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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Shallowhal on September 20, 2017, 03:08:04 pm
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Policy Update
Hi Handsome Hal,
As a valued mytaxi driver, we want you to know that from Thursday the 21st of September 2017, mytaxi policy will no longer be to request that you discount the NTA €2 booking fee for customer journeys booked through the app.
As there may be some confusion out there in relation to this booking fee, we’re emailing all our customers to explain how the charge applies. You can see the information which has been sent out to customers here.
Just to note - as per NTA regulations, the €2 booking fee can be added to the taxi meter as normal. It will be included in the taxi fare, just as it would with the €1 fee for additional passengers.
There is still no change to our policy for Hospitality & Corporate account bookings, where in some cases, due to commercial agreements, the €2 may be deducted from your statement. Details here.
Also, a reminder that all mytaxi drivers agree to accept payment through commission-free Pay with mytaxi for rank or street work, and that the €2 booking fee never applies to these fares.
Your local mytaxi team is working hard to improve the driver app experience, and we’re investing in growing the mytaxi customer base for you. This means that you’ll have the opportunity to carry even more passengers, and earn more at the end of the day.
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Nice one!
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Happy days
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The best bit of news I've heard in a long time, now they will have the drivers they need.
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They can stick it up their holes, what about soldiers like me who always charged the puc?
There's no fun in it now FFS.
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I know some of us were questioning the MyTaxi "Hospitality Charge" as a bit of a double standard,
I didn't know i was under any obligation to accept payment via MyTaxi for rank/street hails....they can update their policy on that aswell!!
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Just got an email there staying the above, that will make up for the poxy 5 minutes free waiting time.
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Don't be losin the run of yourselves....Wingnut is right with regard to all the drivers they want!
Another 24c per journey taken/PUC applied for the war chest!!
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Well done Stephen. Thank you.
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Long over due
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Fari play to you RC.
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Long overdue.
So including the upcoming fare increase and €2 on every MyTaxi job what's the increase work out at??
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I'm still leaving it off until we get the commission reduced.Also waiting time too.Also...
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I only started annoying them on twitter 2 days ago..result..I'm taking the credit for this Rc...
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I've been emailing them about this for 3 years now. Telling them that they are losing out on €0.24 cent on every job and with the millions they are making this would make them more
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In fairness we've all been getting ignored for years it was funny watching them getting slaughtered on thier social media accounts.As soon as enough drivers turn it off they're fukked and they know it.
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So...the question is..how many of yis will drive past a street hail for a MyTaxi fare with PUC on Fri/Sat nights?
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So...the question is..how many of yis will drive past a street hail for a MyTaxi fare with PUC on Fri/Sat nights?
Not me.
Although some will love the extra €1.76 in their pockets, even though they'll have driven whatever distance to pick up the MyTaxi job
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A few more will but they're still screwed in the long run IMO.I'm quite happy to leave the app off as I'm enjoying the cash lately.
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I'd also advise any of yis who don't wanna accept mytaxi card payment from a rank to remove yer stickers.They've now put it on as compulsory.
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Credit where credit is due. PUC will cover commission so we now have a service we can actively promote and support. There will, of course, be concerns about one firm monopolising our trade going forward. However, this policy change proves that mytaxi is a firm that drivers can work with.
Fri/Sat night is another question. There are other reasons for drivers limiting the amount of mytaxi work they cover. Whether or not the new policy proves to be a success for the firm in monetary terms remains to be seen but it ought to succeed in gaining the goodwill of drivers.
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Well done Stephen. Thank you.
Nothing to do with me, any issues I raised (including this one) had been raised by plenty of other drivers before me. I was surprised that management openly admitted that this was the number one complaint from drivers, they could have easily dismissed it by pointing to Joe Heron's telling Today FM that it wasn't' an issue for drivers. Instead they have dealt with the issue in an open and honest manner, for that they deserve respect and praise.
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So RC....were you sworn to secrecy at the love in by your bosses about the PUC being reinstated?
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No. They hadn't made any decision at that stage. As reported on here they gave the impression that they supported charging full fare but such a major policy decision needed to be discussed at board level.
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No. They hadn't made any decision at that stage. As reported on here they gave the impression that they supported charging full fare but such a major policy decision needed to be discussed at board level.
Ka Ching!!
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No. They hadn't made any decision at that stage. As reported on here they gave the impression that they supported charging full fare but such a major policy decision needed to be discussed at board level.
Id say u going in had a imput on it
Fair play rats!
Now when ya goin into uber?
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Anybody got a copy of the email the customers got?
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Well Rodent .........................................................First they changed the way they address drivers ,Then they changed the way they confirm if you got your BoBo .Now they introduce the PUC .Make you wonder you spoke to Tim and got a Note Book and suddenly we got what was asked for ..I even started to say nice things about them lol lol lol lol
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No. They hadn't made any decision at that stage. As reported on here they gave the impression that they supported charging full fare but such a major policy decision needed to be discussed at board level.
And this Board did discuss it .
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So...the question is..how many of yis will drive past a street hail for a MyTaxi fare with PUC on Fri/Sat nights?
your sitting 12th on Leason Street and a Mytaxi job pops up do you accept and offset the commission with the PUC or do you wait on the illegal rank .
