On the Subject of Taxis....

[smith744]

After many discussions with residents here, I am retracting my original statement about "go ahead and use route taxis" on a regular basis. Too many tourists using this system does indeed impact Jamaicans going to and from work.

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oh really..!!!..???

i'd like to hear/read HOW it's impacting,
'cause i'm having a VERY-hard time imagine-ing this being the case

mi-thinks some somebodys are pulling your leg(s)

the only-way i can see a negative(?) impact,
is that the charter-taxi and the other tour-taxi operators are complaining because they might be impacted a little by folks not using their hyper-inflated (price-wise) psuedo-limo services.

over the years the ONLY complaint i've ever heard, is from charter & tour taxi men who hate the fact that more & more tourist KNOW and are aware of the route-taxi system. They want the foriegner/tourist-folks to no-know:::: i.e., ignorance is bli$$ (for them, the taxi-folks)

from my about-20-years of riding route-taxis around Negril, i see no-way that foreigners/tourist using the system will do-harm to folks going back & forth to work.

NO way....!!!!....

for example,
some mentioned not ride-ing during *peak*-periods
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WHEN is that..???...
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let's *ass-sume* the first-shift rush-hour peak period is in the morning
....my observations is/are that there ain't NO-tourist riding route-taxis at 5, 6, 7, 8 AM in the morning

additionally,
let's *ass-sume* that the next peak-period is sometime around 4, 5, or 6 PM.
....here-again,
AIN'T that many tourists riding route-taxis (or any taxis)
....because::::>>> my observation(s) have been that after 4-PM all the tourists seem to disappear.... because they're burned-out and recoup-ing from daytime fun-time, and getting ready for dinner.

plus, since the sun goes down about 5:30 PM-ish,
most foreigner/tourists are too-scared (un-necessarily so) to venture-out after dark

IF:::>> as suggested by your post:::>> there're so sooooooooooooo-many tourists riding route-taxis, there'd be MORE-route taxis put into service to run up & down the beach & cliff roads on the Beach-Route and the WestEnd-Route ..... there's no way the Negril-taxi industry is going to let that money (from tourists AND Negril-workers) get away from them::::: they'd be SURE to have enough route-taxis to handle the demand/need.

again::::>>> i wanna hear/read more of what those resident-folks told you, please please please

were those *residents* residing in Negril..??..
were those *residents* ex-pats with skin in the taxi-game..??..
do those *residents* have ties to the tour/charter-taxi-game..??..
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p.s. ----- my observation/experience has been that a lot of ex-pats, or folks who spend a lot of time in Negril, get sucked-up into the *game*, and too-frequently skew the information to enhance the profits of the Negril tourist industry.

no biggie
i understand where *they* coming from & why they skew
my stylee is to:::::>>> ALL-ways consider the source when you read & ponder & consider the information provided.