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Taxi refuse to travel 3 miles.Guards refuse to help

  • 23-12-2009 3:21am
    #1
    Seloth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭


    So after leaving the Club of my local town I preceed to head over to the nearest taxi base..when arrving they said they wojnt go towards my place((presumably cause of the weather,ice and such))so I call the other taxi crowed and they say they same.So her I am stuck docn town when my friend said try the guards...so I walk over and ask them is there anything I can do cause neither taxi base will bring me out and I cant getme out and they said "Sorry cant help you"

    This a bit of a b***ks tbh.


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  • #2
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Many a winters night have I walked about 5 miles home due to the lack of taxis.


  • #3
    electrogrimey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,791 ✭✭✭electrogrimey


    Move to Dublin tbh.


  • #4
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    It's 3 miles, will take you an hour maximum, walk it. Don't give them your money if they don't want it!

    When the going out season is over they will feel the pinch again, fcuk them!


  • #5
    me_right_one
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭me_right_one


    Well at least you have your laptop with you. Maybe you could e-mail yourself home?


  • #6
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    This is where house parties really come into their own :rolleyes:


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  • #7
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Let us know when you get home safe or we'll be up worrying half the night.


  • #8
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    Let us know when you get home safe or we'll be up worrying half the night.
    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


  • #9
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    me_right_one wrote: »
    Well at least you have your laptop with you. Maybe you could e-mail yourself home?

    Welcome to the future, me_right_one!


  • #10
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    davyjose wrote: »
    Welcome to the future, me_right_one!
    I dont like this future :(


  • #11
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    Ultimate Chin wrote: »
    I dont like this future :(

    You know, you're right. This one would be so much more beneficial to all (except taxi drivers ... and people who've watched "The Fly")


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  • #12
    Car Mad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 510 ✭✭✭Car Mad


    Seloth wrote: »
    wojnt docn .

    Well if you are speaking like your writing wouldnt fancy your chances:D Walk it 3miles ffs i often walked further looking for a party :rolleyes:


  • #13
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Car Mad wrote: »
    ffs i often walked further looking for a party :rolleyes:
    Tommy Tiernan?


  • #14
    Car Mad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 510 ✭✭✭Car Mad


    Ultimate Chin wrote: »
    Tommy Tiernan?

    Yes but i have put it to the test many a time :D


  • #15
    electrogrimey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,791 ✭✭✭electrogrimey


    Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »
    This is where house parties really come into their own :rolleyes:

    In the words of 5starpool...


  • #16
    Seloth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭Seloth


    Luckily my friends mother was working so I got lift back :p.

    And I coudlnt walk back frozen coutry roads...that are mostly hills!!..it would have takenn me over 3 hours with this time and weather


  • #17
    myflipflops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭myflipflops


    Scream rape. You need to be hot though.


  • #18
    Seloth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭Seloth


    I pondered that if I broke a window they would have to take me heh.


  • #19
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    Another taxi story. No doubtt here was more to it than the opp states. Taxis cannot refuse a fare under 30km I take it your going to complain to the regulator or are you going to just give out on the Internet


  • #20
    mayordenis
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 9,650 Mod ✭✭✭✭mayordenis


    blahblah06 wrote: »
    Another taxi story. No doubtt here was more to it than the opp states. Taxis cannot refuse a fare under 30km I take it your going to complain to the regulator or are you going to just give out on the Internet

    I don't think an argument could be made that a Taxi Driver legally would have to drive somewhere if the road conditions were unsafe.


  • #21
    Neonjack
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭Neonjack


    mayordenis wrote: »
    I don't think an argument could be made that a Taxi Driver legally would have to drive somewhere if the road conditions were unsafe.

    If it's that unsafe, he should be at home in bed tucked up with Mrs. Taximan and not sitting in a taxi rank.