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Have a look on the twitter lads the stingy fekkers who don't wanna pay the PUC and were complaining about a rubbish service are forecasting the death of mytaxi...it was dead already weeks ago because so many stopped working it.
By the way there were drivers on here and Roys kip saying the PUC was never coming back and was finished...any words lads?Are yis gonna charge it?
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Have a look on the twitter lads the stingy fekkers who don't wanna pay the PUC and were complaining about a rubbish service are forecasting the death of mytaxi...it was dead already weeks ago because so many stopped working it.
By the way there were drivers on here and Roys kip saying the PUC was never coming back and was finished...any words lads?Are yis gonna charge it?
There weríe people on here who acted like adults and spoke with the decision makere and put forward a reasoned arguement for the restoration of the fare card.we vot what we requested ow work it or dont.
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You got what you requested.I've emails going back years.Fuk them anyway they only caved because the service came to a halt.When you can't get a business customer a cab at 3pm in Dublin 2 yer screwed.The pricks held out until the jobs weren't getting covered.Let's be honest here.
The reason I know is because I was scooping them up listening to the moaning.Business users on twitter saying they haven't gotten a cab in weeks during the day.Also instructing their employees to stop using the service due to unreliability.
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Read my post about why they stopped charging the PUC .it was not a decision they made willingly .i wonder apart from the likes of the smartarsed emails like the ones i use to send did anybode ever put forward a reasoned costed proposal .i know tbe rodent found tim very accomodati g when he met him i spoke with him on the phone two weeks ago and he listened to the argument thought up in toners and agreed to put it to his bosses .he is a man you can talk with and he listens
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Erm it was a discount plain and simple.Ya know Daimler made a profit of 8.8 billion last year.They didn't really have to take 12% of the PUC but they did.
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So...the question is..how many of yis will drive past a street hail for a MyTaxi fare with PUC on Fri/Sat nights?
your sitting 12th on Leason Street and a Mytaxi job pops up do you accept and offset the commission with the PUC or do you wait on the illegal rank .
You won't catch me on a fukin legal rank...never mind 12th on poxy Leeson St...i tells ya!!
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I have been thinking of giving my radio back in recent times as I have been getting 70/80% of my weeks work my taxi, given the news today I feel it's time to ditch the radio, just wondering what incentive if any they offer for having their branding on my car... any info appreciated...cheers.
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No need for a radio, or to even pay freight. If you work nights you'll never look back. No point in making cab company scum richer.
Remember they didn't drop freight rates, even at the height of the recession, when hundreds of Taxifolk took their own lives.
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Yeah I know what you mean and I knew I would leave eventually, no love lost there, don't work nights but find the days are busy enough and lucklly enough her indoors has a good job so 5/6 hours a day is enough at the moment... not to keen to put my taxi branding on the car but if they give an incentive I might... cheers.
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No need for a radio, or to even pay freight. If you work nights you'll never look back. No point in making cab company scum richer.
Remember they didn't drop freight rates, even at the height of the recession, when hundreds of Taxifolk took their own lives.
Your right Silver they actually took advantage of the situation, that's the main reason I was early to sign up to Hailo and I'm delighted to see it go full circle. I think the cab company's might be getting a taste of what we went through, what comes around goes around and all..
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Ok Here is the low down I cannot say what I discussed but I also made that agreement with one of the Reps .The Rodent Rat Stephen Is more intelligent than me thats a fact but I am A better Diplomat I could Convince Jesus he was not a Christian ,The Rodent met with the Boss man In Mytaxi and without shouting or raising his voice he was told what the situation was .After drinking Pints in Toners the Rodent never invite Tim dont know why we knew the situation .After the Rodent gave Paddy Power some of his hard earned, I told him not to we discussed strategy sorry He discussed a strategy I listened .I put together a submission based on the rodents idea done a bit of maths and the people at My taxi were willing to listen .Now its up to you cover the work or not .if ypu are thinking they will screw you by increasing the feight if they do you can leave .This is the best deal for drivers read some of my other treads .No doubt some of you will moan .
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Plenty of day drivers making a decent wage too with no radio or app affiliations.After a while you learn where not to rank.At the moment the city is busy.Even fosters has been mostly empty after lunch.
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Ermy why do ya make things so difficult....I was told weeks ago by the mytaxi rep on the green that there was a move on the PUC on the way.I didn't believe him because I was told the same thing by another member of staff over a year ago.Something had to change.They didn't have any other moves.
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Plenty of day drivers making a decent wage too with no radio or app affiliations.After a while you learn where not to rank.At the moment the city is busy.Even fosters has been mostly empty after lunch.
Great Im happy for them but as I said in another tread with PUC I will build my shift around Mytaxi .iF they have the work why would I cut off my nose to spite myself .There are other bits to come but as I said I agreed my conversation as I agreed with a certain rep body would be private .Here is the Pitch that was put to Mytaxi we are all in the Taxi business we have the cars they have the customers In what reality does it not suit us to work together .I have a pain in me bollix with fucktards who wanted something and when they got it wanted something else .
