In
the recent edition of the NSW
Taxi
Council’s magazine we read a very article entitled Targeting Fatigue.
Yes the article is excellent in theory but in practice, with
respect, come on get real.
Recently
it was announced on the news that our State Government appointed some
Commissioner for State Infrastructure.
His task is to spend billions of dollars within a certain time
frame
improving various state infrastructures.
The same person that organised the Sydney Olympics
His
spiel was that the money would be spent on education and other
community betterment
programs etc., etc., etc.,
How much of this will be spent on City rail infrastructure, Bus of Ferry infrastructure, and last but not least the taxi infrastructure?
With taxis in mind, one is willing to bet will be a fat 0
We
are the only transport and first
choice transport industry that
is available
24/7 and have to exist on a smell of an oily rag and if
fortunate a stale
hamburger and a weak cup of coffee.
One
suggestion would be and here one can see The members of the N.S.W. Taxi
Council
choke; that he spend those billions to buy up every single taxi
plate and
then turn the taxi industry into a government run employee organization
with
proper wages for drivers and decent hours, less fatigue, so
they could
enjoy real time with their families or some other social activity.
If
the NSW Taxi Council were serious about this then the paragraph
above would not
be just a pipe dream. Yes the major
issue of taxi drivers is fatigue
due to the long hours they are forced to drive, due to poor
remuneration and
extortionate set PAY INS in metropolitan areas. One thinks the author wrote that article just to
fill up page space in their magazine as it is near
impossible to apply its suggestions
and still make an honest dollar. Your comments are
welcome.
Now, when was slavery abolished or was it?