Permanent Roof Signs?
Roy September 28th, 2009
It seems many part time Taxi drivers, some working less than 10 hours per week are availing of the reduced Road Tax rates applicable to vehicles operating as full time taxis, costing the exchequer millions in lost revenue.
A licensed Taxi should, as in every other country I can think of be just that, not a private vehicle for taking it’s owner to the Bus garage, Army barracks or other place of employment.
One method (probably the only feasible one) of doing this is to insist on the Roof sign being permanently affixed to the vehicle roof using a weld.
It would be cheap to do and easy to clean up when the Taxi has finished it’s useful working life.
Sure, employers will not be happy to see car parks full of empty taxis, but aren’t they better knowing that maybe the loss of productivity, the increase in mistakes, extra bus crashes etc are down to tiredness from the hours spent driving a taxi?
It will even cut down on the number of stolen roof signs and the fraudulent use of same.
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it will never happen roy ,
Ah TnT. Never say never. Some said there would never be another protest
Simple solution cost nobody nothing
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Why would we want to discourage a taxi from restricting it’s working hours to 10 per week? Where’s the logic in converting 10 hours competition into 70 hours competition? How will this put more money in our pockets?
In such circumstance as supply is fixed double jobbers are a benefit to our business. They serve to reduce competition. Supply is currently fixed as a result of market forces. Should CTR/TAC proposed reforms be introduced supply of saloon taxis will be fixed by regulation.
here we go again, its like a long playing record. the minister wont by thier own admission meet with the itc, or listen to them per say, but yet they beleive will take notice of ununified protests, the commission are laughing all the way to the bank at our cost ? take note of her proposals to the minister all transfer fees / all vehicle license renewals are to increase consequentally to cover administration and the new nta, we and i stress we, will again have to pay the piper ? in over 30 years of strikes protests etc. what have any-any industry union or organisation done for us ? answer= zilch ? mobilise the 28.000 taxis @10 euro per taxi giving a sum of 280.000 to take a high court action and end this b/s once and for all. remember you can fool some of the people some of the time but you cant fool all of the people all of the time ?
@SCRUMPY.
In 1978 protest action achieved regulation, a situation maintained by the representative bodies for 22 years. How can you conclude that rep bodies have done nothing, maintaining a closed shop for 22 years was a very significant achievement.
It may be true that ITC have been ignored throughout the current review processes. This was recently intimated on the forum by a semi-official spokesperson for Frank Byrne. However, don’t underestimate the people who have worked for ITC behind the scenes. While official high profile meetings may serve to massage egos, unofficial routes are often the most effective when it comes to getting the message to those in power. ITC proposals have been well communicated.
@ stephen. who would this person be
@Lisa. Frank Byrne? He’s the little known, President of ITC. Previously acted as PRO for TDFC
Ahhhhhhh yes I know the gentleman. Hopefully to be much better known in the very near future
known for what ?
taxi driveron 30 Sep 2009 at 1:11 pm
known for what ?
wait and see