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  • #22
    mayordenis
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 9,650 Mod ✭✭✭✭mayordenis


    Neonjack wrote: »
    If it's that unsafe, he should be at home in bed tucked up with Mrs. Taximan and not sitting in a taxi rank.

    Not really, some routes could potentially be fine while others more hazardous.


  • #23
    DubMedic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭DubMedic


    Seloth wrote: »
    I pondered that if I broke a window they would have to take me heh.
    Yeah, they'd take you alright, but you wouldn't be going towards your house.
    .


  • #24
    gazzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭gazzer


    blahblah06 wrote: »
    Another taxi story. No doubtt here was more to it than the opp states. Taxis cannot refuse a fare under 30km I take it your going to complain to the regulator or are you going to just give out on the Internet

    Thats good to know. Does this apply apply to taxis that you might get at a rank or does it apply to hackneys also?


  • #25
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Seloth wrote: »
    Luckily my friends mother was working so I got lift back :p.


    Your friends mother is a working girl!..

    Excellent, let me guess - you bent her over and rode her home?.


  • #26
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    Seloth wrote: »
    So after leaving the Club of my local town I preceed to head over to the nearest taxi base..when arrving they said they wojnt go towards my place((presumably cause of the weather,ice and such))so I call the other taxi crowed and they say they same.So her I am stuck docn town when my friend said try the guards...so I walk over and ask them is there anything I can do cause neither taxi base will bring me out and I cant getme out and they said "Sorry cant help you"

    This a bit of a b***ks tbh.

    This is why I have no care for taxi's. If they said "Right sir there will be a min charge of 10 euro though i would have paid.(Even though this is wrong)

    The only pce of advice I can give to folks is bring a heavy coat and a heavy jumper for over the christmas. If you score you will end up giving her the coat and you dont want to be walking home in a tee shirt....

    On a plus side. 3 miles in the freezing cold with a lovely girl wrapped around you sounds like bliss to me.

    If your on your own you can always wrap yourself around a strong curry. ;)

    Tis the season of madness....


  • #27
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    was the disco worth it? WAS IT!?


  • #28
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Christmas two years ago I couldn't get a taxi at 11 o'clock. Walked the seven miles home.


    You could have looked for a B& B. It's something I thought of after walking home.


  • #29
    maryjane007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 99 ✭✭maryjane007


    i thought that taxis cant refuse the fare if your actually in the car, they can if you just ring or ask them.


  • #30
    sflemings
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭sflemings


    Why were people up at 4am replying to this? Should you all not have been in bed? If you are working at that hour why weren't you working instead of being on the internet?


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  • #31
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    6th wrote: »
    was the disco worth it? WAS IT!?

    Night clubs all over the land are full of people participating in the drunken slurring of Fairytale of New York. Can it get any better?


  • #32
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Seloth wrote: »
    Luckily my friends mother was working so I got lift back :p.

    And I coudlnt walk back frozen coutry roads...that are mostly hills!!..it would have takenn me over 3 hours with this time and weather


    Come back and whinge when you live 10 miles from town .


    Boggers are going soft with their taxis


  • #33
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Apparently no recession for taxis in Cork. Choosy feckers.


  • #34
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    gazzer wrote: »
    Thats good to know. Does this apply apply to taxis that you might get at a rank or does it apply to hackneys also?

    It apply to every single taxi. Not sure about hackneys as don't work as one


  • #35
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    mayordenis wrote: »
    I don't think an argument could be made that a Taxi Driver legally would have to drive somewhere if the road conditions were unsafe.

    Well considering he said presumably because of the weather he didn't give us a reason which is why I said another taxi story.

    Taxis are there to get people home and I've never known a company to say no because of the weather. What's it to the company it's not them driving.


  • #36
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    sflemings wrote: »
    Why were people up at 4am replying to this? Should you all not have been in bed? If you are working at that hour why weren't you working instead of being on the internet?



