Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Flush out the illegal Taxi drivers!

  • 21-12-2008 11:46pm
    #1
    fortuneteller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭


    Full time taxi drivers can only survive if they are attached to a company,so if your out this christmas play safe and book your taxi in advance.Most illegal taxis are not attached to a company, so my advise is ....if the car has no company diplayed on it, or roof sign ,,,dont get into it ,,esp,,if your female!!


Comments

  • #2
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    fortuneteller wrote: »
    Full time taxi drivers can only survive if they are attached to a company,so if your out this christmas play safe and book your taxi in advance.Most illegal taxis are not attached to a company, so my advise is ....if the car has no company diplayed on it, or roof sign ,,,dont get into it ,,esp,,if your female!!
    Thus completing the cycle where taxi men can't survive on their own and have to share their earnings with a company?


  • #3
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    My advice would be to take no advice from someone who uses too many commas.


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    fortuneteller wrote: »
    Full time taxi drivers can only survive if they are attached to a company,so if your out this christmas play safe and book your taxi in advance.Most illegal taxis are not attached to a company, so my advise is ....if the car has no company diplayed on it, or roof sign ,,,dont get into it ,,esp,,if your female!!
    But it is reputed that it was the companies who first introduced fake plates way back in the 1990s. Who is to say they still aren't doing illegal things?


  • #5
    fortuneteller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭fortuneteller


    Jumpy wrote: »
    My advice would be to take no advice from someone who uses too many commas.
    Interesting theory professor!


  • #6
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Its just as easy for someone obtaining fake plates to get the fake plates printed with a company name on them... And if you're too locked to not notice the missing NCT sticker / driver ID card on dash you sure as hell aren't going to notice an empty space on the taxi plate!


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    Apparently, Gardai are using laptops at check points to cross reference the roof signs to the vehicle.

    I think the days of the indie cab are gone, it's going to be big companies that will rule the ranks.

    I think, it's time that the regulator went the route of having a standard colour and fit out for cabs. Most car companies produce a saloon car for the taxi market (like the way the produce a car spec for police forces).

    Also one thing that a lot of taxi drivers need to learn is how to load or unload their passengers so they don't get killed! I once saw a taxi driver pick up passengers from the central reservation on the N11 at Belfield!


  • #8
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    BrianD wrote: »
    Apparently, Gardai are using laptops at check points to cross reference the roof signs to the vehicle.

    I think the days of the indie cab are gone, it's going to be big companies that will rule the ranks.

    I think, it's time that the regulator went the route of having a standard colour and fit out for cabs. Most car companies produce a saloon car for the taxi market (like the way the produce a car spec for police forces).

    Also one thing that a lot of taxi drivers need to learn is how to load or unload their passengers so they don't get killed! I once saw a taxi driver pick up passengers from the central reservation on the N11 at Belfield!

    Wouldn't be so sure about that, I took a passenger into a Gard station so they could report their previous driver ( they were concerned about his erratic driving ) whom they had just paid off and called a replacement cab. The Gards said they had no access to roof numbers or driver IDs so unless they had the registration number it would have to wait until the TRs office was open for the passenger to make a complaint....


  • #9
    fortuneteller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭fortuneteller


    BrianD wrote: »
    Apparently, Gardai are using laptops at check points to cross reference the roof signs to the vehicle.

    I think the days of the indie cab are gone, it's going to be big companies that will rule the ranks.

    I think, it's time that the regulator went the route of having a standard colour and fit out for cabs. Most car companies produce a saloon car for the taxi market (like the way the produce a car spec for police forces).

    Also one thing that a lot of taxi drivers need to learn is how to load or unload their passengers so they don't get killed! I once saw a taxi driver pick up passengers from the central reservation on the N11 at Belfield!
    Good points!


  • #10
    2qk4u
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭2qk4u


    fortuneteller wrote: »
    Full time taxi drivers can only survive if they are attached to a company,so if your out this christmas play safe and book your taxi in advance.Most illegal taxis are not attached to a company, so my advise is ....if the car has no company diplayed on it, or roof sign ,,,dont get into it ,,esp,,if your female!!

    Are you on a one man mission or something ?
    I drive a taxi and I dont work with a company... Im Irish and no danger to anyone... I go and find the work, unlike the rest of the sheep that q for hours on dame st with that vacant look on their faces. And before you start I wear shoes,trouser and a shirt every day I work.
    I would advise people to avoid your Taxi because you are up to something.


Advertisement