to promote Growth, tackle climate change, three miles that they must patrol 24/7; we We cannot think of a single document that has
contribute to better health & safety, promote recognise that some of you will get a section come out of the DfT that has been anyway
equal opportunity, and improve quality of life, of the M6, or the Hardnott Pass in the Lake E H Q H À F L D O W R W K H W D [ L V Z K D W Z R X O G K H O S L I W K H \
it is unclear if all these laudable aims are District, but our answer to these objections is would actually talk to the taxi trade before they
aimed at cabbies, passengers or the general Latent Demand! However, we recognise that L V V X H V X F K O R D G H G ¶ F R Q V X O W D W L R Q · G R F X P H Q W V
S X E O L F : K H U H G R Z H À W L Q " O H W · V J H W W R W K H there are environmental issues surrounding
For example, as working taxi drivers we have
meat and two veg, of the document. 85,000 taxis buzzing around using fuel and
lost count of the number of times a taxi has
contributing to global warming and god knows
arrived to pick up a disabled person only to
Firstly anecdotal evidence (this is code for, I what else, therefore our second proposal is
be turned away because the person cannot
was talking to some geezer in the ale house based on the Roman mile fort principle, in that
D F F H V V W K H Y H K L F O H D Q G D F W X D O O \ À Q G L W H D V L H U
or GITAH for short) suggests that there are we have taxis stationed along every mile of the
to get into a saloon car, where does this fact
not enough taxis! How many times have we U R D G Q H W Z R U N Q D W X U D O O \ W K H Á H H W Z L O O K D Y H W R
V L W Z L W K W K H V H S U R S R V D O V " , Q Z U L W L Q J W K L V S L H F H
read this particular gem from the DfT, and increase to 250,000 but we are here to service
we have unearthed one startling fact, when we
it is always followed by the assertion that the public after all. In fact, this would mean that
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there is further anecdotal evidence (that the public may have to walk a MILE to obtain
a misspelling, and suggests that it should be
may or may not be a different GITAH) to a cab, therefore we are suggesting that the
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suggest the evidence of latent demand, for W D [ L Á H H W L Q F U H D V H V W R Z K L F K L V D P X F K
those of you that are unaware of the theory more people-friendly (and sensible) 600 yards.
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of latent demand, is that if you place a goods And our third proposal is that the greatest
We all get bored with the same old politics of
or service within a market place then the scientists in the world get together and explore
this trade and press release after press release,
fact that it is in the market place will induce the possibilities that quantum physics offer, and
all things nothing but taxi or private hire, when
someone to buy or use it, and therefore will discover a way that when someone arrives at
page after page becomes daunting to say the
create a market that did not exist, So does a railway station or airport, or comes out of a
least. So much so, we always endeavour to
this mean that if you put a cab on the Brecon F O X E D Q G W K H U H L V Q · W D F D E D Y D L O D E O H W K H \ V D \
Beacons or a market stall selling Manchester W K H Z R U G ¶ 7 $ ; , · D Q G W K L V F D X V H V D F D W D O \ V W L Q
bring our huge UK readership something a
United scarves in the middle of Church Street the Time Space continuum and a cab appears
little different. Who wants to read about bloody
in Liverpool this will create a market that had from the 4
th
dimension.
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Q R W S U H Y L R X V O \ E H H Q L G H Q W L À H G " \ H D K U L J K W
magazine is the best there is in the country,
But seriously though, what looks to be on
X Q O L N H W K H R W K H U V Z K L F K D U H D O Z D \ V I X O O R I ¶ S U H V V
To get back to GITAH, he/she has obviously the cards is that all taxis in Britain will have
F X W W L Q J V · D Q G E R U L Q J S D J H D I W H U S D J H Z D I Á H
not been able to get a taxi at some time to be wheelchair accessible, and that there
Z K L F K S U R E D E O \ V H Q G V W K H U H D G H U W R V O H H S L W · V
L Q W K H L U O L I H D Q G Z D Q W V L W V R U W L Q · 1 2 : W K H will be a requirement that all taxis fall within
bad enough on the ranks these days!
S U R E O H P L V K R Z L V W K L V J R L Q J W R E H D F K L H Y H G " W R X J K H P L V V L R Q F R Q W U R O V V R L W · V J R R G E \ H W R W K H
The panacea for lack of taxis is, according saloon car as well as Fairways and Mertocabs
7 K L V P R Q W K Z H Z R X O G O L N H W R L Q W U R G X F H & 3 2
to GITAH, delimitation, but as is now quite D Q G R I F R X U V H W K H P X F K O R Y H G 1 L V V D Q
& K L H I 3 H W W \ 2 I À F H U * D U \ ¶ 0 D F · 0 F & X O O R F K
D S S D U H Q W L W G R H V Q · W V R Z H Z R X O G O L N H engine, if we take the DfT statistics they
¶ W K H & K L H I * X Q Q H U · R Q + 0 6 6 R P H U V H W 2 Y H U
to share with you our contribution to the suggest that approximately 40,000 taxis are
W K H Q H [ W V L [ P R Q W K V R U V R Z H · U H J R L Q J W R E H
¶ F R Q V X O W D W L R Q · G R F X P H Q W wheelchair accessible that means the other
N H S W X S W R G D W H E \ & 3 2 ¶ 0 D F · D Q G I R O O R Z
40,000 will have to change their vehicles to
HMS Somerset, her day-to-day role as a
The taxi talk Manifesto to ensure that fall in line the draft proposals, a quick back-
& R P P L V V L R Q H G 5 R \ D O 1 D Y \ 7 \ S H ) U L J D W H
everyone in Britain gets a cab when they of-the-beer mat calculation 40,000 vehicles at
Z K D W V K H · V F D S D E O H R I D Q G L Q G H H G O L I H R Q board
need one approximately 25k a pop, which equates to 10
to various exciting countries around the world
According to the DfT, Britain has P L O O L R Q S R X Q G V R I < 2 8 5 P R Q H \ W K D W W K H \ Z D Q W
V X F K D V 0 D O W D : H K R S H \ R X H Q M R \ ¶ 0 D F · V
approximately 85,000 licensed taxis, and to spend - mind you as they are currently À U V W ¶ G L W · R Q O L I H D E R D U G + 0 6 6 R P H U V H W D O O
there are approximately 250,000 miles of propping up the banks and will probably be feedback is always welcome.
roads in the country, this equates to three bailing out the car industry, at least we can
miles of road for every taxi. We recommend make our contribution - wharra ya mean Till next month
that every taxi driver is allocated their own W K H \ · U H P D G H L Q ) U D Q F H D Q G & K L Q D " David Millward & Derek Cummins
ETTCO thank Lothian & Borders Police
2 Q W K H W K R I ) H E U X D U \ W K H ( G L Q E X U J K 7 D [ L It has always been recognised by the current Edinburgh city centre and a Road Hauliers protest
7 U D G H & K L O G U H Q · V 2 X W L Q J P D G H D S U H V H Q W D W L R Q W R D Q G S U H Y L R X V F R P P L W W H H · V W K D W Z L W K R X W W K H K H O S on the same day, it meant even more planning
W K H U H J X O D U R I À F H U V R I / R W K L D Q % R U G H U V 3 R O L F H R I W K H V H R I À F H U V D Q G P D Q \ P R U H W K H R X W L Q J than normal and we would just like to say thanks
Road Policing Unit motorcycle riders in order would not have run as well as it has done. D J D L Q W R , Q V S H F W R U & R O L Q 6 K L O O L W R D Q G D O O K L V R I À F H U V
to thank them for their many years of service to
the annual outings. Last year especially with all the road works in ( 7 7 & 2
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