Can a taxi driver smoke in his or her car?

Would this happen to be in Dublin? I’ve noticed that taxi drivers from Dublin, particularly, tend to be extremely scruffy and unprofessional. Usually their cars and navy gilets stink of fags and the language out some of them would make a sailor blush. “****” this and “****” that. “Yeh culchie prick” this or “you can bite the back of me bollix” that. It wouldn’t surprise me if they smoke in their cars as well.

Personally I always prefer to get lifts from Nigerian taxi drivers.

Yeah I don’t know. I have been all over this island and, in my opinion, taxi drivers from Dublin are amongst the worst people to spend time with in the country. Vulgar and proudly ignorant with chips on each shoulder about virtually any topic you dare to approach. We’ve all had to listen to a Dublin taxi driving ranting about Nigerians, or Yoko Ono, or Muslims. Stinking the place out.

I’m not au fait with the ins and outs of taxi driver qualification (bar buying a plate and a full driving licence) but I think that there should be some sort of taxi driver school for drivers to be accredited and trained with customers service skills.

From the curriculum they would learn why driving in a Man United shirt looks unprofessional, not to use racial slurs in front of customers and where fag butts should be thrown (the bin).