Taxi ballot goes gangbusters

Jim Jones said :

Silverline said :

Furthermore the majority of people who applied in the ballot are drivers wanting to have a crack at the game themselves in which those cars will not have drivers.

Umm … WTF? Taxis with no cars?

Haven’t you seen total recall?

Silverline said :

Furthermore the majority of people who applied in the ballot are drivers wanting to have a crack at the game themselves in which those cars will not have drivers.

Umm … WTF? Taxis with no cars?

Word is the private taxi plates are leased out ranging between $22,000 and $26,000 +GST per year. So when the government releases plates at $20,000 inc GST some operators if they are lucky to get one in the ballot will swap plates on the cars and return their more expensive plate.

Furthermore the majority of people who applied in the ballot are drivers wanting to have a crack at the game themselves in which those cars will not have drivers.

So in reality due to the reasons mentioned above the amount of taxis on the road at any one time will more than likely be the same.

A lot of people don’t do the sums properly before jumping into a new business. You know how the old saying goes – “A fool and his money are soon parted.”

On the one hand it’s a sign of a healthy industry if heaps of people want to enter it. On the other hand, why did 16 license-holders decide it was no longer worth their while and surrender their plates?