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I am currently workinbg as a bus driver and have been for the last 5 years, but i'm getting sick of it now and i have been offered a black LTI TX1 1998 so i snapped it up,  it needs a bit of work doing on it  i reckon about £500 wil get it up to scratch with local council regulations.

Gonna be driving in burnley, never drove a taxi before but did work as a telephone operator for a busy private hire firm years ago.

I just searched for taxi forums on google and this one came up first,  so here i am. Basically here for some advice really and pointer the pros and experienced drivers may have for me, i am looking forward to being an active member of this community.

BTW,  i'm good with computers and electronics so if anyone needs help then just give me a shout

Seconded!

before joining the big firm i was only makin around £50 gross a day,  then remove food and fuel and you get left with peanuts,  you get no help from the other cabbies as all they want to do is cut your throat, its a dog eat dog world mate, and i aint no stranger to it as i had an idea of what i was getting myself into

You are not wrong theplate!!!!

you could email your name and i will see if my boss can accommodate you somewhere, i know what you mean about private hire firms paying s*** wages,  my email addy is  [email protected].

where are you driving at the moment ??

hello,  one year on and i'm still here, still cabbing, the old cab i bought has run out of its shelf life with the council so just got myself a 55 plate TXII.

I have also got a few drivers together and got them to join the GMB, hopefully things will get better in the near future