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Then ask it yourself. Don't phone your girlfriend for help.

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What's realistically?

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It's not worked in our area nor the areas round our way who've de restricted. We've had drivers suspended for one month for over ranking, Chesterfield over the border have closed the door to anymore new plates because there's HC's all over the place.

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De-limitation certainly doesn't work for the plate, or even multi-plate owners. In other words those that shout the most.

However it works for those that don't shout, in other words proper drivers not leeching on the rest. And of course 100% of the country's PH trade, they seem to manage.

And if it doesn't work, well there's always shelves to fill at Tesco.

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IDFIMH

The work load out there has gone down taxis are ranking at times they never used to so to lift or not put a cap on right now would be stupid

after all we all need to make a living and times are hard right now so how anyone can say more taxi will give a better service and be good for the drivers and trade is beyond me

I await the usual insults that will follow

Whatever the work load is it wont be effected by delimitation.

If you have 500 cabs with 1000 drivers working 12 hours shifts, what changes when you have 1000 cabs and 1000 drivers still working 12 hour shifts?

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IDFIMH

yea and its going to work out that simple ????

not every motor will be single shifted and not eveyone will do the same 12 hour shifts.
Not everyone wants to run there own taxi they just want to rent and some guys just work part time. its just like guys on the PH (who have a cap) who dont want to run the own motor so it follows that there will be a increase of taxi on the road at times and right now the trade cant handle more taxi on the road as earnings will go down further than they all ready have right now

like i said taxi are ranking at times when they never used and that tells its own story

dont get me wrong if the trade can handle more taxi fair enough put them on but the fact is it cant right now the PH guys cant handle there number right

oooops sorry should have put "who have no cap"

Of course it's not going to work out that way, it will be somewhere in between the two scenarios. But whatever number of cabs there are the number of drivers will remain static, and taxis can't pick up punters without drivers.

The problem the whole trade has got is the state of the economy, and the fact when the economy is s*** we are hit twice, once by the decline in punters and twice by the increase in new drivers.

That has nothing to do with de-limitation.

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IDFIMH

Oh, do they really!!

http://taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16099

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After all the news articles this week it has become more clear that a very large majority of taxi trade in Dundee want a cap on taxis maybe the public do not want this but you would get the same answer from the public if you asked if they would like their rent put up.

And asking the majority of the taxi trade if they want a cap is like asking turkeys if they want to cancel Christmas, but that doesn't mean the council should just do what they want.

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Apart from the quality of air it's my experience that not only are there the 1000 drivers but there are more drivers that will come into the market that would not have done prior to derestriction and the 12 hours become more hours to make ends meet

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Are you sure about that cos I think Tesco and the like restrict the number of vacancies to only what's needed to do the job. They certainly don't have lots sitting around just in case a pallet load comes in that needs uplifting to shelves.

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