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Mike Hughes · December 1st 08, 08:41 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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"RobWilton" wrote in message
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The current tarriff for London taxis is ridiculously overpriced & that's
because the operating costs & the price of the vehicle are far too high
"approx" £35,000,my friend who is a licensed cabby was telling me that
with the current economic downturn the first thing that the public have
cut back on is riding in cabs,why not have licensed tuc tucs working at a
fixed price betwen destinations that way three people sharing could get
arond London far cheaper then buses or trains.

They tried tuc tucs in Brighton, but it didn't work out.

My guess is that HSE would have something to say about tuc tucs plying
London streets.

You can say that again. If you'd seen the reports on the safety (or lack
of) record of the Tuc Tuc's you'd be very worried. There was even one
occasion when one of these turned over. The owner of the company tried
to put a positive spin on the whole incident by claiming that the fact
no one was injured showed that the 'safety enhancements' (seat belts
required by law) he'd had fitted to the vehicles had made then safer. He
conveniently overlooked the fact that the thing had turned over at a
relatively low speed and it was just luck that there was no serious
injury - unlike the poor soul who is (was?) in a semi vegetive state as
a result of an accident that occurred in Queen Street, Brighton

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Mike Hughes
A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton
at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England
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