Taxi question

CIARAN_BOYLE

What is the law regarding how old taxis are allowed to be? Is there one?

I saw a taxi with a 95 car today in a taxi rank and thought it was pretty rediculous

I Was VB

I drive a 1994 Taxi myself, the law is that on 1st licenceing of a taxi the car that the plate goes onto has to be under 9 years old, and 3 years old if the plate is changing owners (ie if you bought my plate off me the oldest car you could put it on has to be under 3 years old).

The taxi in question that you seen on the taxi rank was licenced before they brought in the above rule (July 2010).

But this is currently under review by the NTA and its findings are going to be published mid November, its been rumored that taxi's once over nine years old could be run indefinitely and be subject to two NCT and two SGS's (taxi test) a year or a upper age limit of 14 years old and being subject to the bi-annual NCT/SGS.

Myself personally the reason why i still drive a 1994 Taxi is that the car is very tough and great at the job currently doing 1600Klms a week, honestly its proving a very hard car to replace it with the simmialr spec (Diesel/Auto).

Hope this helps!

Tarabuses

I Was VB wrote: »

I drive a 1994 Taxi myself, the law is that on 1st licenceing of a taxi the car that the plate goes onto has to be under 9 years old, and 3 years old if the plate is changing owners (ie if you bought my plate off me the oldest car you could put it on has to be under 3 years old).

The taxi in question that you seen on the taxi rank was licenced before they brought in the above rule (July 2010).

But this is currently under review by the NTA and its findings are going to be published mid November, its been rumored that taxi's once over nine years old could be run indefinitely and be subject to two NCT and two SGS's (taxi test) a year or a upper age limit of 14 years old and being subject to the bi-annual NCT/SGS.

Myself personally the reason why i still drive a 1994 Taxi is that the car is very tough and great at the job currently doing 1600Klms a week, honestly its proving a very hard car to replace it with the simmialr spec (Diesel/Auto).

Hope this helps!

Great for you but what is the experience like for the customer?

RichieD

Tarabuses wrote: »

Great for you but what is the experience like for the customer?

Well id say that depends, if its a 1994 Mercedes S class then id say its quite a nice experience. I

If its a 1994 Fiat Punto then thats another story

RichieD

Tarabuses wrote: »

Great for you but what is the experience like for the customer?

Well id say that depends, if its a 1994 Mercedes S class then id say its quite a nice experience.

If its a 1994 Fiat Punto then thats another story

I Was VB

Tarabuses wrote: »

Great for you but what is the experience like for the customer?

If they want a experence for a taxi get a limo.

foggy_lad

Regardless of how old they are wheelchair taxi vans are not at all comfortable!

The seats are so uncomfortable it is like sitting in the back of a transit being bounced around on a thin cushion of foam. They are also awful to get in and out of for anyone with even the mildest mobility impairment and are only suited to those sitting in a wheelchair.

Why on earth were so many of those practically useless wheelchair licences issued when one or two per taxi company would do for the few wheelchair customers there are?

I also disagree with people saying that a 10 year old merc/lexus/luxury car is suitable as it is just as knackered as any other car. when the shocks and bushes are worn out on a merc they cost an arm and a leg to replace compared to the same parts on a carina or a skoda so the merc/luxury car owners are less likely to keep their cars in tip top condition.


(This is intended as a dig at regulation rather than at taxi drivers)

Andrew33

*sits back with popcorn and waits for thread to descend into the usual "taxi driver bashing exercise" that all threads with the word "taxi" in the title usually do:rolleyes:

CIARAN_BOYLE

Keeping an eye out for them today I've noticed a lot more older taxis. I must have just ignored it before hand.

At one taxi rank I passed today I saw an argument between a women and the driver of the second taxi in the rank. The first one was a 1992 fiat and the women was refusing to use a banger. The second taxi driver refused to take the womens fair because the first taxi in the rank had to be used first.

Atlantic Dawn

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

At one taxi rank I passed today I saw an argument between a women and the driver of the second taxi in the rank. The first one was a 1992 fiat and the women was refusing to use a banger. The second taxi driver refused to take the womens fair because the first taxi in the rank had to be used first.

As she was perfectly entitled to do. She shouldn't entertain such rubbish from the 2nd driver and should have taken his number and reported him to the Taxi Regulator.

At a taxi rank, the passenger may choose to travel in a taxi other than the one at the head of the queue.

http://taxiregulation.nationaltransport.ie/for-users/

Greenmachine

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

As she was perfectly entitled to do. She shouldn't entertain such rubbish from the 2nd driver and should have taken his number and reported him to the Taxi Regulator.



http://taxiregulation.nationaltransport.ie/for-users/

Surely a taxi driver is also entitled who can ride in their taxi.

vektarman

Greenmachine wrote: »

Surely a taxi driver is also entitled who can ride in their taxi.

That might well be the case, but then the customer would have to ask each driver further down the rank to see who would take her, if this practice became a regular occurance it would become farcical.

Atlantic Dawn

Greenmachine wrote: »

Surely a taxi driver is also entitled who can ride in their taxi.

Unreasonable refusal of service
Taxi drivers may not unreasonably refuse service for journeys of 30km or less.

http://taxiregulation.nationaltransport.ie/for-users/

CIARAN_BOYLE

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Keeping an eye out for them today I've noticed a lot more older taxis. I must have just ignored it before hand.

At one taxi rank I passed today I saw an argument between a women and the driver of the second taxi in the rank. The first one was a 1992 fiat and the women was refusing to use a banger. The second taxi driver refused to take the womens fair because the first taxi in the rank had to be used first.

awww, I always go to the second taxi just to annoy them for the craic and see if anyone gives out lol

I'm going to taxi hell

I Was VB

When im getting a taxi i'd rather travel with a Brown Thomas driver in a Guineys taxi than a Guineys driver in a Brown Thomas taxi.

Andrew33

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm going to taxi hell

Stephen's Green?:eek::eek::eek:

mikemac

foggy_lad wrote: »

Regardless of how old they are wheelchair taxi vans are not at all comfortable!

True

foggy_lad wrote: »

Why on earth were so many of those practically useless wheelchair licences issued when one or two per taxi company would do for the few wheelchair customers there are?

There should be more of them tbh, even with the tales of oversupply it takes time to book a wheelchair accessible taxi.

Have booked them for work and gotten let down multiple times
Taking a wheelchair passenger takes time with loading, when our booked driver is a no show I strongly suspect they got flagged down by a gang going drinking, one euro extra per head or whatever the extra is

Oh and the taxi company lost the corporate account, proper order

foggy_lad

mikemac wrote: »

True



There should be more of them tbh, even with the tales of oversupply it takes time to book a wheelchair accessible taxi.

Have booked them for work and gotten let down multiple times
Taking a wheelchair passenger takes time with loading, when our booked driver is a no show I strongly suspect they got flagged down by a gang going drinking, one euro extra per head or whatever the extra is

Oh and the taxi company lost the corporate account, proper order

Well that is just the problem! Drivers have an 8 sweater which uses more diesel and they want to fill it with people going a decent distance so will not want to take people in wheelchairs who may hold them up for a lot longer without the extra money per head.

Really there should be less of them but make them dedicated wheelchair taxis to be connected with companies in a particular area and only used when required. Then if someone requires a wheelchair taxi it is used but the driver reverts to driving his normal taxi after.

Elderly and people with mobility issues can get in and out of cars such as the Opel zafira or similar cars which are at the same seat level as they do not need to climb up to the seat or pull themselves up off the floor when getting out.