Apparently Livingstone wants to fit GPS-controlled speed limiters to buses
and taxis which will prevent them from ever breaking the speed limit.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles...nderbonnet.htm

The consequences seem fairly obvious to me.

1) Taxis will become significantly slower than minicabs, and so will become
a distress purchase for people who can't get a minicab. People will prefer
any minicab, even an illegal one, to a taxi.

2) Car drivers will do everything they can to prevent taxis pulling out in
front of them, so that they won't be held up. This will make taxis even
slower with respect to minicabs.

3) Taxi drivers will earn less money, because there will be less demand for
them, and they will take longer to do the jobs that they get but won't get
any extra money for them. Minicab drivers will earn more money, because
there will be more demand for minicabs.

4) Although taxis will probably survive in Central London, they will cease
to exist in the suburbs, because there will be no point in spending a year
or more doing the suburban knowledge and buying or hiring an expensive
wheelchair-accessible vehicle if you can earn more money as a minicab
driver.

5) The decimation of the suburban taxi trade and growth of the minicab trade
will mean that the disabled won't be able to get around at all.

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"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Apparently Livingstone wants to fit GPS-controlled speed limiters to buses
and taxis which will prevent them from ever breaking the speed limit.

Only when we are permitted to fit politicians with bull**** detectors.
;-))

"John Rowland" wrote the
following in:

Apparently Livingstone wants to fit GPS-controlled speed limiters
to buses and taxis which will prevent them from ever breaking the
speed limit.

Obviously he never rides night buses then.

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5) The decimation of the suburban taxi trade and growth of the minicab trade
will mean that the disabled won't be able to get around at all.

Whatever happened to the small sky blue box cars that disabled people used to
drive about in? Often used to see loads of them parked near to the terraces at
Highfield Road and Ibrox on the TV. Maybe they should be bought back to help
disabled people get about?

Burkey

JWBA68 wrote:
5) The decimation of the suburban taxi trade and growth of the
minicab trade will mean that the disabled won't be able to get
around at all.

Whatever happened to the small sky blue box cars that disabled people
used to drive about in? Often used to see loads of them parked near
to the terraces at Highfield Road and Ibrox on the TV. Maybe they
should be bought back to help disabled people get about?


(sigh) The world has moved on. Those "sky blue box cars" were considered to
be unsafe and anti-social (in that they were single seat, no room for a
family) so they were done away with (although I understand that a few are
still in use). Ordinary cars are now available through the Motability scheme
with adaptations if necessary.

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:00:30 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Apparently Livingstone wants to fit GPS-controlled speed limiters to buses
and taxis which will prevent them from ever breaking the speed limit.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles...nderbonnet.htm

The consequences seem fairly obvious to me.

snip

Eh? If cab drivers have to obey the law they'll become economically unviable?
If that's the case, then they DESERVE TO LOSE THEIR JOBS. Why should society
tolerate people who make their living by breaking the law?

Marc Brett wrote in message
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:00:30 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Apparently Livingstone wants to fit GPS-controlled speed limiters to
buses
and taxis which will prevent them from ever breaking the speed limit.


http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles...nderbonnet.htm

The consequences seem fairly obvious to me.

snip

Eh? If cab drivers have to obey the law they'll become economically
unviable?
If that's the case, then they DESERVE TO LOSE THEIR JOBS. Why should
society
tolerate people who make their living by breaking the law?

Oh come on! At least you can identify a reckless driver.

Who knows a poor Black cabbie?

Anyone ever heard of an unemployed Black Cabbie due to being late for work?

If a black cab opts to use the Bus Lane - STAY IN IT!

"dave F" wrote in message
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Who knows a poor Black cabbie?

Suburban black cabbies (the main subject of the thread) are not wealthy. As
for All-London cabbies, if you think they are overpaid for what they do,
no-one is stopping you from becoming one.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

John Rowland wrote in message
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"dave F" wrote in message
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Who knows a poor Black cabbie?

Suburban black cabbies (the main subject of the thread) are not wealthy.
As
for All-London cabbies, if you think they are overpaid for what they do,
no-one is stopping you from becoming one.



Sorry but I actually know quite a few cabbies and they are not short of a
few quid.

"dave F" wrote in message
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John Rowland wrote in message
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"dave F" wrote in message
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Who knows a poor Black cabbie?

Suburban black cabbies (the main subject of the thread)
are not wealthy. As for All-London cabbies, if you think
they are overpaid for what they do,
no-one is stopping you from becoming one.

Sorry but I actually know quite a few cabbies
and they are not short of a few quid.

John! How are ya?

John! I'm great, how are you?

I'm great. What you been up to?

I've been on ULL having a chat with a nice bloke. He's called myself.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes