Who needs a speedometer?

Voodoomelon · 05-09-2009 2:22pm #1

Taxi in Dundalk last night:

Dartz · 05-09-2009 2:33pm

Don't you know?

Taxi's are exempt from Road Traffic acts.

Holsten · 05-09-2009 2:36pm

Jesus will keep his speed in check!

Berty · 05-09-2009 3:23pm

Thats why its Fundalk

cabrwab · 05-09-2009 3:25pm

Could be worse he could be driving with his hands on the wheel, jesus was driving the car, it was a pure miracle.

cml387 · 05-09-2009 4:28pm

I don't care if it rains or freezes,
Long as I have my cardboard jesus
Sittin on the dashboard of my car.

SV · 05-09-2009 4:46pm

Not a hope would I get in that taxi..
couldn't trust em

Voodoomelon · 05-09-2009 4:58pm

eur16.00 to go 3.5 miles with one stop. Bargain.

Seth Brundle · 05-09-2009 5:16pm

I presume its from the camera and that there aren't a few red warnings lit on the cluster?

colm_mcm · 05-09-2009 5:27pm

petrol light, and ECU light methinks.

Traded in a car a good few years back, dash cluster was covered in a thick layer of dust/dirt. couldn't see the dials, there was a patch cleared away with a finger that showed the time - your man obviously didn't care if he had diesel, if it was overheating or what speed he was doing!

Cmar-Ireland · 06-09-2009 3:28pm

lafors · 06-09-2009 4:55pm

NO WAY!
4 FM actually has a listener :pac:

EPM · 06-09-2009 6:27pm

just out of interest. Wtf did he say to you taking a picture of his car, flash going and all?!?

Hotwheels · 06-09-2009 6:47pm

I don't care if it rains or freezes
'Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through my trials and tribulations
And my travels through the nations
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far

unkel · 06-09-2009 9:19pm

Makes a nice change from the usual Padre Pio

mikemac · 06-09-2009 9:25pm

Everytime I get in a taxi I look at the ID to see it matches and the yellow discs to see they are in date.
And always ask for a receipt.

If they can't print a receipt and can't explain why just get all the details on notepaper.

Sure a taxi driver doesn't mind, aren't they always moaning about those dishonest cowboys in the industry

junkyard · 06-09-2009 9:28pm

Padre Pio is the patron saint of panel beaters I'll have you all know, we did an in house survey a few years ago and it was amazing the number of cars we used to get in with Padre Pio stickers on them, he might be protecting those in the cars but he didn't care much for the cars!!:pac:

06-09-2009 9:30pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

petrol light, and ECU light methinks.

Me thinks not, just the camera flash refecting off the red bit for low fuel and high temp.

Mena · 06-09-2009 10:51pm

Reminds me of the Taxi drivers in the Gulf. Any trip with them will shorten your life (assuming you survive) by at least 10 years. I have the gray hairs to prove it.

You see, they just go, hell for leather. Forget about checking mirrors or speed limits or blind spots, "InshaAllah" (Inshaala) they say... god willing. So it's in the hands of whatever deity they believe in whether or not you survive the trip.

A great experience altogether

Santa Claus · 06-09-2009 11:36pm

Taxi drivers in Morocco are a law unto themselves....not adverse to driving into oncoming traffic either. Plus they have no seatbelts in the back seats !

In Egypt I encountered a guy reversing down the motorway to the airport while I was in a taxi....reversing seems to be a major part of the driving culture over there (maybe it's more fuel efficient) !

Voodoomelon · 07-09-2009 12:48am

EPM wrote: »

just out of interest. Wtf did he say to you taking a picture of his car, flash going and all?!?

I took a pic of friends in the back, then pointed it to the dash area and took another and just said "ops, sorry".

blindpilot · 07-09-2009 12:54am

Your own dashboard Jesus,
Someone to hear your prayers,
Someone who cares.

EPM · 07-09-2009 7:43am

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I took a pic of friends in the back, then pointed it to the dash area and took another and just said "ops, sorry".

Smooth:pac:

roy123456789 · 07-09-2009 2:36pm

Nissan Primera, looks like he was disguising/covering up the warning lights.
Probable brakes or engine management, maybe oil/electrical
You should have asked him to remove it and left the car if it was the brake light

Voodoomelon · 07-09-2009 2:45pm

I doubt it, a lot of the African drivers round here are very religious, I once engaged in a 20 minute conversation outside my house with a different driver, asking him question after question. He lived his entire life according to god and had an answer to every single thing I asked him.

It wouldn't surprise me if this chap was actually making a point of having Jesus over the speedo.

Who needs a speedometer?

Comments