On 2015-10-04 13:13:13 +0000, JNugent said:

In order to protect the passenger and preserve his/her right to privacy.

Which they could still choose by requesting sole use of the taxi, just
as they do now. The point is not to ban single-user taxis, it is to
allow another method of operation.

What would you think if a minicab driver picked up your daughter in the
West End late at night, then airily informed her that she had to share
the vehicle from Marble Arch to Ealing with his brother-in-law the
convicted rapist and the Southall Strangler?

She wouldn't have requested a shared taxi when booking so the situation
would not arise. She would have requested a sole-use taxi.

It would seem
to provide an effective half-bus half-taxi means of transport in smaller
towns where proper bus operation is increasingly unaffordable.

Safety first.

Why do you seek to deny the option of a money saving shared taxi to
those who want it? This would not prevent those who don't want a
shared taxi from having one to themselves by paying the fare, as at
present, for the whole vehicle.

Neil
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