On Tue, 7 Feb 2017 09:49:58 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
Its the driver we're talking about, not the vehicle itself.

Yes, but you couldn't realistically restrict any cabbie from working less
than, say, 45 hours per week, and you wouldn't want them working very much
longer than that. And if you're trying to encourage them to drive a more
expensive cab, it's the capital cost that's the issue. As many cabs are
usually shated by more than one driver, you can't realistically limit the
cab's hours either.

How many hours the actual vehicle works is irrelevant. Allowing the drivers
to use normal cars if they wish but giving an incentive for them to drive
the more expensive disabled friendly vehicles is the problem.

I think the only way to encourage the use of more expensive cabs is to
allow them to charge more,

All that will happen then is that no one will flag down the more expensive
cabs apart from the disabled and the cabbies will go out of business.

or for the state to subsidise the fares for the
disabled people who need the higher spec cabs.

IMO the disabled should get subsidised fares on PT anyway. They're life is
difficult enough already.

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Spud