Cardiff taxi fares set to rise after vote

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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God you are smug. You just supported adding a third to every working class persons taxi mate.

You've just said that taxi drivers shouldn't shoulder fuel and general inflation. What is it to be then?

[MOZZER2]

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Birmingham for one

wow didn't see that and i stayed there for a number of years mainly in the south Kings Norton area for a while and the north of the city Aston Villa land Erdington !

[JamesWales]

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You've just said that taxi drivers shouldn't shoulder fuel and general inflation. What is it to be then?

Perhaps something less than upto a 33% rise? Perhaps a temporary rise due to the temporary spike in inflation? Perhaps there are other ideas someone can have, that means that just because they don't support whacking up fares, it doesn't mean they 'dont give a shit about working class people'.

What is irritating is how you are the self appointed guardian of the working classes and anyone who doesn't support charging everyone a third more somehow hates them. Get a hold of yourself! :facepalm:

Loads of working class people rely on taxis too - those who cannot afford or are too old or ill to run a car etc etc. Massively increasing the fares hits them too ya know.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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When it comes to taxis at night

If a group of people go on the lash into Cardiff, finish the night by getting a curry and expect someone to get them home safely at 3 am and it costs say 12 quid between em then if they are going to moan at a price rise whilst getting pissed on water with alcohol in it

Then feck off and stay at home

[WJ99mobile]

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wow didn't see that and i stayed there for a number of years mainly in the south Kings Norton area for a while and the north of the city Aston Villa land Erdington !

Not every service and every place but we did get a few night buses up at Birmingham a few years ago I remember taking it like 1am

It was reason why our relative lived where he lived (Kitts Green if I recall) so he could get home whatever time he needed

Doesn’t need to be frequent just reliable and reasonable.

[blue matt]

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does Cardiff have Uber ? ? ?

[JamesWales]

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When it comes to taxis at night

If a group of people go on the lash into Cardiff, finish the night by getting a curry and expect someone to get them home safely at 3 am and it costs say 12 quid between em then if they are going to moan at a price rise whilst getting pissed on water with alcohol in it

Then feck off and stay at home

And what about the poorer old lady who gets a taxi to her friends house for tea or to the hospital or to the coffee shop?

[MOZZER2]

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Not every service and every place but we did get a few night buses up at Birmingham a few years ago I remember taking it like 1am

It was reason why our relative lived where he lived (Kitts Green if I recall) so he could get home whatever time he needed

Doesn’t need to be frequent just reliable and reasonable.

fair enough remember having a few good nights out in Marston green which is not too far from Kitts Green . oh the memories !

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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And what about the poorer old lady who gets a taxi to her friends house for tea or to the hospital or to the coffee shop?

The poor old lady who goes into Cardiff on a night out ?

[J R Hartley]

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Of course not, but jumping by a third is a huge hike, and as discussed may lose them business and it just makes a night out in the city more and more expensive for people

Their costs have risen by more than a third.

[J R Hartley]

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And what about the poorer old lady who gets a taxi to her friends house for tea or to the hospital or to the coffee shop?

Should Taxi drivers shoulder the burden for the cost of living increase to others?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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This is divide and rule again

Taxi Drivers are mostly working class people

In the case of Cardiff at night they are picking up people who have often had a few on board

Some of whom play up

Call it danger money

Of course screwing the last penny out of a disabled pensioner is a different thing altogether but that's not the point really

[Doucas]

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I completely get this. They don't really have a choice, costs have gone up so much for them what else can they do?

[insider]

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My annoyance with Taxis is if they are a licenced Hackney carriage in the city of Cardiff and you get in and are travelling in the city boundaries they must take you and put the meter on, they can't demand money up front they can't pluck a figure out of the air and they can't refuse to take you (if its a short journey).
My father was a licensed Hackney driver in the city of Cardiff I know the rules.
If they stray from these rules take their number and report them.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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And what about the poorer old lady who gets a taxi to her friends house for tea or to the hospital or to the coffee shop?

Are you all for taxi drivers doing favours instead of earning?