Central Cars apparently running on 'Snow Tarrif' EH !!!

[Fly]

Friend of mine has just walked from Tapton Golf Course to the train station, to get a taxi home. Not a cab in sight.
So he walked up town to Central Cars's office.

What would have cost him £5, in my taxi, cost him £6.50.
They didn't tell him till he got to his house, they're running fares on snow rate. WTF !!!

Robbing Bas**** !!!!

[emmz]

doesnt apply to this but just got club taxi's from shuttlewood to brampton and cost me £11.20. What the hell of snow tariffs are they making it p as they go along>

[Slacker]

Aren't fares base on time as well as money, maybe they couldn't drive through town at 50?

[Old Cruser]

Snow tarrif - never heard of that! What about the meters then  do they work different in the snow????? Or does this mean that taxis can just charge what they want when it's snowing?????

[Fly]

Taxis, (hackneys, the ones that sit on the ranks), have fixed meters, date/time.
They can only charge what is on the meter. Tariffs are set by the town hall.
Unless a price is agreed before the journey.

Private hires, should also have meters, or, a set price for a journey.
Unless a price is agreed before the journey.

Neither should take a customer then make a price up when they get to the destination 

[Old Cruser]

Thanks Fly - didn't think they could.