Dublin Coach Experience Discussion Thread

Cant figure out if

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What do y'all think ?

0lddog wrote: »

Cant figure out if

https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/1210316116041568261
belongs on this thread

What do y'all think ?

Very odd looking scene. Hope everyone is OK.

Yesterday.

A lovely run from Dublin Airport on JJ Kav, safe and pleasant driver, a reasonable vehicle a 2018 Merc, (personally I would preferred their 09 Setra parked in front !!!).

Red Cow, Dublin Coach 04 Setra broken down with the tailgate open and the off side grille up (crazily unsafe) and a mechanic jumping around like a frog nearly getting himself knocked down. Blue Aircoach paint visible inside the grille.

The Quay Waterford, 2 hours later, same MO again, another 04 Setra !!! And a driver/mechanic pouring something from a plastic lemonade type bottle into the engine.

Just another day on DC I suppose.

I am currently on a DC from Waterford to KK. To say it is the greatest ball of shyte would be an understatement. You would need earphones with the constant very loud droning noise. There is a drummer in the luggage hold. Thump..thump thump just like a bass drummer keeping beat. You can feel the thump through the floor up into the seat.
The driver is on the phone since we left Waterford 15 mins ago,.

WishUWereHere wrote: »

Hands free? Bluetooth, which if is so, would mean everyone on the bus can hear the conversation?

Not with an ear piece which would be fully legal.

WishUWereHere wrote: »

Hands free? Bluetooth, which if is so, would mean everyone on the bus can hear the conversation?

Hows your Polosh /Lithuanian?
He was on a wired earpiece, which is also illegal

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Are you new here ?

Do you seriously think that DC give a twopenny fuk about safety standards ?

Not new but if it's like that it could be a serious safety issue.

I wouldn't drive it and others shouldn't either.

Anyone familiar with the Kilkenny service would have seen an 04 setra broken down in the middle of the junction after the ormonde road stop. Not a single driver or mechanic to be seen anywhere.

What was beautifully ironic was that the driver obviously tried to put the hazards on but only the right tail light indicator was working so in theory it looked like the bus was indicating to pull back out which is all the more confusing.

Had to drive back into town later (around four hours after) and the bus was still there.

punisher5112 wrote: »

Not new but if it's like that it could be a serious safety issue.

I wouldn't drive it and others shouldn't either.

I most certainly wouldn't drive it. There is a safety issue,the thump could be both heard and felt by everyone on the bus(not fit to be called a coach).

Vic_08 wrote: »

You are obviously aware of the issues with this company and still use them though.

In defense of the OP, not sure how he/she was to know a ‘driver’ was going to spend 15 minutes on his/her cellphone prior to leaving Waterford? Or to be aware of the noise issues?

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

I was stuck for an unexpected trip from WD to KK. If I travel I almost always drive or if not its JJ Kavanagh

Just hope You get to Your destination safely Od! BTW, how long before the 'driver/receptionist' finished their phone chat?

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

I was stuck for an unexpected trip from WD to KK. If I travel I almost always drive or if not its JJ Kavanagh

It is disgraceful that this standard is allowed to pass for public transport but as long as people keep using it there is no incentive for them to change and worse still there is pressure on other operators to cut corners to compete. BE withdrew from Dublin-Kilkenny if they squeeze JJK out you will be left with even less options.

Sadly there is no oversight of commercial services in Ireland. Once an operator has got their foot in the door the NTA just rubber stamp the licences renewals and allow the companies to operate however they please, no maintenance standards, no accessibility requirements, no bus stop marking, timetable or fare publishing requirements, no complaints procedure or independent regulator to ensure they are acting correctly. FFS they won't even tell the public the details or terms of the licences they grant so you can't even tell if the operators are even working within their licences properly. Meanwhile the NTA fret over minutiae such as how much yellow paint is on the front of PSO route buses and changing bus stop heads so GAI run services do not have to use DB branded bus stops.

Vic_08 wrote: »

It is disgraceful that this standard is allowed to pass for public transport but as long as people keep using it there is no incentive for them to change and worse still there is pressure on other operators to cut corners to compete. BE withdrew from Dublin-Kilkenny if they squeeze JJK out you will be left with even less options.

Sadly there is no oversight of commercial services in Ireland. Once an operator has got their foot in the door the NTA just rubber stamp the licences renewals and allow the companies to operate however they please, no maintenance standards, no accessibility requirements, no bus stop marking, timetable or fare publishing requirements, no complaints procedure or independent regulator to ensure they are acting correctly. FFS they won't even tell the public the details or terms of the licences they grant so you can't even tell if the operators are even working within their licences properly. Meanwhile the NTA fret over minutiae such as how much yellow paint is on the front of PSO route buses and changing bus stop heads so GAI run services do not have to use DB branded bus stops.

You should go down to Kilkenny and have a look at the clusterfuk of a city service that the NTA signed off on. Bus stops painted on some of the narrowest city streets in the country. They just stop in the middle of the road and motorists behind them and in some cases meeting them must wait for passengers to board and alight. I know where I'd like to stick the NTA's man rubber stamp :eek:

New Double decker coaches should start to arrive with the first 4 at the end of February

belfast stephen wrote: »

New Double decker coaches should start to arrive with the first 4 at the end of February

All well and good getting new buses, but there’s still the issue of drivers spending 15 minutes on their phones - wonder will anything be done on this issue?