I am ONE of these "LUCKY" people to have got a H/C Plate in Bath.
I would like to tell you abut the situation in our small BUT lovley city.
[quote]"This is a 20 per cent increase in the number of hackney carriage vehicles, but there is not 20 per cent more trade," said Rachael McLoughlin, who has run a hackney carriage taxi in Bath for the past seven years.
[quote] 1 "In the seven years I've been a proprietor, there has always been a limit on the number of plates.
[quote] 2 "There is now an excellent bus service for the students in Bath which means we no longer get much trade from them.
1) Rachael McLoughlin is a JOINT proprietor and likes to make out its ALL hers.
2) The bus that is used is a BENDY-BUS and it takes up tooooooo much of the road, gets stuck thus bringing the traffic in the city to a standstill and is a hazard. The streets of bath are not big enough for this type of bus. And this
excellent oversized bus service only runs till 3am.
Not all the proprietors of the HC plates feel the same as Rachael McLoughlin as some of them do still talk to me but Rachael McLoughlin is stiring up a load of [edited by admin] and turing people against each other. look at how many people are in the Bath Spa Taxi Association, it only represents 72 out of 89 taxi (HC) drivers/proprietors but some of these drivers/proprietors have second drivers.
Who represents them?
One of the members of the Bath Spa Taxi Association who was only renting the plate (which is illegal) also put in for a FREE plate.
HE was granted a FREE plate on the first day and had the NERVE to go in the next day heckling and saying there are toooooooooomany H/C plates out there.
Oh yes and he HAS NOT even been sent to coventry unlike like the rest of us. FUNNY THAT.
Double standards? I think so
These people are like kids that WONT let u play with there toys even though they dont play with them saying i might play with it later.
They have had it good enough for long enough.
[quote]"In the end, it will come down to market forces. If there is not enough demand, the weak will fall."
Time will tell.
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