Taxi Drivers in Dublin

DulchieLaois

I have to say Taxi DRivers in Dublin have no clue how to drive - within the last week while cycling or driving, they constantly stopping in the middle of the road while traffic is moving to pick up a fare.

Or the best one was yesterday, was illegally drove across oncoming traffic and pass a red light where people were crossing the road, so that they can pick up a fare.

They have the law upon themselves when they are driving, which is a constant danger to those around them

pclive

Completely agree

AlanG

So you like to group large numbers of people together with critical statements. Is it all Taxi drivers you dislike or just foreign ones. I think you will find that like all road users some are inconsiderate drivers and others are very considerate but you probably only notice the inconsiderate and bad behavior.

DulchieLaois

My opinion is all taxi drivers - what irrates me the most is when I am driving at the speed like everyone else, they pounce on the breaks and stop in the middle of the road, so they can pick release or pick up a fare.

The amount of times, you have to pounce yourself, in order to avoid a crash is ridicilious

No Consideration for anyone else on the roads

Seaswimmer

DulchieLaois wrote: »

I have to say Taxi DRivers people from Laois in Dublin have no clue how to drive - within the last week while cycling or driving, they constantly stopping in the middle of the road while traffic is moving to pick up a fare.
look at a map
Or the best one was yesterday, was illegally drove across oncoming traffic and pass a red light where people were crossing the road, so that they can pick up a fare.
can ask for directions
They have the law upon themselves when they are driving, which is a constant danger to those around them

Bit of a generalization. Using your username I could infer the same on your fellow countymen. (and women)

malinheader

Very unfair to say all taxi drivers in Dublin dont have a clue how to drive. Speaking from my own experience over the last few months when using taxis in Dublin i found them very careful and have to say very obliging and helpful, even in one case i got lost heading to a hotel and after waking a taxi man who was taking a rest he gladly went ahead of me for around 15 mins till i reached the hotel. Sometimes its only the negative things we seem to remember.

DulchieLaois

Seaswimmer wrote: »

Bit of a generalization. Using your username I could infer the same on your fellow countymen. (and women)

So I assume, you are a dolphin in the water by your username - PLONKER:p

Losty Dublin

DulchieLaois wrote: »

I have to say Taxi DRivers in Dublin have no clue how to drive - within the last week while cycling or driving, they constantly stopping in the middle of the road while traffic is moving to pick up a fare.

I blame the passengers; how dare they ask a taxi to stop for them upon request. You'd think they are paying the driver for the service or something

Spook_ie

Losty Dublin wrote: »

I blame the passengers; how dare they ask a taxi to stop for them upon request. You'd think they are paying the driver for the service or something

Though I do think some drivers think the world will come to an end for themselves if they miss a fare and will stop in some pretty idiotic places.

However, that isn't to say that some regulations are pure crap for stopping for passengers, an example is mandatory cycle lanes, to actually comply with the relevant legislative SI's would require the driver to stop adjacent to the solid white line ( vehicles not allowed in a mandatory cycle lane ) and for all cyclists to stop or to overtake on the right hand side ( Not allowed to pass on the left when a taxi is embarking/disembarking passengers)

Edit: to pre-empt people who are unaware of the relevant legislation
SI332/2012
(b) A pedal cyclist may overtake on the left where vehicles to the pedal cyclist’s right are stationary or are moving more slowly than the overtaking pedal cycle, except where the vehicle to be overtaken—


(i) has signalled an intention to turn to the left and there is a reasonable expectation that the vehicle in which the driver has signalled an intention to turn to the left will execute a movement to the left before the cycle overtakes the vehicle,


(ii) is stationary for the purposes of permitting a passenger or passengers to alight or board the vehicle, or


(iii) is stationary for the purposes of loading or unloading.”,


Can't be bothered to find the legislation for vehicles and cycle lanes marked with a solid white line and the difference between solid and broken cycle lane markings, if you drive you should already be aware of them

Losty Dublin

Spook_ie wrote: »

Though I do think some drivers think the world will come to an end for themselves if they miss a fare and will stop in some pretty idiotic places.

Oh I've seen some dopes myself, I'll agree with you there.

moc moc a moc

AlanG wrote: »

Is it all Taxi drivers you dislike or just foreign ones.

OP didn't mention a thing about foreign drivers. I think it's time you came clean about your agenda.

monument

Spook_ie wrote: »

Though I do think some drivers think the world will come to an end for themselves if they miss a fare and will stop in some pretty idiotic places.

