Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: watty on February 25, 2018, 12:20:40 pm
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https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/campaign-aims-to-recruit-additional-1600-taxi-drivers-829785.html (https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/campaign-aims-to-recruit-additional-1600-taxi-drivers-829785.html)
The NTA is recruiting 1600 new taxi drivers this year!
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Maybe the NTA will help them circumnavigate the high insurance cost,obviously the entrance exam will be a "no need to worry about that!" with a bit of a nod.
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They better start making some new ranks around town.While the Luas was being built they deleted a lot of rank space.The metro won't be built for another 10 years.
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If they want to succeed all they have to do is make the geography section of the entry test easier/more predictable. With sat nav and, given that punters generally know the way, that knowledge could be considered to be a waste of brainpower....
Picked up a bloke and three birds from the Venue last night, the bloke asks do I know where xxx road is in Neilstown. As he's answered the question in the question, I say of course I do bud, I'm a bleedin' taximan and he says fair play, I got one of dem blax a few weeks ago and he hadn't a fukkin clue, couldn't even understand a fukkin word while I trying to put him wide, fukkin joke it is... so after driving across the M50 onto the N4 I take the Liffey Valley exit and at the first roundabout ask am I going straight through here bud? Yeah, says he, directing me through each subsequent turn to get the first bird home... then after an intricate set of directions over roads I've never seen before to a housing scheme somewhere around Palmerstown that I never knew existed bird number two flies the nest... Then he says, just over to Boomers now and his bird politely asks if I know Boomers, he answers for me saying of course he knows where Boomers is, he's a bleedin' taxman... I confirm his response and we both have a playful laugh at her expense - naturally I neglected to clarify that despite having a vague idea of where Boomers is, at this point, I hadn't a fucking clue where I was never mind how to get there... back to straight through here bud? prompting him to give turn by turn directions before settling up and having another little moan about dem blax not having a fucking clue...
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I know this is obvious but 1600 new lads over the next five years should bring us back to oversupply a lot faster than lads realise.Ya just know there's some poor bastard signing off on a 181 superb as we type.We're being set up for a huge fall.
And because the unions have no visible presence outside of the kesh we're/yous gonna get trampled on again.
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Inanyways....it says in the article that not all taxi drivers work certain hours,how does yer wan know that any of the 1600 will work any differently!!
@MFH,
Let as many sign off on new cars as possible,keeping cost low or to zero is the only way one will survive in this biz and keep the car light as one won't have to carry around a wobnly stool and rope.
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I'm not usually this gloomy but 1600 extra drivers is a multiple of 4 times the ammount of drivers that have been leaving the industry.Theres no way I could put 35k back into this industry.Fuk that.
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Joe Heron said 20,000 drivers left 'cos they found better jobs...
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As I posted cheap 6 or 7 year old petrol buy trade for cash under 4 grand .A lot of drivers are blinded by the 9 year rule before it they would consider a 6 or 7 year old car as ideal for the job it still is .If I had 35K in bronze I would pay it off the mortgage secure the roof over your head .if Brexit goes shit shaped we will be back in serious recession within 5 years dont need any loans to drag you under
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I'm not usually this gloomy but 1600 extra drivers is a multiple of 4 times the ammount of drivers that have been leaving the industry.Theres no way I could put 35k back into this industry.Fuk that.
Did it once back in 2006....it won't happen again!!
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I agree about things not going to last.5 more years would be about right.But hoping I'm wrong.
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Anyone else see those adverts on the buses for Mytaxi recruiting delivery drivers?Bob Shilin mentioned them last week.Why would ya wanna jump through all them hoops just to make similar money after expenses.Hardly a step up.
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No mention that you can't get your own saloon plate either. Minimum 5k for insurance, before you even purchase a vehicle.
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"it's a rat trap ermy...and we've been caught!!"
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Anyone else see those adverts on the buses for Mytaxi recruiting delivery drivers?Bob Shilin mentioned them last week.Why would ya wanna jump through all them hoops just to make similar money after expenses.Hardly a step up.
All over Facebuke trying to get housewives to drive taxis in their spare time, too. Of course, they'd have no interest in rideshare if the mean and nasty people in Uber successfully lobbied for it's introduction.
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The Elephant in the Room (Not you Johnm), is the bar trade. Sponsors of every parish pump Politician. They insist that clubs close at almost the same time as the late bar.
Publicans hate competition...in there own business that is.
As Jack Nicholson so expertly put it while talking to a Barman " Why am I even talking to you ? No offence but...A Moron peddling the last legal drug" 8)
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This is a quote from the NTA to the times.
“If you’re bored with your nine to five, or you’re looking for something that will give you more flexibility, or you’d prefer to be your own boss, driving a taxi, might be just what you’re looking for.”
Yeah how about 7 to 7 , 9 to 9 or 12 to 12 that's a great fukking improvement.Bunch of cunts.
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Are the NTA paying for everything for these new entrants...i hope the new entrants do their homework...especially their math before they start to enjoy the flexibility of their new self employment!!
