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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: John m on January 06, 2022, 04:58:58 pm
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Transport Minister Eamon Ryan is increasing the penalties for motorists caught parking on footpaths, cycle tracks and bus lanes.
The fixed charge is set to double from €40 to €80. The new €80 penalties will come into effect from February 1.
Speaking today, Mr Ryan said the penalties will encourage a more “considerate” use of road space.
“I am very pleased to announce these increased penalties which will both promote active travel and encourage a more considerate use of road space,” he said.
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Mr Ryan said parking on footpaths and cycle lanes endangers cyclists and puts vulnerable pedestrians at risk.
“Parking on footpaths puts vulnerable pedestrians, such as wheelchair users and those pushing buggies, at significant risk by forcing them off the footpath and into traffic.
"Parking in bus and cycle lanes endangers cyclists and undermines State investment in sustainable public transport infrastructure.
“These increases should help improve the safety of all vulnerable road and footpath users, by creating a more effective deterrent to these specific forms of illegal parking,” he said.
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Minister of State with responsibility for Road Safety, Hildegarde Naughton, also welcomed the increases.
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“Obstructing footpaths, bus lanes and cycle tracks can confront vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists, with particularly dangerous obstacles on busy roads, while also forcing tricky manoeuvres upon buses and cars who may be attempting to overtake such careless parking.
“These new penalties will safeguard families and communities as they make use of our growing network of active travel infrastructure and will encourage more people to walk and cycle as Government invests almost €1m per day on projects across the country,” she said.
SOME OF THE NARROWER SIDE STREETS AROUND THE NORTH AND SOUTH CIRCULAR will be no go .Traffic policy by Torture .They really dont want motorists so should put more work our way especially if they release more licences to increase the amount of drivers .(and you know they will )
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Parking partially, or wholly on a footpath is already an offence...largely ignored by the Gardaí, and rightly so.
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There's definitely scope for substantially increasing fines attached to fixed penalty notices. Insurance firms are making more out of motorists who collect penalty points than accrues to relevant fines. Increase them all ten fold and ring fence monies raised to enforcement.
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yes way.
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To be fair RC....govts past and present haven't got form for ringfencing any monies raised from fines or otherwise.....I mean,the Greens and their carbon tax which will be spent foolishly on reports by Hooke & Crook....which will never see the light of day.
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That's the problem. The infrastructure is there e.g. speed limit signs but there's no enforcement.
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the n32 should be a wunner not 60km/hr.
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60 is plenty fast enough but it's not enforced so it makes no difference.
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It should be mandatory for all cars to be fitted with "active speed limiting", easily overrideable of course, but if I do override it then they can throw the book at me. Of course that would greatly help traffic accidents. but greatly decrease fines income. Many speeding offences are simply loss of focus in today's very busy world.
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Certainly for all new cars and definitely for all taxis and delivery vehicles.
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I've no problem with 60kph and upwards, it's 30kph and 50 kph that are the problem. To keep at 30kph on the empty Strand Rd at 4am on the way to DAP is ridiculous, and customers would not be happy. Other than that I can happily drive at 50kph as long as my speed limiter helps me, but I can easily, unconsiously, drive up to 10k faster if I forget to reset the speeed limiter when re igniting the engine, as it is usually, for me, a natural safe speed on empty road.
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My car has a sensor that's supposed to read the speed limit signs but it's very hit and miss. More miss tbh. And lots of signs are unreadable because they're filthy and/or hidden behind bushes.
Random bugbear of mine. There's often a speed van outside McGowans pub in Phibsboro because... reasons. Anyway what's the speed limit from Church St to Phibsboro Shopping Centre? AFAIK, there ain't any speed limit signs from the Four Courts up to the Brian Boru pub. So is it the default 'regional road' 80 km/hr or a city 50 km/hr or Dublin's 30 km/hr or something else? For lots of people, there's an €80 ticket riding on it.
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Have they changed Strand Rd back to 50kph? There are 2 new ramps just after Merrion gates, and apparently more planned. There are still 2 x 30kph signs on Strand Rd. but the flashing signs which used to flash red if one went over 30kph now flash yellow, and if one goes over 50kph they now flash red, but give a smiley face if one reverts back to say 48kph. I see a load of new empty sign poles have been erected along Strand Rd also, presumeably for more speed signs or for more ramp signs.