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I'm happy John, If carlsberg did taxi apps it would be called Mytaxi. :D
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Nobody cares about reps or unions.They have absolutely no influence in town where the majority of drivers work.I wouldn't recognise any of them except yer man from ttbnnh..Anyway I'm delighted you're happy Erm.
Just don't expect us all to welcome mytaxis latest gesture when they're trying to get more taxis on the road by lowering the test requirements.I won't be forgetting it anytime soon.I'm good like that.
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I asked RC earlier if he was asked to stay quiet about some matters and he said no.....so John....what the fuk are you sayin....cos yer fukin gibberin outa ye..did someone jab a syringe full of sodium pentothal in yer arse?
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I asked RC earlier if he was asked to stay quiet about some matters and he said no.....so John....what the fuk are you sayin....cos yer fukin gibberin outa ye..did someone jab a syringe full of sodium pentothal in yer arse?
I never said I was asked to stay quiet, I said that any conversation I had would not end up posted on the Internet .Hal most drivers will welcome this change but some like your good self will still complain .As I posted earlier I will build my shift around the app now and Im sure a lot of others will also.
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Be Happy lads....
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/mytaxi-drivers-allowed-to-charge-2-booking-fee-from-thursday-806690.html (http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/mytaxi-drivers-allowed-to-charge-2-booking-fee-from-thursday-806690.html)
Now, how long before the NTA are held over a barrel in relation to the "knowledge" of Dublin, as Tim nice but....esq calls it?
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I asked RC earlier if he was asked to stay quiet about some matters and he said no.....so John....what the fuk are you sayin....cos yer fukin gibberin outa ye..did someone jab a syringe full of sodium pentothal in yer arse?
Is that the truth serum? Why would anyone want that...end up in jail.
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We all welcome any additional money going to drivers...Erm yer the biggest whinger on the net.I make no apologies for disliking mytaxi and the way they do business.If that hurts yer feeling tough shit.
If the taxi test get dumbed down the 2 quid PUC is gonna be long forgotten as a minor victory. The last thing we need is more Erms.
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It seems inevitable that the Kathleen Doyle entrance exam will be consigned to history in the not too distant future. Requiring new entrants to have significantly better knowledge than highly experienced operators makes no sense. The only way to safeguard this artificial barrier to entry would to require all drivers complete both modules every 5 years. Incumbents are unlikely to support that because they know that the majority of them would fail the geography sections.
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Two lousy euro it's been there since Adam was a boy never increased
It should be €3 by now FFS.
Taxi fares have decreased dramatically on longer journeys.
Bus fares increased five times in two year.
Bag of chips is now €3.
Now we're getting 3% increase
Big fukking deal.
Could it get any lower.
Joke,
But I'm not laffen.
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It increased from €1.50 to €2 when the DAP pick up charge was abolished, I think... c.2006?
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It seems inevitable that the Kathleen Doyle entrance exam will be consigned to history in the not too distant future. Requiring new entrants to have significantly better knowledge than highly experienced operators makes no sense. The only way to safeguard this artificial barrier to entry would to require all drivers complete both modules every 5 years. Incumbents are unlikely to support that because they know that the majority of them would fail the geography sections.
With Dublin's ever-expanding hinterland it would be the perfect excuse to do so. I see Airbnb folks now need a license to operate...where will it all end?
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Cities evolve over time through progression and growth hence it makes perfect sense to test taximen's knowledge periodically. On Monday night I discovered that Jury's (Pembroke Rd) is now called the Ballsbridge Hotel, I'd be lost without Google!
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Some of our younger folks think Rathoath and Stamullen are in Dublin, Rats. In fact, they probably will be soon enough.
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Most of the tough part of the test is city center questions.I dont see why yis are so resigned to see them soften up the exam.Many of the bad decisions we're the victim of came from drivers who wouldn't have gotten into the business had there been a tougher test. If it wasn't for the reduction in numbers yous would be paying 25% commision and paying the passengers a fiver to be allowed to pick them up.
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Resigned...no....Cynical....yes. They'll do whatever makes them a few notes. No need at the moment but politics isn't called the "Eternal Sea" for nowt. Always another baseball bat waiting for your noggin after you deflect the first one away.
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It increased from €1.50 to €2 when the DAP pick up charge was abolished, I think... c.2006?
It was £1 before the euro
And then €2 when Euro was introduced
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Cities evolve over time through progression and growth hence it makes perfect sense to test taximen's knowledge periodically. On Monday night I discovered that Jury's (Pembroke Rd) is now called the Ballsbridge Hotel, I'd be lost without Google!
Ahh Rat,
Did you make a comment on my geography knowledge
There was a time we used pub
Names to navigate around the City
But they have all changed their names now
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Taximen have lower rates of dementia than office workers for a reason...as long as they keep changing names it keeps the brain working.
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It was £1.20 before the euro, all the extras were in increments of 40p except DAP fee which went to £1.30 when the DAA fee increased from 40p/job to 50p/job. I think it became €1.50 when the euro was introduced and then €2... I'll have to dig out my old fare cards!
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Do yis all keep old fare cards like Rc?
