Post by acnedriver on Oct 19, 2022 5:48:57 GMT
Taxi fare increases in Waveney have been approved following a calculation error.
A cost rise of at least £1 across all hackney carriage tariffs was agreed by the district council’s licensing committee on Monday, October 17, for the northern part of the district.
A consultation on a new table of fares returned a comment about problems with calculations by a private taxi operator.
The fare proposal submitted by a group of hackney carriage drivers and accepted for consultation by the council would have meant the meter dropped to the next payment level too quickly.
At most, this would have meant the passenger would have started to be charged at the next rate 18 seconds earlier than they should have.
The calculation used for the agreed table of fares has been checked by an independent meter agent.
The approved rates for 7am to 11pm are £4 for the first 805 metres or five minutes and 17 seconds, and 20p for each following 114 metres or 45 seconds.
www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/business/waveney-taxi-fares-set-to-rise-9335372
A cost rise of at least £1 across all hackney carriage tariffs was agreed by the district council’s licensing committee on Monday, October 17, for the northern part of the district.
A consultation on a new table of fares returned a comment about problems with calculations by a private taxi operator.
The fare proposal submitted by a group of hackney carriage drivers and accepted for consultation by the council would have meant the meter dropped to the next payment level too quickly.
At most, this would have meant the passenger would have started to be charged at the next rate 18 seconds earlier than they should have.
The calculation used for the agreed table of fares has been checked by an independent meter agent.
The approved rates for 7am to 11pm are £4 for the first 805 metres or five minutes and 17 seconds, and 20p for each following 114 metres or 45 seconds.
www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/business/waveney-taxi-fares-set-to-rise-9335372