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The widespread illegal charges have come to light as North Devon Council tries to crack down on drivers charging for "dead mileage" – the journey from their base to pick up a customer.
One of the drivers explained: "If we go to a job in Saunton from Braunton, we can't charge on a meter for getting to and from the customer, so on a journey that costs £12.00 we end up with just £5.
Oh...OK...so it's the old chestnut about "dead mileage" between the location of the vehicle when hired and the location of the actual hire. Well, this subject has even caused debate on TDO, so at least we can now look forward to the experts there explaining everything for us!
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Councillor Jasmine Chesters is a member of the North Devon council committee that regulates the district's taxis. She said: "The taxi drivers are cutting their own throats by doing this. It means that passengers can go from cab to cab asking for the best price.
I thought they were referring to jobs involving the said "dead mileage"...more in keeping with a "private hire" type of job...why are taxi ranks now being alluded to? Or...does every potential customer in this area have the individual driver's phone numbers...along with a list of when they are working?
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But we can't enforce the meters. Who's going to go round and police it?"She admitted that the situation has become a free-for-all.
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Hold on a minute...I may have been a little bit too quick to use the word "experts".
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