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I'm not moanin John....you seem to have embraced MyTaxi since ye nearly got a notepad off Ratty....i believe you were one of the most vocal with regard to the PUC..NOT coming back...me like a lot of other drivers are cautious of MyTaxi and their motives,Tim will probably have a spreadsheet on his desk Mon morning confirming that HIS taxis arn't picking up customers even with the PUC reinstated...so therefore more taxis are needed!!
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I'm not moanin John....you seem to have embraced MyTaxi since ye nearly got a notepad off Ratty....i believe you were one of the most vocal with regard to the PUC..NOT coming back...me like a lot of other drivers are cautious of MyTaxi and their motives,Tim will probably have a spreadsheet on his desk Mon morning confirming that HIS taxis arn't picking up customers even with the PUC reinstated...so therefore more taxis are needed!!
Now that is using the head....and they call me cynical? If I can bore you for one minute there Shallow?.....Football again, sorry, but it's an analogy of how people sometimes miss the bogeyman. 2 Dublin players and 2 country players are nominated for "Footballer of the Yr"....ok?
Grand so....Dubs think like this....that's bleedin' deadly...2 fuckin' men nominated.... Culchies....Fuckin' gurriers have no brains...dey doesn't realise we're splittin' their vote...
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To clarify...
The erm was never bothered about PUC, all he wanted mytaxi to do was improve it's interpersonal skills. In fact he told us there's no way PUC could be brought back because Uber would relaunch with no PUC and take all the riders.
Before I was summoned to the depot a couple of things got me thinking that full fare was a possibility. First, I noticed the email response to relevant queries changed from "drivers are not allowed charge..." to "our current policy is...". Second, MfH posted that he got the impression that there could be some movement on PUC from discussions with a rep on the ranks.
As reported on here, when I met the bosses I got the impression that they supported full fare but needed to convince the board that it made sense. Naturally, they questioned whether it would result in drivers covering more jobs and pointed out that it would be difficult to tell customers that they're withdrawing a discount that was never advertised as a discount. My instinctive reaction to the latter was to put a charity spin on it but I managed to keep my mouth a few paces behind my brain and made no substantive comment.
When I went for a pint with the erm I ran the charity idea by him and a day or two later he suggested that there may be some merit in it so I posted the idea on the forum to gauge driver reaction. Drivers weren't so keen so I left it at that, the suggestion was there, anyone could explore it I guess.
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At least you got up off your arse and did something. Hope John's enjoying his rub and tug in Elevenerife.
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Now that is using the head....and they call me cynical? If I can bore you for one minute there Shallow?.....Football again, sorry, but it's an analogy of how people sometimes miss the bogeyman. 2 Dublin players and 2 country players are nominated for "Footballer of the Yr"....ok?
Grand so....Dubs think like this....that's bleedin' deadly...2 fuckin' men nominated.... Culchies....Fuckin' gurriers have no brains...dey doesn't realise we're splittin' their vote...
Jaysus hasn't Mick O'Leary made a right bollix of tings at Ryanair... dem shares is gonna drop like a sack of spuds... the fukkin eejit!
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Fair play for being level headed enough to engage with them RC.It all helps the cause.I'm probably way too annoyed to be nice to them anymore.
Let's pray Ermy isn't staying for 3 weeks so we don't cross paths and and up talking about work..
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I think you were right not to say anything with regard to the charity aspect,some people have their own methods of contributing.
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Maybe Daimler could donate the 12% to charity?..
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@MFH....very good!! lol
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I understand that, Hal... also, it'd be difficult to choose one charity over another on behalf of 10,000+ contributors and it'd be difficult to end such a scheme. For example you might say we're gonna raise €10M for ANO, when the target is reached ANO are gonna tell you what great work they've done with it and show you what a difference another €10M will make...
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Maybe Daimler could donate the 12% to charity?..
I'm sure it could. As you know, I don't believe Daimler give a monkey's toss about whether mytaxi makes a profit or not. I'd say they're far more interested in market penetration than the bottom line when they sit down with Pinnington & co.
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I understand that, Hal... also, it'd be difficult to choose one charity over another on behalf of 10,000+ contributors and it'd be difficult to end such a scheme. For example you might say we're gonna raise €10M for ANO, when the target is reached ANO are gonna tell you what great work they've done with it and show you what a difference another €10M will make...
My missus works with a multinational and she contributes a percentage of her salary to the chosen charity which they rotate yearly,there might be two or three charities that they donate to in that year.
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Joe Heron misses the point, again:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taxi-federation-defends-new-2-mytaxi-booking-fee-1.3228907 (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taxi-federation-defends-new-2-mytaxi-booking-fee-1.3228907)
The President of the Irish Taxi Federation is defending approval for MyTaxi drivers to charge an extra €2 as a booking fee.
In the past, MyTaxi had requested drivers to discount this NTA approved fee for their customers.
Joe Heron told Newstalk Breakfast that most drivers have to travel to take a fare and that the €2 fee is to cover that.
Earlier on the programme Tim Arnold, the General Manager of MyTaxi in Ireland, said the company has decided to lift the ban on booking fees in a bid to improve service.
