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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: silverbullet on August 18, 2023, 10:58:30 pm
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KNOCK-OFF | Taped-up taxi ‘operating for months with no area sign’ seized in Dublin
Gardaí seized the car and issued a fine to the driver.
The vehicle was heavily taped-up at the front
The vehicle was heavily taped-up at the front
Níall Feiritear
Today at 17:58
A person has been caught driving a taxi with no area sign, or tax, in Dublin with gardaí seizing the vehicle in question this week.
An Garda Síochána put an image of the dramatic capture online today, where the heavily taped-up car is observed being searched by officers.
A caption to the photograph stated: “Blanchardstown Roads Policing Unit stopped this taxi, which came to their attention in the early hours of Thursday.
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“Tax was expired since February and had no area sign, even though it had been operating as a taxi for months.
“Gardaí seized the car and issued a fine to the driver.”
Social media users were quick to react, withone saying: "It must have been parked at an ATM.”
Another posted: “Well done.”
“No NCT by the looks of it,” one user chimed in.
Another ‘X’ user posted: “I hope they get jail time great catch.”
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Jail time for no car tax?
That's a touch harsh,X user.
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Car is probably out of age limit soon so no use spending money on it .So it had stickey tape on it and no sticky tape on the roofsign and no tax .That is so serious that it was in the papers .FFS Is that was passes for Journalism .What agenda is being served here ?
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I wonder if they would have stopped him if his motor tax was ok. How much damage does a taxi need to have before a regular Guard gets involved? You see plenty of taxis around with a big dent here or a big dent there. A good warning sign to stay away from them!
(https://i.ibb.co/tmprc79/Blanch-Taxi.jpg)
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AFAIK his PSV Licence was way out of date and a few other no no's..
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Masking tape isn't waterproof either.Lock him up..
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AFAIK his PSV Licence was way out of date and a few other no no's..
I don't doubt you but strange the Gardai didn't mention all that? This is what the Garda wrote on Twitter/X:
Blanchardstown Roads Policing Unit stopped this taxi, which came to their attention in the early hours of Thursday.
Tax was expired since February and had no area sign, even though it had been operating as a taxi for months.
Gardaí seized the car & issued a fine to the driver.
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I think thats the first time I have seen an Audi taxi in Ireland.
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I think thats the first time I have seen an Audi taxi in Ireland.
Dublin has loads.
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I think thats the first time I have seen an Audi taxi in Ireland.
Dublin has loads.
I suppose, thats where the money is. :)
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You can just about make out his roof number in the reflection off the roof
(https://i.postimg.cc/fLxLjq7G/Screenshot-2023-08-18-13-20-24-83-40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sQgs3cNm)