    I work as a cab driver and always browse the net waiting on customers that's why


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  • #37
    neil_hosey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭neil_hosey


    sflemings wrote: »
    Why were people up at 4am replying to this? Should you all not have been in bed? If you are working at that hour why weren't you working instead of being on the internet?

    why are you replying to this at quarter past 9?? should you not be working? and if your on the dole, should you not be sleeping?


  • #38
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    The gardai can't make the taxi drivers bring you home, what did you expect them to do?


  • #39
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    sflemings wrote: »
    Why were people up at 4am replying to this? Should you all not have been in bed? If you are working at that hour why weren't you working instead of being on the internet?

    Three months of lurking just to post this?!


  • #40
    McArmalite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭McArmalite


    Taxi driver is well within his rights not to bring you if he thought the route might be dangerous due to ice etc. Bus Eireann often do the same. Though you'd expect them to try and bring you home regardless of the risk. " Poor little me, what's this bloody country coming to and all that " :rolleyes:


  • #41
    McArmalite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭McArmalite


    Magnus wrote: »
    Apparently no recession for taxis in Cork. Choosy feckers.
    It might be a bigger recession for the taxi man if he crashed his car due to sliding on ice now wouldn't it ?


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  • #42
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,668 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Seloth wrote: »
    So after leaving the Club of my local town I preceed to head over to the nearest taxi base..when arrving they said they wojnt go towards my place((presumably cause of the weather,ice and such))so I call the other taxi crowed and they say they same.So her I am stuck docn town when my friend said try the guards...so I walk over and ask them is there anything I can do cause neither taxi base will bring me out and I cant getme out and they said "Sorry cant help you"

    This a bit of a b***ks tbh.

    Lets me get this clear, you came out a c lub (I'm assuming its a night club) and you called the Garda to ask for a lift ....................................

    Now thats a bit of a b***ks tbh


  • #43
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    McArmalite wrote: »
    Taxi driver is well within his rights not to bring you if he thought the route might be dangerous due to ice etc. Bus Eireann often do the same. Though you'd expect them to try and bring you home regardless of the risk. " Poor little me, what's this bloody country coming to and all that " :rolleyes:

    I think this is correct.
    As the driver has a legal "Duty Of Care" towards any customers and he is the driver and as such the "agent" for his business, he is ultimately responsible to look at the risk potential and advantages/disadvantages to taking you where you want to go given the current conditions.

    Should he decide not to go the route you suggested, he could strongly argue that he is doing so in the interest of the customer (who might have become involved in a possible nasty accident), that he was in current up to date knowledge of the roads of your area and because of such, was taking extra precautions to avoid harm to the customer, himself and transport.

    Under relative normal road conditions, he wouldn't have much grounds to use this excuse obviously. Then you would have a stronger case against his refusal to take you.


  • #44
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    lol @ needy people

    i'd be pissed if the guards helped you in this situation


  • #45
    Teferi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,320 ✭✭✭Teferi


    Fuckin' Gardai.

    Fuckin' Taxi Drivers.

    Were either of them foreigners? 'Cuz then we got an AH thread.


  • #46
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    Pfft....should have told the Gardai that you think you left the oven on and there might be a fire. With no taxi's to take you home, they would have obliged. :P


  • #47
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    CrazyRabbit wrote: »
    Pfft....should have told the Gardai that you think you left the oven on and there might be a fire. With no taxi's to take you home, they would have obliged.

    Hurrah for abusing Gardai obligations :rolleyes:


  • #48
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    CrazyRabbit wrote: »
    Pfft....should have told the Gardai that you think you left the oven on and there might be a fire. With no taxi's to take you home, they would have obliged.

    So in theory, you and everyone else here would be paying for this guys taxi


  • #49
    me_right_one
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭me_right_one


    Are ya home yet?


  • #50
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Exactly me_right_one, I haven't gotten a wink of sleep since last night.

    Is a phone call that much to ask?


  • #51
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Just shove a brick through the nearest shop window and wait for the Gardai to arrive, They will put you up for the night. :D


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