He pointed out that that there are now fewer taxi drivers than at any time in the last ten years. For every new driver, three leave the business, he said.
“I am confident that this will offer an improved service.”
Mr Heron said he anticipated most drivers will charge the €2 fee. “It is a very small fee for a good service.”
“Most drivers have to travel for a job, that’s what this fee is for. When you tap the MyTaxi App the driver could be a couple of kilometres away from you.”
He obviously doesn't realise that PUC compensates for the cost of the job, maybe he doesn't know that drivers have to pay dispatchers?
Still, I guess it's a slight improvement on telling Matt Cooper that PUC wasn't an issue for drivers.
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Now that is using the head....and they call me cynical? If I can bore you for one minute there Shallow?.....Football again, sorry, but it's an analogy of how people sometimes miss the bogeyman. 2 Dublin players and 2 country players are nominated for "Footballer of the Yr"....ok?
Grand so....Dubs think like this....that's bleedin' deadly...2 fuckin' men nominated.... Culchies....Fuckin' gurriers have no brains...dey doesn't realise we're splittin' their vote...
Jaysus hasn't Mick O'Leary made a right bollix of tings at Ryanair... dem shares is gonna drop like a sack of spuds... the fukkin eejit!
Still wouldn't like to second guess what that genius is up to.....He'd give Warren Buffett a run for his money in the sharp practice game....Buy 12 and one free kinda stuff.
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Joe Heron misses the point, again:
[url]http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taxi-federation-defends-new-2-mytaxi-booking-fee-1.3228907[/url] ([url]http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taxi-federation-defends-new-2-mytaxi-booking-fee-1.3228907[/url])
The President of the Irish Taxi Federation is defending approval for MyTaxi drivers to charge an extra €2 as a booking fee.
In the past, MyTaxi had requested drivers to discount this NTA approved fee for their customers.
Joe Heron told Newstalk Breakfast that most drivers have to travel to take a fare and that the €2 fee is to cover that.
Earlier on the programme Tim Arnold, the General Manager of MyTaxi in Ireland, said the company has decided to lift the ban on booking fees in a bid to improve service.
He pointed out that that there are now fewer taxi drivers than at any time in the last ten years. For every new driver, three leave the business, he said.
“I am confident that this will offer an improved service.”
Mr Heron said he anticipated most drivers will charge the €2 fee. “It is a very small fee for a good service.”
“Most drivers have to travel for a job, that’s what this fee is for. When you tap the MyTaxi App the driver could be a couple of kilometres away from you.”
He obviously doesn't realise that PUC compensates for the cost of the job, maybe he doesn't know that drivers have to pay dispatchers?
Still, I guess it's a slight improvement on telling Matt Cooper that PUC wasn't an issue for drivers.
Over on thejournal.ie Uber are getting plugged left right and centre as a great alternative....had they not "caved into the unions"...great craic.
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Joe Heron is brain dead
He's a danger to the industry.
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Is he the Rep who said some of his members were to stupidity to register on the taxi driver identity app.
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He moved into John ushers chair.
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Now that is using the head....and they call me cynical? If I can bore you for one minute there Shallow?.....Football again, sorry, but it's an analogy of how people sometimes miss the bogeyman. 2 Dublin players and 2 country players are nominated for "Footballer of the Yr"....ok?
Grand so....Dubs think like this....that's bleedin' deadly...2 fuckin' men nominated.... Culchies....Fuckin' gurriers have no brains...dey doesn't realise we're splittin' their vote...
Jaysus hasn't Mick O'Leary made a right bollix of tings at Ryanair... dem shares is gonna drop like a sack of spuds... the fukkin eejit!
Still wouldn't like to second guess what that genius is up to.....He'd give Warren Buffett a run for his money in the sharp practice game....Buy 12 and one free kinda stuff.
If he fell in shit he would come out of it smelling of shit but wealthier http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/airline-capitalises-on-slump-by-buying-back-12m-of-its-shares-36150111.html (http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/airline-capitalises-on-slump-by-buying-back-12m-of-its-shares-36150111.html)
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Now that is using the head....and they call me cynical? If I can bore you for one minute there Shallow?.....Football again, sorry, but it's an analogy of how people sometimes miss the bogeyman. 2 Dublin players and 2 country players are nominated for "Footballer of the Yr"....ok?
Grand so....Dubs think like this....that's bleedin' deadly...2 fuckin' men nominated.... Culchies....Fuckin' gurriers have no brains...dey doesn't realise we're splittin' their vote...
Jaysus hasn't Mick O'Leary made a right bollix of tings at Ryanair... dem shares is gonna drop like a sack of spuds... the fukkin eejit!
Still wouldn't like to second guess what that genius is up to.....He'd give Warren Buffett a run for his money in the sharp practice game....Buy 12 and one free kinda stuff.
Cute whore that O'Leary fella... eh bey?
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Apart fro TD42,how many have being adding the €2....any customer reaction?
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There's lot's of customer reaction on social media. Contributors don't seem to be very happy but I guess that is to be expected. If it costs us our Saturday bonus we're gonna have to blame the 'erm...
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I logged in a few hours ago and so far 3 out of 3 weren't aware of the change.I suppose folks don't check all the emails.
