taxi driver fined 15 grand

[john m]

Taxi driver fined 15k for not paying m50 toll ,i wonder was it Dave Wheifer you remember him he licenced his own taxi as he said the taxiwhatsit had no juristriction .

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

proof/source?...

[john m]

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017/1120/921544-m50-fines/

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

beautiful.

[john m]

Dave was one of the we the people group I remember talking to him and he reckoned he paid road tax so couldnt be taxed twice so he refused to pay the toll .

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

laffin.
I believe WATs are exempt from tolls?

[Rat Catcher]

If memory serves, they were looking for some crazy amount of money from Gerry a couple of years back.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

https://m.independent.ie/videos/irish-news/watch-m50-crackdown-sees-fines-of-130k-for-toll-dodgers-including-a-taxi-driver-and-milkman-36339194.html

Taxi owner Maria Cahill, from Dromheath Avenue, Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown, Dublin, had done 263 journeys. There had been no repayments and she was fined €15,000.

[Belker]

"None of the defendants attended the hearing or co-operated with the National Roads Authority (NRA), which the judge described as an aggravating factor."

None of the 11 accused turned up in court which suggests that there is still a lot of Play left in this.
Maybe a day or Two in de Joy is better than a 15K fine ?

[Theoneandonly]

I wonder were they fooled into believing some solvent sprayed over the number plate renders them invisible to cameras, I did hear some such nonsense.

[Belker]

I hate road tolls with a passion, I believe that the Motor tax should cover the road toll.

An Albanian colleague of mine once told me this trick on road tolls, which I always use,
"After dropping in your coins, put your hand in to the 'Rejected Coins' slot and usually
there will be about a Euro or Two's worth of rejected coins in the tray".

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

it says taxi owner and not taxi driver.
Maybe she rented her car to a dreg and they ran up the bill.
the registered owner is ultimately responsible to pick up the tab.

[Belker]

The last time I pulled that trick was with 3 Muck savages late one Sunday night on the way to Fermoy,
the banter in the cab was fierce with the 3 of them bantering me as to being a City Boy.
There was 3 of them and only One of me, which left them slightly out-numbered !

As we approach the Toll booth, One lad hands me a Two Euro coin to pay fer the 1.90 Toll,
I drop in the coin and root about in the 'Rejected Coins' tray.
The fella in the front shouts; "Naw Bey, Ya get No Change er Bey !",
I drive on and then open miz paw to my passenger to show him the 1.70 that I had
taken from the Rejected Coins tray saying pleasantly to him; "City Boy, Huh !".

[silverbullet]

it says taxi owner and not taxi driver.
Maybe she rented her car to a dreg and they ran up the bill.
the registered owner is ultimately responsible to pick up the tab.

No record I know of, that she currently owns, or rents a taxi.