10 o’clock Thursday harcourt street for the protest to nta gardai notified

[john m]

 

[silverbullet]

That should suit you Ermy, what with hardly working and being a day driver anall.

[Vikkiz]

Have any of you seen the demands??

[Vikkiz]

Compulsory Credit card acceptance issue on fare review
No charging points for ev's on ranks
Lack of rank spaces where needed and general attitude towards drivers trying to do their jobs, eg: guards closing off around 3 arena after concerts
Continued issuing of new vehicle licences despite obvious oversupply
No toilet facilities on ranks for drivers
Little or no police back up at night for security issues
No buy back for older drivers wishing to retire
No way of reporting of illegal activities on driver check app
No contact number for nta enforcement team
These are just some of the live issues that drivers should be represented on

[watty]

Will the NTA be able to see the protest?
 
Pic is from NTA website.  A = Harcourt St, B= NTA HQ


https://www.nationaltransport.ie/contact-us/find-us/
We're 4th on the list after bus, luas & train (15mins, Pearse Station).  Cycling & walking are 5 & 6.

[watty]

Compulsory Credit card acceptance issue on fare review
No charging points for ev's on ranks
Lack of rank spaces where needed and general attitude towards drivers trying to do their jobs, eg: guards closing off around 3 arena after concerts
Continued issuing of new vehicle licences despite obvious oversupply
No toilet facilities on ranks for drivers
Little or no police back up at night for security issues
No buy back for older drivers wishing to retire
No way of reporting of illegal activities on driver check app
No contact number for nta enforcement team
These are just some of the live issues that drivers should be represented on

Jesus wept.  They forgot to add there's nobody to tuck them into bed at nighty-nighty.  Did nobody tell them they're self-employed businessmen/women!

[Vikkiz]

Jesus wept.  They forgot to add there's nobody to tuck them into bed at nighty-nighty.  Did nobody tell them they're self-employed businessmen/women!

I tried to explain it to the organizer, along with others, that most of them were preposterous and they should concentrate on 2 or 3 definitive things that could possibly be changed.

[Vikkiz]

Could ya imagine toilets on the ranks, they’d be worse than the mesh toilets and you’d have every Tom dick and Harry us in them

[mercenary for hire]

Like Watty says the NTA is not on Harcourt street.

Do they want Ev chargers or no Ev chargers on ranks?The government said in the budget we we're getting them.

Are they looking for a buyback of plates or no buyback?

[silverbullet]

Could ya imagine toilets on the ranks, they’d be worse than the mesh toilets and you’d have every Tom dick and Harry us in them

Most of the Kesh drivers miss the toilet/urinals, I think it's their dirty protest.

[dalymount]

 I didnt even know there was a protest,but apart from that,am i to understand that the drivers are demanding that all drivers offer CC facilities ?

[watty]

I tried to explain it to the organizer, along with others, that most of them were preposterous and they should concentrate on 2 or 3 definitive things that could possibly be changed.

+1

KISS
1. Increase grants/encourage us to move to electric/hybrid taxis.  They were very generous getting the WAT fleet to 10%.  Repeat that generosity to get electric/hybrids to 10 or 50%?.  It'll make them look good when they fly (cough cough) to foreign conferences...
2. It's a bit apples & oranges but... Since we can't charge extra for people paying by credit card, limit what the apps can charge us in commission.  Uber USA charges their (not-employee) drivers upto to 40% commission.  No bueno

[watty]

I didnt even know there was a protest,but apart from that,am i to understand that the drivers are demanding that all drivers offer CC facilities ?

Not the drivers but the Govt/NTA - the drivers are just moaning about something new (as usual).
It's gonna be compulsory soon.  You WILL have a CC machine by 2021!

[mercenary for hire]

The NTA are giving us 10k off the full leccy cars. Regular hybrids should be incentivised more than plug-ins hybrids which are a bit of a gimmick IMO.

[watty]

Stop being sensible.  This is a PROTEST!