paul wrote:
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT,THE PH WANTS THE HC PLATE,THE HC WANTS TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO.
IN DUNDEE THEY OPENED THE LIST FOR ANYONE TO RECEIVE A HC LICENSE,AND ALTHOUGH ONLY A FEW PLATES HAVE BEEN THROWN IN,THE PRIVATE HIRE PLATES HAVE DROPPED DRAMATICALLY AND THE HACKNEY PLATES HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY,TO THE EXTENT THAT EARNING A DECENT LIVING IS NOW A STRUGGLE.
RANKS OVERFLOWING,CABBIES WORKING OVER 12 HOURS PER DAY,MAJORITY DOING A SIX DAY WEEK.
TO GET THE HACKNEY LICENSE,THE DOBLOS HAVE APPEARED,ALTHOUGH A FEW TX11,SOME E7,s AND THE TERRIBLE EUROBUS.
THE OVER PRICED WAVS OPERATORS,NOW FINDING IT HARD TO PAY THEIR WAY AND ENVISIAGE A FEW UPLIFTS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.
TRADE VERY HARD,BUT HEAD DOWN AND KEEP WORKING.
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As you say Paul the new plates are just swaps for PH in the main, and the number of drivers hasn't changed, so the main change is that some of the former PH now have access to the ranks, so if some are worse off then presumably some will be better off, and theres a level playing field.
At a rough guess most of the drivers are part-time, so I doubt if the majority are doing six days a week.
When on one could get a yellow plate the offices had no problem taking on white plates, meaning more yellows on the ranks, but the same people were wailing about the number of cars in the city.