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I logged in a few hours ago and so far 3 out of 3 weren't aware of the change.I suppose folks don't check all the emails.
Were they aware you had added the €2?
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4 of 4 weren't aware until I told them.They're a bit pissed off but understood.Drunks might not be so forgiving..Maybe Mytaxi should send out a text...Kesh is empty and enforcers on T1 playing with thier smartphones too.
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Cead Mile Failte... it's a 9Km walk to the city centre.
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There's lot's of customer reaction on social media. Contributors don't seem to be very happy but I guess that is to be expected. If it costs us our Saturday bonus we're gonna have to blame the 'erm...
They should have brought it in Two weeks ago when they were throwing out all the Free vouchers and 50% off offers.
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Anybody got a copy of the email the customers got?
You can read it on the text or email that Mytaxi sent you.
There's a click here to read button.
https://ie.mytaxi.com/pricingpolicy
I read it all, so too did probably John M, and then no one else in this world.
It is long, it explains the taxi fare in much detail before going on to other things,
and then eventually about Three Quarters way through the email it tells of the
additional PUC before relapsing in to more boring drivel about how great
everything and everyone is.
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Well done Stephen. Thank you.
I'm with 'Harry' on this.
Well done RC and John M.
And to Mytaxi; Thank you !
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Yeah i see iamtony giving a very clear account of the situation on Boards,
It seems a lot of people will be back on the street hailing!! :2cheers
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Yeah i see iamtony giving a very clear account of the situation on Boards,
It seems a lot of people will be back on the street hailing!! :2cheers
Where do yiz all find the time to be on Boards/Facebook/Twitter and here all the time ?
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It's an addiction. Bar cooking dinner I've wasted the entire day on the fukking internet, it's even eating into my work time now. I need help!
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It's all about time management Ken....i even managed to go around to my local for a bit of scram today...liver and bacon with onions and gravy,veg and chips...used their wifi to keep in touch with yis,even devoted a bit of time to caress my Citroen.
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It's an addiction. Bar cooking dinner I've wasted the entire day on the fukking internet, it's even eating into my work time now. I need help!
You and also half the population of the world, it is an addiction and the price of it will have to be paid someday.
Today's Childer, our future leaders are all Phone zombies, what will happen when they are in power ?
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Sometimes I'm logged in here while working.Traffic lights are deffo longer than they used to be.My attention span is brutal these days.I couldn't get off the sofa this morning for an hour because Holly Willoughby was wearing a white top.I'm easily distracted...
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here's what I think happenned.
I believe the switch from hailo has been a disaster for daimler mytaxi.
Drivers and punters are switching off the app.
Daimler mytaxi are making nowhere near the bread hailo were.
So, the krauts got together and said how can we plug this money hole quickly.
Over there in little old paddy land they were not charging the €2 booking fee all along. The stupid cunts.
The end.
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Now that is using the head....and they call me cynical? If I can bore you for one minute there Shallow?.....Football again, sorry, but it's an analogy of how people sometimes miss the bogeyman. 2 Dublin players and 2 country players are nominated for "Footballer of the Yr"....ok?
Grand so....Dubs think like this....that's bleedin' deadly...2 fuckin' men nominated.... Culchies....Fuckin' gurriers have no brains...dey doesn't realise we're splittin' their vote...
Jaysus hasn't Mick O'Leary made a right bollix of tings at Ryanair... dem shares is gonna drop like a sack of spuds... the fukkin eejit!
Still wouldn't like to second guess what that genius is up to.....He'd give Warren Buffett a run for his money in the sharp practice game....Buy 12 and one free kinda stuff.
Cute whore that O'Leary fella... eh bey?
Sitting in his Swiss chalet about to declare post-tax profits of 1.4/1.5 billion. Again, what's his game with the pilots? We all know about his money-making skills.
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He might be able to sweeten a few but thus far staff at 55 of the 80 bases have rejected the offer....might be a good one to get the popcorn out for!
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You see, he knows what he's doing. No doubting that cute hoor has a master plan...wracking my brain looking for the answer....Where's John when you need him?
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The pilots should engage professional negotiators to deal with Mickey....or they'll each end up paying him 12k.
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Some Investment Merchant was interviewed by BBC earlier this morn/late night and she used "going forward" 7 times in one long sentence when asked about Mickey O'Ryanair. I'd say he must get a great laugh at all these soapbox experts and their trendy use of meaningless words.
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I remember Biffo using that "going forward" phrase regularly,usually slurred it!!
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My ex-teacher mott went on one of those training courses in p.r. speak and that was one of the expressions they were encouraged to use when asked about something that might catch them out. Another one is to start a sentence off with, "so did we mess up....yes....."
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My ex-teacher mott went on one of those training courses in p.r. speak and that was one of the expressions they were encouraged to use when asked about something that might catch them out. Another one is to start a sentence off with, "so did we mess up....yes....."
..."are we goin to fix it....definitely"
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Nod your head and smile foolishly and wave your hands to divert attention...another thing she always did when asked for anything intimate.
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She sounds like a true romantic....no wonder you dumped her!! ???
