Most of the taxis drivers of Mojacar, Garrucha, Antas, Los Gallardos, Turre, Cuevas and Bedar in theory work together as part of a 'Prestacion Conjunta' area, that is they all (the eight towns - as until now they also thought Vera was part of this area - have a total of about thirty licensed taxis) help to cover the whole area which includes these municipalities, coordinated by Radio Taxi Almeria which is part of the Almeria taxi drivers' guild. The problem is that taxi drivers in Garrucha and Mojacar are claiming that the Vera taxis aren't doing their part; they claim that the Vera taxis are quite happy to leave the town to pick up clients from hotels for airport runs, pick up clients from the nearby towns like Antas and Garrucha and man the ranks of the Vera bus station but they are not so happy when taxis from other towns pick up fares from the bus station (the local police have had to intervene on more than one occasion at the request of the Vera drivers). It has also been claimed that the Vera taxis refuse to participate in the night time on-call system which has been operating for over a year now.
A representative of the Vera taxi drivers, Ramon Romero, has said that as far as they are concerned the 'Area de Prestacion Conjunta' doesn't exist, legally they are only obliged to pick up fares in Vera and that they hardly leave the town and only do so if given a fare by the Radio Taxi service. He added that Vera is the only town with a 24 hour service with a minimum of two or three cars every night and that the police have only been asked to intervene when taxis from out of the town pick up fares in the town despite the fact that not all the Vera taxis are busy.
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