However, that isn't to say that some regulations are pure crap for stopping for passengers, an example is mandatory cycle lanes, to actually comply with the relevant legislative SI's would require the driver to stop adjacent to the solid white line ( vehicles not allowed in a mandatory cycle lane ) and for all cyclists to stop or to overtake on the right hand side ( Not allowed to pass on the left when a taxi is embarking/disembarking passengers)

Edit: to pre-empt people who are unaware of the relevant legislation
SI332/2012
(b) A pedal cyclist may overtake on the left where vehicles to the pedal cyclist’s right are stationary or are moving more slowly than the overtaking pedal cycle, except where the vehicle to be overtaken—


(i) has signalled an intention to turn to the left and there is a reasonable expectation that the vehicle in which the driver has signalled an intention to turn to the left will execute a movement to the left before the cycle overtakes the vehicle,


(ii) is stationary for the purposes of permitting a passenger or passengers to alight or board the vehicle, or


(iii) is stationary for the purposes of loading or unloading.”,


Can't be bothered to find the legislation for vehicles and cycle lanes marked with a solid white line and the difference between solid and broken cycle lane markings, if you drive you should already be aware of them

SI332/2012 deals with undertaking on the left where there is no cycle track. It was already very much so legal to "undertake" in a cycle lane, because traveling straight on in a cycle lane is not undertaking... no more so than a taxi or bus passing cars in a bus lane is "undertaking".

monument

Right this thread is on its last leg.

Cut down on the generalisation and cut out the foreign drivers claims.

-- Moderator

Tzardine

I must say, I prefer to get a cab with a foreign driver. They talk less rubbish than Irish drivers and you generally don't get as much political nonsense.

I think taxi drivers in general can be poor drivers and not just in Ireland. It's a combination of over confidence and a result of spending too much time behind the wheel and picking up bad habits.

Spook_ie

monument wrote: »

SI332/2012 deals with undertaking on the left where there is no cycle track. It was already very much so legal to "undertake" in a cycle lane, because traveling straight on in a cycle lane is not undertaking... no more so than a taxi or bus passing cars in a bus lane is "undertaking".

Just to correct your mistake the paragraph 5a is a direct replacement for paragraph 5 in the principal regaulations of 1997 with reference to overtaking on the left Nothing to do with cycle tracks at all

Part 3


Amendment of Principal Regulations


Amendment of Principal Regulations

Principle regulation 1997 reads

Overtaking


10. (1) A driver shall not overtake, or attempt to overtake, if to do so would endanger, or cause inconvenience to, any other person.


(2) A driver shall not overtake, or attempt to overtake, unless the roadway ahead of the driver—


( a ) is free from approaching traffic, pedestrians and any obstruction, and


( b ) is sufficiently long and wide to permit the overtaking to be completed without danger or inconvenience to other traffic or pedestrians.


(3) A driver shall not overtake, or attempt to overtake, on a stretch of roadway on which traffic sign number RUS 014 [no overtaking] has been provided.


(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-article (5), a driver shall overtake on the right and shall not move in towards the left until it is safe to do so.


(5) A driver may only overtake on the left—


( a ) where the driver of the vehicle about to be overtaken has signalled an intention to turn to the right and the driver of the overtaking vehicle intends, after overtaking, to go straight ahead or to turn to the left,


( b ) where the driver of the overtaking vehicle intends, after overtaking, to turn left at the next road junction and has signalled this intention,


( c ) in slow moving traffic, when vehicles in the traffic lane on the driver's right are moving more slowly than the overtaking vehicle.

it is now amended to read

Overtaking


10. (1) A driver shall not overtake, or attempt to overtake, if to do so would endanger, or cause inconvenience to, any other person.


(2) A driver shall not overtake, or attempt to overtake, unless the roadway ahead of the driver—


( a ) is free from approaching traffic, pedestrians and any obstruction, and


( b ) is sufficiently long and wide to permit the overtaking to be completed without danger or inconvenience to other traffic or pedestrians.


(3) A driver shall not overtake, or attempt to overtake, on a stretch of roadway on which traffic sign number RUS 014 [no overtaking] has been provided.


(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-article (5), a driver shall overtake on the right and shall not move in towards the left until it is safe to do so.


“(5)(a) A driver (other than a pedal cyclist) may only overtake on the left—


(i) where the driver of the vehicle about to be overtaken has signalled an intention to turn to the right and the driver of the overtaking vehicle intends, after overtaking, to go straight ahead or turn to the left,


(ii) where the driver of the overtaking vehicle intends, after overtaking, to turn to the left at the next road junction and has signalled this intention, or


(iii) in slow-moving traffic, when vehicles in the traffic lane on the driver’s right are moving more slowly than the overtaking vehicle,


(b) A pedal cyclist may overtake on the left where vehicles to the pedal cyclist’s right are stationary or are moving more slowly than the overtaking pedal cycle, except where the vehicle to be overtaken—


(i) has signalled an intention to turn to the left and there is a reasonable expectation that the vehicle in which the driver has signalled an intention to turn to the left will execute a movement to the left before the cycle overtakes the vehicle,


(ii) is stationary for the purposes of permitting a passenger or passengers to alight or board the vehicle, or


(iii) is stationary for the purposes of loading or unloading.”,

Icefan

Some taxi drivers are eejits, some are not. Same as every profession.