vastly increased section of the customer base which when it thinks taxi, calls PH.

Can't have it both ways can you?

And this is why the skull and I are so agitated about the rights of drivers to access their own vehicle, to offer the best servie against the price cutters.

Readily available taxis driving past your door? Why fone a PH?

Perhaps this is what inflames you Toots?

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Firstly, if they considered whether or not the merger caused a monopoly they would consider all forms of transport available so I don't believe they'd see it as a monopoly.

Secondly, as I keep telling you I'm already in a de-restricted LA and there still aren't readily available taxis driving past my door and I live above a pub ffs on a main road. If I want I taxi I have to ring a ph company. Also at the moment taxis and ph drivers are not making enough to earn a decent living so opening up the market at this time isn't the best solution. Flooding a market at any time isn't a good thing especially when you have no control over the costs or the income of running the said business. Whilst I have resevations regarding the selling or the ownership of plates I still don't think that is a good reason to de-restrict. That's just the way I feel about it. I'm not inflamed by any of it

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

Silly dumpling, you don't have to do ANYTHING. You could fone for a taxi rather than a PH. YOU fone PH by choice, but pretend otherwise.

I don't care whether Taxi and PH drivers are making the mint they thought they would get. But that shouldn't stop others from having the licence that would allow them to determine their own situation.. That you would prevent them is despicable. How DO you sleep at night?

Your complaint about flooding a market shows the need for ALL of us to be able to control our costs, not just the privileged few. selfish cow.
Restriction is immoral. Unfetterered access to the tools of your trade is a RIGHT.

You're one sad cow Toots.

BTW If your daughter was raped because restriction enticed her into an unlicensed vehicle, just to get home, you'd still restrict?

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

You obviously don't read what I write or you are very forgetful. I have previously told you that the majority of the taxis here now work for PH companies because there isn't enough work for them otherwise, so if I want a taxi I ring a PH Operator and ask for a hackney.



No I didn't for one minute think you cared whether drivers make a living never mind a mint. You're like a spoilt bratty child stamping your feet and screaming I WANT, I WANT, I WANT and not shutting up until YOU get what YOU want, feck anybody else it's all about YOU and what YOU want. In answer to how do I sleep at night....... very well I have no reason not to. I have a happy and secure life and I don't have to worry about where the money is coming from to pay my bills, unlike the vast majority of my colleagues trying to make ends meet in a de-restricted area



Charming as ever, you just can't debate without sinking to insults can you How exactly does de-restriction help control costs such as fuel, insurance, vehicle purchases, mortages, food, bills etc etc. If you flood the market you'll have no chance of meeting these costs.



I think being given a free plate and selling it is immoral myself especially if the person doing the selling is doing it to prove some kind of deluded point.



You think. I'm as happy as a pig in sh*t and the fact that you call me names means nothing to me because you are insignificant to my life



There you go again with your sordid fascination with rape. My daughters would never get into an unlicensed vehicle and if I had your plate number I'd ensure they never got into your taxi when they visited Edinburgh because you are one sick and twisted person who thinks about rape frequently and then uses as an excuse to get what YOU want

Now why don't you be a good little slime ball and go crawl back under the stone from whence you came

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

Feeling better for your early Sunday morning rant? I've got a vision of you choking on your pig roll.



BTW You are right about one thing. What you write is selfish infantile tosh. Most of it is intentionally skipped.

How does anyone deserve to be taken seriously who'd prefer wee lassies to get raped rather than allow enough taxis in the fleet to help prevent it happening.

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Jim you don't half write some pash!!!

Your so vain you probably wished you wrote Harry Potter about you and Skull

You think that nearly 800 members of a merged company would allow their committee's to walk all over them!!! PASH

A merged company can only proceed with a YES vote and today's vote is on taking the Talks of a merger to the Next level, the legalities JIM

The next stage would see a new constitution put to the members, if we like it we vote YES if we don't we vote NO

The Trade is about individuals, who know how to view and assess proposals for a merger but your comments on this thread proves you are a single minded t***

Now feck off and leave us alone whilst we try and save our Trade from infiltrators like you and Skull who are out to destroy our Trade

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

Getting a tad agitated Dougie?

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"