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Have they changed Strand Rd back to 50kph? There are 2 new ramps just after Merrion gates, and apparently more planned. There are still 2 x 30kph signs on Strand Rd. but the flashing signs which used to flash red if one went over 30kph now flash yellow, and if one goes over 50kph they now flash red, but give a smiley face if one reverts back to say 48kph. I see a load of new empty sign poles have been erected along Strand Rd also, presumeably for more speed signs or for more ramp signs.
Was that you parked on Glenangeary Road last night circa 02.41?
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Very possible, probably, am often there.
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I'd like to withdraw my previous suggestion/agreement regarding the potential mandatory use of speed limiting devices. Lack of focus is not acceptable in the operation of a mechanically propelled vehicle, particularly on the part of a so-called professional driver.
We don't bring a whole lot to the table in terms of skill. It's not unreasonable for a client to expect us to be able to operate our vehicles in accordance with the rules of the road.
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Assumung that your sanctimonious scribblings puts you above the rest of us mere mortals when it comes to plying our trade, the dismissal of something which could improve the situation seems foolish.
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Assumung that your sanctimonious scribblings puts you above the rest of us mere mortals when it comes to plying our trade, the dismissal of something which could improve the situation seems foolish.
If everybody embraced the Post Code and gave that over to the driver when asked for a destination we could replace the PSV licence with tech .That would improve the situation .
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Assumung that your sanctimonious scribblings puts you above the rest of us mere mortals when it comes to plying our trade, the dismissal of something which could improve the situation seems foolish.
If everybody embraced the Post Code and gave that over to the driver when asked for a destination we could replace the PSV licence with tech .That would improve the situation .
Visitors to my house would be left in D17 not D5, and into a closed school, not my house. Good luck with that.
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Sanctimonious, Moi?
I did initially consider that such technology may help drivers operate in accordance with the rules and, as such, could prove beneficial. However, if the objective is to compensate for a lack of focus the contrary proves true. In fact, it could promote irresponsible driving if used as a substitute for paying due care and attention. I'm not opposed to the use of such technology and I often use the cruise control function of my own motor car as a speed limiting device but I do so responsibly, using it as an aid to focus rather than a substitute for the same.
In reality drivers will get away with complacency most of the time, it's that one time in a million the unexpected occurs that dictates a need to be fully focused all of the time. Any momentary lack of focus has the potential to cause serious injury or worse. You could be lucky and kill a white male over 25 with no ceoil talent and no GAA related sporting prowess... or you might not be so lucky.
Enforcement, enforcement and more enforcement is what's needed to promote the safe operation of motorised vehicles.
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Sanctimonious, Moi?
I did initially consider that such technology may help drivers operate in accordance with the rules and, as such, could prove beneficial. However, if the objective is to compensate for a lack of focus the contrary proves true. In fact, it could promote irresponsible driving if used as a substitute for paying due care and attention. I'm not opposed to the use of such technology and I often use the cruise control function of my own motor car as a speed limiting device but I do so responsibly, using it as an aid to focus rather than a substitute for the same.
In reality drivers will get away with complacency most of the time, it's that one time in a million the unexpected occurs that dictates a need to be fully focused all of the time. Any momentary lack of focus has the potential to cause serious injury or worse. You could be lucky and kill a white male over 25 with no ceoil talent and no GAA related sporting prowess... or you might not be so lucky.
Enforcement, enforcement and more enforcement is what's needed to promote the safe operation of motorised vehicles.
I was breathalyzed last night.
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Judging by the amount of taxis I see meandering out of control I'd say a lot are pissed or high... or maybe just fixated on their telephone screens.
Did you pass and did it include a drug test.
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I'd say Bob would blow the smoke of a spliff into the coppers face....that's pensioners for ye....just don't care!!
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I'd say Bob would blow the smoke of a spliff into the coppers face....that's pensioners for ye....just don't care!!
That's what he says alright, "I used to care but,....... things have changed"
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I dont care that you dont care.I bet you dont care that I dont care that you dont care..Another thread,gone up in shreads. ::clap
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Judging by the amount of taxis I see meandering out of control I'd say a lot are pissed or high... or maybe just fixated on their telephone screens.
Did you pass and did it include a drug test.
I passed a checkpoint in the 'mun last night. The Garda pointed out my road tax was out of date, when he lowered the machine gun I apologised and told him I'd pay it online the next day - which I did.
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Why was it out of date? Sure you can claim it back from NTA on account of the COVID '19 anall.
