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LHD Taxi

  • 19-10-2007 2:44pm
    #1
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭


    I spotted a left hooker taxi today. I've never seen one before and I thought it seemed very odd. Presumably it's perfectly legal. Are they more common than I thought? (apologies for poor quality pic)

    LHDTaxi.jpg


Comments

  • #2
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,112 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    if it is legal then it shouldn't be - LHD cars are patently less safe in a RHD country.


  • #3
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    loyatemu wrote: »
    if it is legal then it shouldn't be - LHD cars are patently less safe in a RHD country.
    100% agree.


  • #4
    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    loyatemu wrote: »
    if it is legal then it shouldn't be - LHD cars are patently less safe in a RHD country.

    I agree that they are less safe, but they are perfectly legal to be used as PSV's in Ireland according to the Reg's office; most of the stretch limo's in use are left hand drives as well. Mind you, most of the Limos are unlicensed but that is another story.


  • #5
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    definitely seems like a strange idea.
    i can picture drunks trying to sit on the drivers lap every saturday...


  • #6
    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    subway wrote: »
    definitely seems like a strange idea.
    i can picture drunks trying to sit on the drivers lap every saturday...

    Perk of the job, perhaps? :D


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  • #7
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Hamndegger wrote: »
    most of the stretch limo's in use are left hand drives as well
    Never thought of that (although passengers generally don't sit in the front seat of a limmo).

    In a LHD taxi with 4 passemgers, at least one passenger would have to enter/exit on the offside! :eek:


  • #8
    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Never thought of that (although passengers generally don't sit in the front seat of a limmo).

    In a LHD taxi with 4 passemgers, at least one passenger would have to enter/exit on the offside! :eek:

    In practise though, this situation can equally arise on a one way street if you drop off on the right hand side, as well as with any passenger exiting the right rear door. Also, in the case of a Fiat Scudo, luggage is held in the space to the left of a driver so passengers wil be roadside loading and unloading so there is a precedent already set here.


  • #9
    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    An LHD taxi is a deathtrap for anyone having to get out of the passenger side, perfectly legal though, I have even seen a pickup crew cab as a Taxi.


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