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No dumping involved. We both agreed to "go forward". This PC mode is killing me altogether...feel like Frankie Boyle at a Mormon wedding.
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The pilots should engage professional negotiators to deal with Mickey....or they'll each end up paying him 12k.
You think it's a coincidence that the erm is on vacation?
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Sounds like a Mel Brooks line.
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here's what I think happenned.
I believe the switch from hailo has been a disaster for daimler mytaxi.
Drivers and punters are switching off the app.
Daimler mytaxi are making nowhere near the bread hailo were.
So, the krauts got together and said how can we plug this money hole quickly.
Over there in little old paddy land they were not charging the €2 booking fee all along. The stupid cunts.
The end.
Could be 22% right. Hail0 lost £22M in 2014 and £14M in 2015. It was in negative shareholder equity when bailed out by Daimler, it's cash reserves were depleted. In fact it couldn't have continued operating as a going concern for more than a month or two.
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Nobody cares about reps or unions.They have absolutely no influence in town where the majority of drivers work.I wouldn't recognise any of them except yer man from ttbnnh..Anyway I'm delighted you're happy Erm.
Just don't expect us all to welcome mytaxis latest gesture when they're trying to get more taxis on the road by lowering the test requirements.I won't be forgetting it anytime soon.I'm good like that.
What's this talk of lowering the test requirements? I did the test 2 years ago and it took me 6 attempts to pass it, it had an almost 90% failure rate.
Why would they be trying to lower the test standard now when new entrants can't even buy their own plate?
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There was a proposal put to TAC to lower the standard, not sure how it's progressing. However, as supply decreases and demand increases, it seems inevitable that NTA will come under pressure to devise a test with a higher pass rate. The current "Kathleen Doyle" test is widely viewed as an artificial barrier to entry. Of course, if all drivers were required to pass both modules of the test every 5 years it couldn't be viewed as such.
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Because there are rentals sitting around idle.Many cab companies in Dublin have relationships with or own rental vehicles.Another route for new lads is the Limosene plates.Put a limo plate on a saloon car and work the apps.
That tool Tim Arnold from Mytaxi has been actively going media outlets complaning that the test is too hard.
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Same thing happened with the Leaving Cert...several TD's sons and daughters couldn't get the 7 A's for Trinners medicine...lo and behold the poetry and prose all appeared on the paper. Prior to that it was up to you to know them to answer the questions. Tim, nice but...Esq is very good at P.R. and I'd say he's lined up a few junkets for future "think-ins".
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To be fair, Tim may have a point. 10% pass rate seems very low. We don't want to end up in a position where taxis become so scarce that Uber Pop becomes a necessity.
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Just limit the new guys to working nights...
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They'd never find their way around at night....put them on the day shift.
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Perhaps as a compromise they could spend the first ten years doing nights until they're burned out then we'll take them aboard doing the days...
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Nobody cares about reps or unions.They have absolutely no influence in town where the majority of drivers work.I wouldn't recognise any of them except yer man from ttbnnh..Anyway I'm delighted you're happy Erm.
Just don't expect us all to welcome mytaxis latest gesture when they're trying to get more taxis on the road by lowering the test requirements.I won't be forgetting it anytime soon.I'm good like that.
What's this talk of lowering the test requirements? I did the test 2 years ago and it took me 6 attempts to pass it, it had an almost 90% failure rate.
Why would they be trying to lower the test standard now when new entrants can't even buy their own plate?
You sure you're irish Tim ::)
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Perhaps as a compromise they could spend the first ten years doing nights until they're burned out then we'll take them aboard doing the days...
Are you sayin i'm burned out?
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Just limit the new guys to working nights...
If demand keeps increasing and supply keeps decreasing the point will come where we ought to take a grown up approach to working with the authorities, dispatchers and customers to redress the balance. At this stage we ought to know where burying our heads in the sand gets us.
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If the money is there better candidates will make it through the test.I know what yer saying Rc but I certainly won't be going back to 14 hour shifts because a few morons make bad decisions on our industry.Plenty of taxis during the day shift.I done my time and would happily walk away if the test is softened up.Easier ways to make money.
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Just limit the new guys to working nights...
If demand keeps increasing and supply keeps decreasing the point will come where we ought to take a grown up approach to working with the authorities, dispatchers and customers to redress the balance. At this stage we ought to know where burying our heads in the sand gets us.
No way....we won't pay let anymore taxis in!!!
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That seems fair but what about taxi drivers?
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That seems fair but what about taxi drivers?
lol lol
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If the money is there better candidates will make it through the test.I know what yer saying Rc but I certainly won't be going back to 14 hour shifts because a few morons make bad decisions on our industry.Plenty of taxis during the day shift.I done my time and would happily walk away if the test is softened up.Easier ways to make money.
Could ya tell me One ?
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Ken I used to be a bike courier...It's hard to find couriers agian mostly due to licencing restrictions. I only need a bit more than a monkey a week to live comfortably and go on holiday.I don't mind throwing me leg over a bike again if things fall apart.The Taxi business is an expensive business to be in.Maybe the NTA should reconsider the 10 year rule if they don't wanna lose more older drivers who don't see the value in buying new cars for their hobby?