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Why was it out of date? Sure you can claim it back from NTA on account of the COVID '19 anall.
If I washed the car more often I might have noticed the anomaly on the windscreen.
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Do you wash the house windows often?
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Could somebody tell me, where I could find someone who can explain the jokes put up on here? ::fds
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Could somebody tell me, where I could find someone who can explain the jokes put up on here? ::fds
What jokes?? ??? ??? ???
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We're a serious bunch around here....well apart from the chuckle brothers!!
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We're a serious bunch around here....well apart from the chuckle brothers!!
Who's them?
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We're a serious bunch around here....well apart from the chuckle brothers!!
Who's them?
Look in the mirror!!
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We're a serious bunch around here....well apart from the chuckle brothers!!
Who's them?
Look in the mirror!!
Who's the other one ?
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We're a serious bunch around here....well apart from the chuckle brothers!!
Who's them?
Look in the mirror!!
Who's the other one ?
Ken.. lol lol
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We're a serious bunch around here....well apart from the chuckle brothers!!
Who's them?
Look in the mirror!!
Who's the other one ?
Ken.. lol lol
Agh heer marko ::fight
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Hal ...hav ya no gutters left to clean or skirtin to paint ? ...gettin all knarky
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Do you wash the house windows often?
Never. It's a pane.
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Hal ...hav ya no gutters left to clean or skirtin to paint ? ...gettin all knarky
Ah,there's a bit of a stretch in the evenings now and given that I work from 7am and at home by 3pm(Mon-Fri) the gutters will get a doin one of these days to be sure,the skirting is grand btw...thanks for asking,
The missus is 52 today and I have a dirty weekend planned....which will coincide nicely with the reopening tomorrow,she can ply me with alcohol and I might pull the shantoos out of her!!
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Octy and Ken the chuckle brothers rofl Excellent way to describe you's two rofl
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Ha ha ..havin a chuckle here…Hal is havin a dirty weekend…working in the garden…
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Ha ha ..havin a chuckle here…Hal is havin a dirty weekend…working in the garden…
I hope that's a euphemism Cools? lol
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Someone at the very top is listening to BS:
Garda Checkpoints: Changes to new cars from July could prevent drivers from being fined
Then it will sound a warning and automatically slow the vehicle down if it is exceeding the detected limit
BySophie Collins
19:03, 7 FEB 2022
NEWS
A particular manufacturer update coming to new vehicles in 2022 will prevent thousands of owners from being handed speeding fines in Ireland.
A new agreement among the European Commission will see newly built cars fitted with a speed limiter from July this year.
The system, known as Intelligent Speed Assistance, is one of the many safety measures to become mandatory in European vehicles.
It will use GPS data and sign recognition cameras built into the car to detect speed limits wherever you may be.
Then it will sound a warning and automatically slow the vehicle down if it is exceeding the detected limit.
However, it is understood that drivers will be able to override the device by continuing to press on the accelerator, which some officials have said is a necessary feature for safety.
Read on:
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/garda-checkpoints-changes-new-cars-26164612 (https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/garda-checkpoints-changes-new-cars-26164612)
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I'm glad that we are in the EU. Does GoSafe cost more than it brings in? If so, the state would be on a winner, and drivers would become unconsiously more aware of their as time goes on.
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I'm glad that we are in the EU. Does GoSafe cost more than it brings in? If so, the state would be on a winner, and drivers would become unconsciously more aware of their as time goes on.
Free public transport for all should also be introduced, as well as inflation supressing measures rather than wage increases.
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+1
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The quickest way to reduce inflation is a big dirty recession according to some bloke on the telly I was watching.Let's hope the politicians aren't watching the same bloke.
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Well, we're told hotels can't get staff and we're destroying the planet burning fossil fuels so Govt need to subsidise cash rich airlines so they can burn more fossil fuels and deliver more tourists.
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Well, we're told hotels can't get staff and we're destroying the planet burning fossil fuels so Govt need to subsidise cash rich airlines so they can burn more fossil fuels and deliver more tourists.
The airlines deliver cheap staff, drink, smokes and ho's.
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Mostly cheap tradesmen and prostitutes from eastern Europe. We need to go further afield to staff low skilled transport, hospitality, etc... and high skilled professions.
I guess we'll have to wait for the socialist republic of our (fore)fathers' dreams. Chucky our law... soon!