Taxi Stories

You may like to read my Review of Taxi Booking Despatch systems
Following a request I’ve put together a list of radios that work with Cabmaster’s now aging radio dataheads. I’ve used two types of dataheads, Cabmaster’s own brand Multicom and Datex from Diplomat. They communicate with the HOST application via a radio repeater linked via [...]

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Recently I had the opportunity to view the range of taxi despatch (or dispatch if you prefer) & booking software that taxi companies use to book in jobs from the telephone and send the job out to the driver.
Which software products being reviewed

Cabmaster by Command Systems
cPaq by Cordic
Autocab by GPC
Mercury by Exel Management

Disclaimer
I used to [...]

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I personally see taxi driving as a way to interact with people on a non confrontational basis, a chance to share experiences, and obviously to get the other person to where they want to go. Recently I’ve had the opportunity to go back out driving for Millers.
One thing I do love about being part time [...]

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As you can see my little baby (ok ok .. company’s baby) has had go faster stripes added to her in an attempt to make her stand out from the crowd. Which admittedly it does.. to an extent. This is version two of the “make our cars unique”, first attempt was changing the bumpers with [...]

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Having done the job for 8 months now I expect that I am going to run into some less than desirable types, and true I have met some what could be described as “rough” types from pretty much every place around Preston including Cadley, Callon & Brookfield. But this incident took place in Fulwood, on [...]

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Oh before I start this one I must point out to the un-educated that at the moment I am a Private Hire Taxi Driver, working nights, servicing the drunk people of Preston. So for entertainment value you can hear about my exploits and what REALLY happens with taxi drivers!!!
Pull up at this house at 4am [...]

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