Road Runners Taxi - Anybody work[ed] for them ?

[unklbrian]

I've been 'offered' a BTEC Taxi course via the Job Centre , in conjunction with RR Private Hire as a job at the end of it ...

Other than the fact they have a bad rep for punctuallity I know little about the firm ,and would end up buying a car & renting a radio system of them , so just asking here if anyone has any experience of working for them
Ie - are they overloading their circuits with drivers ?
Would it be worth looking seriously at the wheelchair [WAV?] vehicles if I need to buy a car ?

Any feedback [ apart from their timekeeping issues] gratefully recieved

UB

Ps - I have some previous Taxi driving expierence , albeit 20 odd years ago & part time

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

I always found them to be prompt and reasonable when I lived in HH. Wish you well.

 

[unklbrian]

Thanks Barron - it is HH that I'm based

 

[The Birdman]

Cheapest taxi to brighton from the Heath getting better however you sometimes have to tell the drivers the shortest route.!!!maybe to cheap!

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

Cheapest taxi to brighton from the Heath getting better however you sometimes have to tell the drivers the shortest route.!!!maybe to cheap!

If there were four of us it used to work out £8 each return. That was in 2000 though

 

[Tory Boy]

I've been 'offered' a BTEC Taxi course via the Job Centre , in conjunction with RR Private Hire as a job at the end of it ...

Other than the fact they have a bad rep for punctuallity I know little about the firm ,and would end up buying a car & renting a radio system of them , so just asking here if anyone has any experience of working for them
Ie - are they overloading their circuits with drivers ?
Would it be worth looking seriously at the wheelchair [WAV?] vehicles if I need to buy a car ?

Any feedback [ apart from their timekeeping issues] gratefully recieved

UB

Ps - I have some previous Taxi driving expierence , albeit 20 odd years ago & part time

Get your license and if they are no good try another firm.

TB

 

[surrey jim]

Whenever I used them when in H Heath they were on time. IMO the best taxi firm to use in HH.

 

[Kazenga <3]

Cheapest taxi to brighton from the Heath getting better however you sometimes have to tell the drivers the shortest route.!!!maybe to cheap!

Great value the other way too, usually only £25. Easily the best value round here. They seem to get booked up quite quickly though, had this problem on Thursday and had to get a station taxi back on with the girlfriend who lives in Burgess Hill, and a mate, which cost £40. Asked the bloke if he could do two drops in Haywards, told us it would be a further £10 for the additional 2 minutes it would've taken through Haywards at that time of night and that if anything he 'was doing us a favour' driving to Haywards for only £40. We got out in the middle and walked each way.

 

[The Legend that IS Lawro]

I did, but often I found a vengeful coyote attempting to drop rocks on my car or using 'ACME' explosives in a really destructive manner.

 

[unklbrian]

Great value the other way too, usually only £25. Easily the best value round here. They seem to get booked up quite quickly though, had this problem on Thursday and had to get a station taxi back on with the girlfriend who lives in Burgess Hill, and a mate, which cost £40. Asked the bloke if he could do two drops in Haywards, told us it would be a further £10 for the additional 2 minutes it would've taken through Haywards at that time of night and that if anything he 'was doing us a favour' driving to Haywards for only £40. We got out in the middle and walked each way.

thanks for the reply - that has answered far more than you may have realised ! [ not price , but how heavily booked they were]

 

[unklbrian]

I did, but often I found a vengeful coyote attempting to drop rocks on my car or using 'ACME' explosives in a really destructive manner.

Took a while but Got it in the end - Arribaaaaaa ... Shift+R improves the quality of this image. CTRL+F5 reloads the whole page.

 

[BensGrandad]

They re much cheaper than Station Taxis so get a lot of work. I have had no problems with them.

 

[adammicheal]

I bboked them for my stepson to get to gatwick from crowborough, they were £20 cheaper than any crowborough taxi firms and because it was an early morning pick up they phoned him on his mobile when they arrived i would recommend them any time

 

[Blackadder]

Great value the other way too, usually only £25. Easily the best value round here. They seem to get booked up quite quickly though, had this problem on Thursday and had to get a station taxi back on with the girlfriend who lives in Burgess Hill, and a mate, which cost £40. Asked the bloke if he could do two drops in Haywards, told us it would be a further £10 for the additional 2 minutes it would've taken through Haywards at that time of night and that if anything he 'was doing us a favour' driving to Haywards for only £40. We got out in the middle and walked each way.

Another Haywards Heath poster here. £10 extra is a joke. I, and most of my mates, use Road Runners whenever we can. I have paid £14 back from Three Bridges station at 3am in the past and a few quid more for the Thistle in Brighton. Yes, the drivers often don't have English as a first language and they live by Sat Nav but at their prices who cares?

 

[drew]

No offence but why does a taxi driver need to take a BTEC course? Surely you just need to know how to drive, know your routes (or use sat nav) and probably be CBS (CRB).

Having said that, good luck with the course and the job.

 

[middletoenail]

I use to live in Haywards Heath and used them regularly, including airport trips to gatwick at silly o'clock. Always found them punctual and no worse than ace/station taxis and much better value.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Used them to get back from a wedding out in the sticks late one night. Price seemed way cheaper than I was expecting. They sent a text to say the driver was on his way and what car he'd be driving, so I could spot him among the crowd when he arrived. He did get slightly lost en route but then the place was deep down some long country lane & I'd had the same problem myself being dropped off at the start.

Anyway, I thought they were pretty good

 

[dannyboy]

ERM you should all be using AV CARS based in ardingly . prices similar to roadrunners. I own it mind you there are only 3 of us . those in haywards heath and surrounding areas should have had a leaflet through the door as only set it up a couple months ago.

 

[dannyboy]

And I would never use roadrunners personally

 

[nevergoagain]

Service has got a lot worse over the few years (since the number started going to "The Taxi Number"), most of the drivers I get for early morning starts are from Horley/Redhill and drive like complete idiots. They are though considerably cheaper than anyone else in the area.