Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: john m on August 31, 2018, 01:01:49 am
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How come none of the Rep Bodies or dispatchers have tried to get more women into the trade ?
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loads of aul'ones out there driving.
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We hardly need any more drivers,there are STILL far to many taxis,and you want to bring more in ?
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We hardly need any more drivers,there are STILL far to many taxis,and you want to bring more in ?
Spot on Dalyer...he does. He knows the future is trans.
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I got the latest NTA newsletter yesterday and we're getting very close to the 10% WAV target.Currently were at 9.6% of the fleet.Maybe saloon licences might be coming back.
From the Newsletter...
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
From a peak of 1,600 wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAV) in 2008, the number of accessible hackneys
and taxis reduced by 47% to 850 at the end of June 2014. That trend was reversed with 1,555 WAVs
in the fleet by the end of 2017 on foot of two major NTA initiatives. In April 2014, the regulations relating to the size specifications for WAVs were revised, which meant that operators could purchase smaller wheelchair accessible vehicles than heretofore. In July 2014, a grant scheme was commenced which assisted licence holders in the purchase of wheelchair accessible vehicles in each year 2014 to 2017. Each grant brought either a new vehicle licence into the fleet or enabled replacement of an older licensed vehicle to enhance the quality and safety of the fleet. The vehicles replaced were an average of eight years younger than those on the licence already. Overall, WAVs constitute approximately 9.6% of the SPSV fleet. NTA remains focused on increasing this percentage to 10% by 2020
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Our stats make it 9.5% http://intaxi.org/stats/ (http://intaxi.org/stats/)
I wonder if they're rounding up to make it look higher than it is?
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Feels like they're saying something to get us used to something that they don't wanna say.Maybe Vinny knows more than he says in relation to Electric taxi saloon plates.Hope I'm wrong.
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Hard to reverse the only policy they ever introduced that's actually working... thanks largely to Stephen Cluskey.
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There's no viable electric or hybrid wheelchair taxi at the moment.They might be trying to create wiggle room for themselves down the road.Maybe they'll start making the disabled folks feel guilty about giving us cancer with their diesel Wats.A lot of talk in the papers about air quality and leccy vehicles.
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No harm in holding something back for the next recession. 100% Electric WATs anyone?
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Wen I see a woman bin man.... I'll believe women want equality
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No way would I ever drive a wheelie shitheap, fuck that shit pushing wheelchairs, A high risk of injuring the back for no extras,
Ask me bollix,
I'd go limo if it ever came compulsory.
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Our stats make it 9.5% [url]http://intaxi.org/stats/[/url] ([url]http://intaxi.org/stats/[/url])
I wonder if they're rounding up to make it look higher than it is?
Ahh Yossarian, when we said 10% of the fleet, did we mean 10% of the number of saloons or the whole fleet ?
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We have over 10% of saloon plates and, in fact, over 10% of all taxis. The 9.5% is % of all SPSVs. However, the ultimate target has to be 100%. If the current policy stays in place we'll get somewhere close to that in the fullness of time. Saloon plates in corporate ownership and/or transferred on death are the only obstacles to a fully accessible fleet so I guess it would make sense to simply convert all licences to WA at some point in the distant future.
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We have over 10% of saloon plates and, in fact, over 10% of all taxis. The 9.5% is % of all SPSVs. However, the ultimate target has to be 100%. If the current policy stays in place we'll get somewhere close to that in the fullness of time. Saloon plates in corporate ownership and/or transferred on death are the only obstacles to a fully accessible fleet so I guess it would make sense to simply convert all licences to WA at some point in the distant future.
We cudda been contenders ! 11 years since "100% WAVs anyone?" was uttered. We`d be well in control now with the cunning plan I had. lol
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When it happens they'll know where they heard it first!
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When it happens they'll know where they heard it first!
No harm in an auld "I tolljiz so ". Just in case I get Olhausens, I hereby nominate Panel to remind everyone.
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The good thing about driving a W.A.V. is that you get your rear passenger windows cleaned for free!
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The good thing about driving a W.A.V. is that you get your rear passenger windows cleaned for free!
You said it without actually saying it!!
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The good thing about driving a W.A.V. is that you get your rear passenger windows cleaned for free!
You said it without actually saying it!!
As.yer.Ma might say "Well, you didn't lick it off the ground"