no axe to grind

as a ph driver for eastcoast i have no axe to grind with anyone at the moment,life is ticking along slowley on the coast ,no point in moaning you cant force people to use taxis.one comment i would like to make though to the hack drivers many of which i know and respect,can you do something about south parade on the weekends its a joke how many of you have had cars damaged,why dont u get in touch with the new police commander and ask if he will cone of that side for you as a trial try and make life easier for us all its only a matter of time before some poor 20 stoner from shields stuffing her face with a kebab gets run over walking through the parked cars on s parade. cheers guys its worth a try u never know

Believe me mate the police have been approached on numerous occasions re: South Parade,not least the illegal parking of Lorries & Buses,all to no avail. It has been suggested to close SP on a weekend night it has also been suggested to have parking on one side only but the Hotels object to that,which is understandable. Another suggestion was to make SP & NP oneway ...SP Down and NP up. Of course there was not a problem 5 or 6 years ago before the Council decided to double the number of Hack Licences..so really the solution should be theirs to decide. By the way we love the Private Hire aswell..

too right mate, i am sick of all the people queueing for taxis on south parade, i say lets have taxi marshal's to drag people out at night !!!!! or maybe we can call them taxi assistants