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When will it ever end......That's what they will be asking after a year of 12to 12
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When will it ever end......That's what they will be asking after a year of 12to 12
A year? rofl
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It's alright if you don't need to earn a lot. I get by on 20-30 hours but I'd say if Mrs. Catcher wasn't working it'd be more like 40-50 hours after a little belt tightening.
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It's because I don't need to earn lots I reckon I'll be leaving.The prospect of putting 4500 a year into this job doesn't appeal to me like it used to.Maybe that's better for the customers overall.Ten year rule is causing more trouble than the NTA realised.
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The % ROI is piss poor, alright... but I guess it keeps me out of trouble and I could probably work longer hours if the need arose.
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Therein lies the problem,the NTA wil need these new entrants working ungodly hours,i can't see a lot of these newbies being able to put up with the Sat night shite.
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Maybe if we apply to be Metro drivers now we can get some sort of preferencial treatment.
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Your back to 40 hours there and having to go to work when scheduled whether you want to or not. The novelty wears off quick enough.
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40 hours per week...that ship has sailed!!
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Ah sure the Metro/luas wouldn't be as regular if we got the jobs.
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Laffin.
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https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/nta-launches-campaign-recruit-1600-taxi-drivers/ (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/nta-launches-campaign-recruit-1600-taxi-drivers/)
http://www.taxidriver.ie/ (http://www.taxidriver.ie/) --> https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi-and-bus-licensing/taxi/spsv-driver-licensing/apply-for-an-spsv-driver-licence-2/ (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi-and-bus-licensing/taxi/spsv-driver-licensing/apply-for-an-spsv-driver-licence-2/)
Was there a rule that new taxis had to be 3 years or less? That rule might be been abolished - Vehicle Age Rules (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi-and-bus-licensing/taxi/spsv-vehicle-licensing-2/vehicle-requirements/vehicle-age-rules/)
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There was, Watty. It was known as the 3 year rule (apt)... it never applied to WAVs.
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The 3yr rule might have made our new colleagues pause if they had to pay €20k+ for a new-ish vehicle. Now it sounds like they can buy older shiteheaps like us. Or, if the Ebbssss replace their old Octavia rentals with new ones, they could rent those. Or rent off MyTaxi. I guess the NTA know what they're doing.
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I guess the NTA know what they're doing.
They know exactly what they're doin,and they'll change rules and regs to suit their agenda..cos they can.
That's why i wouldn't invest fukall in this game,those cunts would sink you in a heartbeat without even a thought.
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What are the chances of any of the Noddy vans purporting to be WAV's lasting three years or more ? Most are 12D, which for French and Italian cars, that's end of life vehicles. 8)
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What are the chances of any of the Noddy vans purporting to be WAV's lasting three years or more ? Most are 12D, which for French and Italian cars, that's end of life vehicles. 8)
Ha ha....everytime i see one that's the thought that enters my head.
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What are the chances of any of the Noddy vans purporting to be WAV's lasting three years or more ? Most are 12D, which for French and Italian cars, that's end of life vehicles. 8)
Ha ha....everytime i see one that's the thought that enters my head.
Great money in the taxi game said Postman Pak...look what I bought! 8)
(https://s17.postimg.cc/3x1ydgeij/db_imagemagic_1_1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/3x1ydgeij/)
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New WAV :
(https://s17.postimg.cc/pkqwnq757/MGIx_ODgz_Nj_Q5_Yj_Ez_ZGYz_Nm_M3_MTIw_Y2_Zl_Y2_Jm_Nj_Q0_ZGQUt_SIh_Dm_Duwi_Omv_G-_DGKYH.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/pkqwnq757/)
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Tariq says his new WAV is the DOGS...
(https://s17.postimg.cc/s22nv83yz/mutts-2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/s22nv83yz/) 8)
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Today it's announced to many taxis in city centre so ban coming in certain areas at certain times.
Yet here on the very same we have NTA looking for 1600 new drivers to come clog up our streets with more cars.
www.taxi (http://www.taxi) drivers.ie
(https://s10.postimg.cc/8gaxwppyd/Screenshot_20180226-202244.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/8gaxwppyd/)
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https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/news/southbound-taxis-to-be-banned-from-college-green-during-peak-hours-36645828.html
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They are looking for 1600 new drivers. They never said they were looking for 1600 new taxis. BIG DIFFERENCE
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Only if none of the 1600 end up buying wheelies. Which is highly unlikely.
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Insurance will kill most part timers
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... or make us work longer hours.
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Or we will end up working for the insurance companies
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maybe they'll euthanise 1600 drivers to make way for the new blood.
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maybe they'll euthanise 1600 drivers to make way for the new blood.
Form an orderly queue!!
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Heard the radio ad on Q102 last night. Is the lady that sounds Irish by accident of birth a real taxi driver (voiced by actress) or an actress?
Surprised the drivers' unions' representatives on TAC approved this, they've lost all credibility now. Only a complete and utter idiot could pay them after this betrayal.
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Its madness...I tell you