Taximan Racially Abused and Assaulted

[mercenary for hire]

That's not my name Ken.

[dalymount]

Them fukking radio companies introduced sard paying facilities to the public,and it was ALSO them who introduced discounts to the public (at no cost to themselves) and STILL ypu continue to support them .sometimes I have to wonder about taxi  drivers

[The Liffey Lip]

Dalyer, stick your last million on Bohs to topple Rovers come the summer and stop worrying....

[dalymount]

Ah good auld lippy,I just knew you'd take  the sting out of it for me

[The Liffey Lip]

  So, it's true then?...you're down to your last million?

[dalymount]

Well not quite,but in getting there

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair DM, even mytaxi allows us charge full fare these days but we do have to pay a lot more freight than the Irish firms ever charged and we have to pay to pick up their clients at Dublin Airport and pay commission on the money we pay to pick up their clients at Dublin Airport.

[dalymount]

Well then aren't ye worst fools to be with ANY dispatcher ?

[Rat Catcher]

Maybe... but I guess half a loaf is better than no bread.

[Rat Catcher]

Back on topic:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-want-justice-says-taxi-man-racially-abused-in-his-own-car-38063772.html

'I want justice' - says taxi man racially abused in his own car

Laura Lynott and Micheal O Scannail
April 30 2019 1:09 PM
 
A taxi driver assaulted and racially abused by a passenger has called for justice to be served and admitted he now fears for his safety.

Samuel Johnson (47) managed to capture footage on his dashcam of the assault inflicted on him by a male passenger on Easter Sunday night in Dublin.

The footage was shared online hundreds of times and led to the passenger, a man who appeared intoxicated, handing himself in to gardai as Twitter users attempted to identify him.

The Herald understands that the suspect made a statement to gardai but has yet to be formally arrested over the incident.

Mr Johnson, from Nigeria, who's been living in Ireland for 19 years and is an Irish citizen, is concerned justice will not be done, and said it must be enacted to help combat such incidents in future.

The married father said: "I want justice, equality to prevail. That is what I want.

"It's not about being sorry or not sorry. I want equality to prevail."

Mr Johnson said he'd never experienced racism in Ireland previously and referred to the Irish as "nice, welcoming people".

But he felt there were racists everywhere and it was the justice system itself that had to ensure this behaviour was stamped out.

Mr Johnson told the Herald: "We have these types of people all over the world, we have them everywhere, we cannot eliminate them in the system.

"There's nothing we can do but we need justice so we can minimise [the problem] or so it [racism] will be reduced so these people will change and become better people.

"I was really in shock as this has never happened to me before.

"I still remember. I still feel the pain that something like that can happen."

Mr Johnson said he cannot afford to give up his work driving a taxi but is more afraid since the incident.

"Sometimes I'm afraid to work. I'm still working but I'm not really productive," he said.

"I'm driving because I have to pay bills, but I'm being more careful about who I let into the taxi."

Ireland does not have any legislation to prevent hate crimes despite having one of the highest rates of hate crimes in the EU against people of an African background.

The Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) issued a report on this last year entitled The Lifecycle Of A Hate Crime: Country Report For Ireland.

The ICCL said it would not comment on an ongoing case but said there were "significant gaps in Irish law, policy and criminal justice practice around how we respond to the problem of hate crime".

The ICCL strongly feels Ireland needs to introduce legislation on hate crime to protect people.

The footage of the male passenger repeatedly racially abusing the taxi driver and then lashing out and physically striking Mr Johnson caused shockwaves across social media with calls from users for justice.

Mr Johnson said he now believed it should be compulsory for all taxi drivers to have dashcams on board, as an insurance policy against antisocial passengers.

"I want to believe things will change, that with dashcams for taxis everyone will behave themselves - both the taxi driver and passenger.

"The dashcam proved what happened to me, it showed everything.

"I'm only out to work but supposing a passenger has a knife or that I'm attacked and as a result I'm dead - this is not what we'd be talking about today.

"My wife and kids are supporting me.

"The injury is not physical but I feel pain emotionally, inside.

"I just want to get on with my life and be more careful.

"If I suspect any bad behaviour from a passenger I'll refuse to drive and that's it."

Gardai would not comment on any further updates on the incident.

