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Old April 27th 12, 09:07 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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In message , at 03:29:09
on Fri, 27 Apr 2012, remarked:
The distinction between taxis and hire cars is a tricky judgement for local
authorities. We had the same debate in Cambridge over 30 years ago. But here
the hire cars have taximeters and generally charge the same fares as taxis,


The Cambridge council website says:

"The [private hire] fares are set by the company's meter or quoted in
advance."

It's quite common in that scenario for trips to airports etc to be done
at a fixed fee.
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Roland Perry