On 24/04/2016 21:24, Recliner wrote:
JNugent wrote:
On 24/04/2016 18:08, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 17:54:43 on Sun, 24
Apr 2016, JNugent remarked:

The 5 minute wait was just a "ruse" to disrupt the business model and
ISTM is unlikely to have any effect on drivers congregating "just around
the corner" from major pick up points. It's so short that they would
just wait there for 5 minutes longer.

In that case, the advance booking period needs to be a more-credible
24 hours.

Five minutes is enough - because then there's a more level playing field
between drivers who are parked legally five minutes away, and those who
are parked illegally zero minutes away.

The objective being to disincentivise the zero-minutes-away mob, and
also stop them touting at the kerbside then asking the passenger to call
in the "booking".

There's always been a good case for the advance booking period for a
so-called "private hire car" to be at least twenty-four hours.

Only 24 hours? Surely you'd prefer it to be 31 days, to be booked only in
writing, counter-signed by a magistrate, and delivered by black cab?

Only 24 hours.

The advance period is the "get out of jail free card" from the charge of
illegal plying for hire, so let's strengthen it.

Presumably you regard any form of non-black-cabbing as a criminal offence
worthy of capital punishment?

For unlicensed (and therefore uninsured) plying for hire, that's a
suggestion worthy of serious consideration. Thank you for making it.