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Taxi Drivers Protest
........at an app which stops them from ripping punters off
Anyone actually feel sorry for them?
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Anyone actually feel sorry for them?
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Yes they maintain this system is illegal, but it will soon be tested in the courts.
This new system is not only in London,but all over Europe.
The company behind this illegal system is google and other large conglomerates,none of whom are noted for paying tax in this country,or indeed in any country.
This new system is not only in London,but all over Europe.
The company behind this illegal system is google and other large conglomerates,none of whom are noted for paying tax in this country,or indeed in any country.
Uber Technologies are not run by tax avoiders Google and Goldman Sachs. They have invested in the company, because it is a good idea.
Every other walk of life has been disrupted by modern technology, so why should taxi drivers remain immune? The app makes travel easier for the commuter, and the public seemingly want to use it. The legislation is outdated, and the regulation of taxis is from a different era.
Just like modern technology broke the print unions, modern technology has caught up with the taxi driving profession, and like Canute, they cannot turn back the tide.
Every other walk of life has been disrupted by modern technology, so why should taxi drivers remain immune? The app makes travel easier for the commuter, and the public seemingly want to use it. The legislation is outdated, and the regulation of taxis is from a different era.
Just like modern technology broke the print unions, modern technology has caught up with the taxi driving profession, and like Canute, they cannot turn back the tide.
Sir Oracle,
Not sure taxis drivers have an unblemished safety record despite all the checks. I don't think taxis drivers concerns are to do with the safety of customers, they have notoriously fought every bit of legislation designed to make their cabs safer and accessible to all.
No, they are concerned with maintaing the Status Quo because it suits them, not because of concerns for customers.
But thanks for the laugh about taxi drivers and paying full tax.
Not sure taxis drivers have an unblemished safety record despite all the checks. I don't think taxis drivers concerns are to do with the safety of customers, they have notoriously fought every bit of legislation designed to make their cabs safer and accessible to all.
No, they are concerned with maintaing the Status Quo because it suits them, not because of concerns for customers.
But thanks for the laugh about taxi drivers and paying full tax.
I feel sorry for them too. It's one thing to have your living taken away from you, and it's another having a possibly illegal unlicensed driver taking it from you. Taxi licences cost money, plus the professional driver is the safer ride altogether, natch the customer will want the cheapest deal and not be thinking of the conseqences of a possibly dangerous vehicle or equally a dangerous driver.
I used to work as an admin assistant for HMRC, data entering tax returns etc and you could guarantee that whenever you saw the words 'taxi driver' as the profession on the forms that their self-assessed tax for that year would be either a minimal amount or zero (I think they used to fill the total earnings box in first - which was usually exactly their tax allowance for that year funnily enough - and then work backwards filling in the rest of the form so that everything added up nicely)
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