Rickshaws likely to be banned

Kermit.de.frog · 30-05-2018 12:25am #1

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/shane-ross-to-propose-ban-on-rickshaws-1.3513154

Not surprised to be honest. Think it would be too much bother trying to regulate.

Muahahaha · 30-05-2018 12:26am

Ah jaysis, where will people get their drugs? This is not good for jobs or the economy

Realt Dearg Sec · 30-05-2018 12:30am

But this is such a necessary service! What will drunks do to fly down Grafton street shouting and waving at strangers like spas? And where will people buy their drugs? And who will take up half the road and run red lights and cause traffic jams?

I know we can get all these things from other places but it was so convenient to have them all supplied by one fantastic service. I don't think Shane Ross has thought this through.

Muahahaha · 30-05-2018 1:01am

One thing I would say about them though is that they do serve a function. After a gig in the Point 10,000+ people come streaming outside but there is never a taxi in sight. A taxi driver told me this is because it is not worth their while going out to the Point empty to pick up a short 10 euro fare into the city centre. As a result there is always stacks of rickshaws outside the Point to pick up the slack for those who dont want to walk the 2km or get on a jammed Luas.

All that said I do find them annoying and a bit tacky tbh. But I dont think they should be banned. Taxed, licensed and insured but not banned.

greencap · 30-05-2018 1:14am

Will they give them up?

I'm let down.

We'll all have to run around after they've deserted us.

Kermit.de.frog · 30-05-2018 1:19am

Presumably if they are banned they can be confiscated.

Dr Brown · 30-05-2018 2:26am

There are already illegal under the current law.

B.A._Baracus · 30-05-2018 2:42am

Thought people on boards hate others doing nixers and not paying tax? What you think rickshaw drivers are

Overheal · 30-05-2018 2:48am

Now now, can't have people undercutting protected businesses with low cost solutions. Free market ideas have no place in a socialist society.

Dr Brown · 30-05-2018 2:52am

Overheal wrote: »

Now now, can't have people undercutting protected businesses with low cost solutions. Free market ideas have no place in a socialist society.

They are unregulated death traps its a miracle no one has been killed on one yet.

30-05-2018 2:59am

greencap wrote: »

Will they give them up?

I'm let down.

We'll all have to run around after they've deserted us.

Wrong rick

Overheal · 30-05-2018 3:40am

Dr Brown wrote: »

They are unregulated death traps its a miracle no one has been killed on one yet.

Because drunks are stupid? These work in plenty of places where this isn’t a problem. Sorry that’s not true in Dublin, I guess.

Hande hoche! · 30-05-2018 5:46am

“But muh disruption!”

Good riddance.

Accidentally · 30-05-2018 6:06am

Expect sudden surge in ice cream vans

WoollyRedHat · 30-05-2018 6:14am

368100 wrote: »

Wrong rick

Aw Morty!

Capt'n Midnight · 30-05-2018 6:09pm

Accidentally wrote: »

Expect sudden surge in ice cream vans trikes

FYP

Tom Mann Centuria · 30-05-2018 6:13pm

If they're anything like the ones in London there's nothing low cost about them. They rip off countless tourists with fares far higher than even black taxis would charge, total gougers.