There's no way I'm putting a 20k car on the road every few years if I'm earning a monkey a week before expenses.Ya need to be in serious debt to be bothered doing mad hours.By the time the next downturn hits I'll have less debt which will be the decider.
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Do they have to have special courier insurance Mercenary? I knew a guy in London doing it yrs ago and he did very well but he paid a fortune in insurance. I'd have thought the cyclist ones get a lot of city centre drops.
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It's like taxi driving...50% extra.So when I left I had it down to about 600 a year.You could put a brand new bike on the road for a coulpe of thousand.None of this ten year rule crap.
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Still off topic...I've noticed a good few of the scooter/mopeds around town later in the day. I'd say Honda and Yamaha's main sellers are automatics now. Going the same way as lorries and buses...nobody wants to use a clutch anymore.
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After driving the automatic car it seems like a backwards step to use a manual when I have to.The yanks have the right idea.Same with all mopeds.Their designed for folks who don't care for motorbikes.
When everything goes electric auto will be the only option.
This is the future....kinda like a monkey bike.
https://youtu.be/uEiJHq1Izwg
https://youtu.be/5b9Yd6kZKW4
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Deliveroo lads on mopeds are making 500 to 600 a week I hear
Its later work than couriers
I did bike work loved it in summer best job ever
Id say the restrictions on smoking weed hit that business too lol
Very dangerous in winter
Insurance starting out is under 2k
Still have the bros and a 125 in shed
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It sounds alright when ya compare it to the overheads driving a cab.I'll keep going with the taxi but only as long as they don't flood the kip again.
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Mercenary, can you do the new test on a moped though? As in if you have an A provisional and you want to do the test I thought you could only od it on a manual model. I think most of these guys are riding around on mopeds over 50cc have to do the test on a manual.
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I could be wrong but the manual/auto thing isn't a factor on bikes like the way car licences have it.If yer doing the test it must be on a manual motorbike.And if yer going for it I'd advise you to do it on a 250cc manual as your would eventually be unrestricted after 2 years to drive any capacity bike.If you do it on a 125 yer restricted to a sub 33bhp bike.
If yer brand new you need to do so many ours of madatory training...all money.Clear as mud??
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Ah no, that's clear. I rode bikes for yrs on and off but never did the test. I know it's changed now and some fellow in Kawasaki near the Longmiler told me that they think older lads who can ride but never did the test are better off going straight for the full A test, as in 1000cc etc because the test is the same length etc. Just wondering about some of these lads being insured on mopeds over 50cc. You can't do the test until after 2 yrs of proven riding.
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I made the mistake years ago of passing it on a 125 then had to sit it again on a 600.Exact same test back then.Just drive fast enough so the tester behind ya in the car can't keep up and see your mistakes.Piece of piss.
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Maybe but I came off a 650 V-Strom on a roundabout before. Lot to be said for proper training. Not talking about couriers as they are doing it day in and day out so and most are on lower cc's for fuel etc. Frightening and sobering experience...thought I was Carl Fogarty...gobshite.
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Those big trials/tourer bikes don't have proper road tyres.Get yerself some supermoto wheels/tyres .Did
something similar with the misus on the back when we hit some black ice.Low speed so just some bruises.
Yeah ya get a fright but still nothing that will make ya feel alive more than driving a bike.Cheaper than a Ferrari everytime.
The test it doesn't teach you how to be Valentino Rossi but you can still have fun if you take it handy.You might find you have a better time driving the smaller bike to it's limits than driving the big bike in traffic.I know it sounds a bit daft.
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None of the pizzas bike riders have the right ins if you drive a bike check the small print no courier of food delivers only social and domasic use only They are not insured......
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You can buy it though.I The traffic Corp used to regularly summons lads to court for no insurance if it wasn't specifically stated on the policy.
Actually I forgot was summoned before for not having the right insurance when I turned up it was struck out because the copper didn't show.
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What did the copper not showing cost you?
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Nothing.The copper did me a favour for free I think.Back then being a fellow biker got me away with more than being a lowly taxi driver.Bikers cops were always a bit more lenient to couriers.One chap even allowed be to drive on with a bald tyre once.Ya wouldn't get that VIP treatment in the cab.
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Bikes are very dangerous in winter
I did some crazy things on a bike
My son is 22 and got a job as a programmer in town and the travel is killing him to east wall at 8
He only asked me for a bike last week I said no even though ive a 125 a bros and a moped in shed doing nothing
Id rather let them rot than go to his funeral to too dangerous unless you know what ur doing
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Nothing.The copper did me a favour for free I think.Back then being a fellow biker got me away with more than being a lowly taxi driver.Bikers cops were always a bit more lenient to couriers.One chap even allowed be to drive on with a bald tyre once.Ya wouldn't get that VIP treatment in the cab.
NO, he would have done you a favour, if he gave you ticket for having a bald tyre.
You wouldn't be a danger on the road now!
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I'm all legal now except for the out of date plasters in the kit and the faded EN3 sign on the extinguisher.I'm guessing with a bald tyre on the bike he thought I was only a danger to myself.Lucky he didn't breathalyse me that day!