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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Belker on June 16, 2020, 04:19:00 pm

Title: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Belker on June 16, 2020, 04:19:00 pm

I passed suitability at 9.15am this morning questioning the NTA inspector about insurance fer FN partition screens.
He told me that; "In order to pass suitability you must have a letter from your insurance company saying that you have informed them of the partition screen".

An hour after suitability I had a FN screen fitted fer a Pony (25 Euro), again I questioned the screen installer and took his name and the name of the company 'Adventure branding' that were fitting the screen because as the NTA PDF email states;
"Installation and maintenance of a dividing screen should be in full  accordance with the manufacturer’s specification and recommendations, and installed by a named person with the technical knowledge and training required".

https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200526_Advisory_Guidelines_Temporary_COVID_19_Dividing_Screens_V2.pdf (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200526_Advisory_Guidelines_Temporary_COVID_19_Dividing_Screens_V2.pdf)

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Belker on June 16, 2020, 04:20:46 pm

Then I rang AXA looking fer a cover letter to say that I had a FN screen installed and the AXA person told me that they were only sending out such letters to Taxi drivers who had a suitability inspection due, so I quoted this line from the NTA PDF email to them;
"If  during  the  licensing  renewal  inspection  (or  during  a  compliance  inspection)  of  the  vehicle,  it  is found  that  these  guidelines  have  not  been  complied  with  the  vehicle  may  not  be  licensed  or  an existing licence may be suspended".
https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200526_Advisory_Guidelines_Temporary_COVID_19_Dividing_Screens_V2.pdf (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200526_Advisory_Guidelines_Temporary_COVID_19_Dividing_Screens_V2.pdf)

I went on to explain to the AXA person that a 'Compliance inspection' basically means that if a Taxi driver is stopped on the street by a Taxi regulator and has no insurance cover letter fer his partition screen, then he may have his license suspended.
AXA told me that my cover letter would be in the post to me today.

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: watty on June 16, 2020, 05:19:06 pm

Thanks for the update.

You'd think Axa would write to the NTA and say they're covering the FN screens instead of having to take thousands of phone calls from drivers and posting out thousands of letters.

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 16, 2020, 05:32:14 pm

Quote from: watty on June 16, 2020, 05:19:06 pm

Thanks for the update.

You'd think Axa would write to the NTA and say they're covering the FN screens instead of having to take thousands of phone calls from drivers and posting out thousands of letters.

I guess because it will affect different cars differently, even the same car when driven by a 6 foot 7 giant would be different than when driven by a 5 foot nothing miniman.

Also I reckon if checked by an engineer the FN screen would probably fail the safety standards

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 18, 2020, 04:08:52 pm

arrived today ... Already outdated
(https://i.postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d/ins.png) (https://postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d)

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: silverbullet on June 18, 2020, 04:11:40 pm

Quote from: Theoneandonly on June 18, 2020, 04:08:52 pm

arrived today ... Already outdated
(https://i.postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d/ins.png) (https://postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d)

Sorry for being pernickety, but isn't it polypropylene?

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 18, 2020, 04:18:06 pm

Quote from: silverbullet on June 18, 2020, 04:11:40 pm

Quote from: Theoneandonly on June 18, 2020, 04:08:52 pm

arrived today ... Already outdated
(https://i.postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d/ins.png) (https://postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d)

Sorry for being pernickety, but isn't it polypropylene?

It is, and if AXA hadn't given the all clear, I'd have had it updated

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Belker on June 18, 2020, 04:38:07 pm

Quote from: Theoneandonly on June 18, 2020, 04:08:52 pm

arrived today ... Already outdated
(https://i.postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d/ins.png) (https://postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d)

I got the same letter, why do you reckon it is outdated ?

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Shallowhal on June 18, 2020, 04:45:43 pm

Quote from: Belker on June 18, 2020, 04:38:07 pm

Quote from: Theoneandonly on June 18, 2020, 04:08:52 pm

arrived today ... Already outdated
(https://i.postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d/ins.png) (https://postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d)

I got the same letter, why do you reckon it is outdated ?

Because AXA have informed the NTA so the letter needed at suitability no longer applies....but you'll still need other letters at suitability.

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 18, 2020, 04:47:20 pm

Quote from: Belker on June 18, 2020, 04:38:07 pm

Quote from: Theoneandonly on June 18, 2020, 04:08:52 pm

arrived today ... Already outdated
([url]https://i.postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d/ins.png[/url]) ([url]https://postimg.cc/yDNyGv1d[/url])

I got the same letter, why do you reckon it is outdated ?

Axa's blanket acceptance of screens has made it redundant
http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=12071.msg153991#msg153991 (http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=12071.msg153991#msg153991)

Title: Re: FN screens and Insurance.
Post by: Belker on June 18, 2020, 05:28:57 pm

Thanks Hal and Roy, but I still have my AXA Cover letter in hand just to be sure.

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