fatcatcabbie wrote:
I am at a loss to understand why ,T D O and J D take great delight in the demise of the taxi owner .
I'm at a loss as to how you come to this conclusion - perhaps you could point out examples of this, or I'll assume you're just trying to misrepresent the situation.
But I should point out that I'm concerned at all the trade, whereas you are no doubt only bothered about the OWNERS, as your statement above would seem to indicate.
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I dont know if there was a plate premium in Reigate , but there more than likely was . People have probably borrowed , buying cabs thinking that there would be, a supply of drivers to help buy, the cab and give a bit, of an income as well . Now all that has changed . Drivers will now be free to own there own taxis . Owners could go bust , people could well loose there homes . You should be putting the case for the owner and owner drivers first . fatcat
So why risk their house on such a risky venture?
Maybe because the likes of the T&G and NTA are good at putting out misleading information about what's going on. You'd think any responsible organisation would be telling people that buying a plate is a big risk, but instead they are trying to engender the opposite view.
So when there's a risk that plate premiums might disappear they try to blame others, whereas in fact it's these organisations that should be held to account.
So why do they do this - simply to protect their own premiums.