They reissued a statement provided to media 24 hours earlier, stating: "Gardai in Clontarf are investigating the alleged assault of a taxi driver that occurred at approximately 10pm on the Malahide Road, Donnycarney, on April 21, 2019.

"A suspect in the case has presented themselves at a north Dublin garda station and gardai are following a definite line of inquiry," the statement went on to add.

[Jack Meoff]

Ken is right ,though the assholes should have responded by calling the cops,but it also confirms my ongoing point that work goes out the back door,and the owners of these companies know it,and dont give a fukk .and this is what drivers are prepared to continue to pay a ton plus a week for

Work going out the back door was the primary reason I left my base after 9 loyal years.
My base, call it Base A, merged/took over/whatever with Base B and kept on a lot of the Base B base op's and base B drivers.
All was not good in the camp with rumours of the nua base B op's looking after base B drivers.

I took it all with a 'Pinch of Salt' as Taxi drivers are generally a Grumbly lot.
Then I got a street pick-up one afternoon heading out to Fota hotel (12km outside Cork), a hotel that we at the time had the contract with so I bell in to the base telling them of my destination and requesting that if anything came in fer Fota to ring me.
I drop off my customer with no phone call from the base only to see another cab from my base racing up the driveway to collect a Fare from the hotel. It was a cab from my own company, but it was a Base B driver and the job was given out by a Base B op. Needless to say I followed it through to the extreme, the base B base op got fired but still it kinda soured me toward any base, after 9 loyal years of service that I had to go through all that.

The base operator was wrong in the way in the way the job was dispatched.
You thought the job should have been yours as you were dropping at the hotel.
The car that was picking up at the hotel could have told the operator he was dropping in the area in case any job came in well before you. Or he could have been picking up his own private job.
The correct procedure should have been to call the job over the radio and first car free will get the job.
You got the hump then cos you weren’t fed.
Should have just reported operator to Val.
You packed up the base because of feeding but when you look at it you wanted to be fed first.

[stonethecrows]

Ken is right ,though the assholes should have responded by calling the cops,but it also confirms my ongoing point that work goes out the back door,and the owners of these companies know it,and dont give a fukk .and this is what drivers are prepared to continue to pay a ton plus a week for

Work going out the back door was the primary reason I left my base after 9 loyal years.
My base, call it Base A, merged/took over/whatever with Base B and kept on a lot of the Base B base op's and base B drivers.
All was not good in the camp with rumours of the nua base B op's looking after base B drivers.

I took it all with a 'Pinch of Salt' as Taxi drivers are generally a Grumbly lot.
Then I got a street pick-up one afternoon heading out to Fota hotel (12km outside Cork), a hotel that we at the time had the contract with so I bell in to the base telling them of my destination and requesting that if anything came in fer Fota to ring me.
I drop off my customer with no phone call from the base only to see another cab from my base racing up the driveway to collect a Fare from the hotel. It was a cab from my own company, but it was a Base B driver and the job was given out by a Base B op. Needless to say I followed it through to the extreme, the base B base op got fired but still it kinda soured me toward any base, after 9 loyal years of service that I had to go through all that.

The base operator was wrong in the way in the way the job was dispatched.
You thought the job should have been yours as you were dropping at the hotel.
The car that was picking up at the hotel could have told the operator he was dropping in the area in case any job came in well before you. Or he could have been picking up his own private job.
The correct procedure should have been to call the job over the radio and first car free will get the job.
You got the hump then cos you weren’t fed.
Should have just reported operator to Val.
You packed up the base because of feeding but when you look at it you wanted to be fed first.

Or maybe the Base Contrlr took a dislike to Ken

[Jack Meoff]

Like the saying in the novel Animal Farm
“We are all equal but some are more equal than others”

[stonethecrows]

Like the saying in the novel Animal Farm
“We are all equal but some are more equal than others”

4 Legs good 2 legs bad

or in this case Ken may not have brought in enuf donuts

[Jack Meoff]

Like the saying in the novel Animal Farm
“We are all equal but some are more equal than others”

4 Legs good 2 legs bad

or in this case Ken may not have brought in enuf donuts

Chocolate muffins was it !!
Should have bought the Johnny blue