Cheap taxi insurance if you part of TDORA

[watty]

However, my basic point is that full-time drivers working for mytaxi are paying a hell of a lot more freight during this boom than I paid to C2K during the Celtic Tiger years.

@RC, I agree.

[The Liffey Lip]

Insurance hikes have serious knock-on effects. Poor little kiddies might have to entertain themselves now......

https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/were-absolutely-heartbroken-dozens-of-jobs-lost-as-play-centres-forced-to-close-over-300pc-insurance-hike-37957163.html

[john m]

Within ten years you will have a black box and they will do away with fuel tax and motor tax you will pay a road use charge that will vary between a few euro a mile and free depending on what road and what time you travel at .The black box will record everything from speed direction and location .In our case this data can be read to discover our taxable revenue .Its progress ,sure its going to be great .As I said before if I was under 40 I would not depend on this job for 100% of my salary .

[mercenary for hire]

Erm, ya said that ten years ago..the black box will be the robot taxi driver problem.

[The Liffey Lip]

Black Box............great group.

[stonethecrows]

Black Box............great group.

Yeah Nice , lot of baldy ones around now

[john m]

Erm, ya said that ten years ago..the black box will be the robot taxi driver problem.

Picked up a fella from the UK a few years ago he was giving a presentation to Noel Dempsey on Road Pricing in the Four Seasons .I think it was no coincidence that Fat Tonys Scam where he was offering investors a chance to buy in was discovered shortly after that presentation ..

The idea is every road has a different price at different times for usage bit like congestion charge except every road has a price per mile .Imrural Ireland where there is no alternate transport the cost might be a cent a mile but O Connell street might be a dollar a mile .Part of the idea is to offer alternative cheaper routs at peak time that would allow them control congestion by pricing drivers away from busy areas .Just look at the data on your google map after a shift it can show where you have been .Metaxi systemcan do the math by dividing the PUT and the DOT  then divide by the distance they can work out your speed .You use to be able on the Hailo app to see how long it took you from accepting the job to hitting arrived how far you traveled and how fast .The tech is there its just about Government doing the sums .Will road pricing generate more revenue than road tax or Fuel Duty . IF IF we go all electric motoring then there will have to be a way to make up for lost fuel duty from motoring Road Pricing fits the bill .

[mercenary for hire]

Doesn't bother me as I'll be passing the cost on to the passenger.If I didn't need a car for work I'd have a bicycle anyway.

[john m]

Doesn't bother me as I'll be passing the cost on to the passenger.If I didn't need a car for work I'd have a bicycle anyway.

will you still be driving in 10 years .

[mercenary for hire]

Yes probably, might not be a taxi though..Only if I can find a job that requires less hours for the same money/investment.

[john m]

Up with Big Dommos sisters husbands sister yesterday lad washes the windows charges a tenner then somebody else cuts the grass front and back 15 yoyo.She got the gutters front and back done a few weeks ago 80 yoyo she recons its over a ton to get the chimney cleaned .seems to be a handy few quid out there to be earned .

[The Liffey Lip]

Do they take away the cuttings after the lawn is done?

[john m]

Do they take away the cuttings after the lawn is done?

jeh then dump it in the lane .

[stonethecrows]

Up with Big Dommos sisters husbands sister yesterday lad washes the windows charges a tenner then somebody else cuts the grass front and back 15 yoyo.She got the gutters front and back done a few weeks ago 80 yoyo she recons its over a ton to get the chimney cleaned .seems to be a handy few quid out there to be earned .

Itinerants ? Do they update you on the missing/broken roof tiles also ?

[john m]

I was looking into getting a proper upholstery steam dry cleaning unit .With all the Suitability changes how long before dirty seats will fail and how long before suitability becomes part of all NCTs .20 or 30 yoyo to clean seats with drivers coming to you .Nice little earner for the semi involved taxi driver .