Whats the stoty bout this new 10 year rule

[John m]

You going to pay for that 1990 .Where I work my customers would not welcome CCTV .I also wouldnt welcome it .Why would I want to be filmed at work ?

 Camara only on passangers?

OCCi a little story .I picked up a crew on Clanbrasil Street a few years ago as they got in they said look at these cunts following us .I drove the lads to where they were going dropped them off then I got the Blues and Twos  Garda asked where I picked them up I said I cant remember he then said Im sure if I brought you to Sundrive Road you would remember .So I said you know where I picked them up you followed us .I got out of the car gave the keys to the gard and said you drive that I will get in the back of the Garda Car .He told me to Fuck off .I drove off continued with my business .If the Crew had of been up to any nonsence in Clanbrasil Street I dont want to be called up in court to identify anybody .If you had CCTV you could walk yourself into a bullett full of trouble .I am a Taximan not a Public order mobile operative willing to pay for the service .

[Octavia1]

You going to pay for that 1990 .Where I work my customers would not welcome CCTV .I also wouldnt welcome it .Why would I want to be filmed at work ?

 Camara only on passangers?

OCCi a little story .I picked up a crew on Clanbrasil Street a few years ago as they got in they said look at these cunts following us .I drove the lads to where they were going dropped them off then I got the Blues and Twos  Garda asked where I picked them up I said I cant remember he then said Im sure if I brought you to Sundrive Road you would remember .So I said you know where I picked them up you followed us .I got out of the car gave the keys to the gard and said you drive that I will get in the back of the Garda Car .He told me to Fuck off .I drove off continued with my business .If the Crew had of been up to any nonsence in Clanbrasil Street I dont want to be called up in court to identify anybody .If you had CCTV you could walk yourself into a bullett full of trouble .I am a Taximan not a Public order mobile operative willing to pay for the service .

Yu have the rite to say no comment ...for yur own health an safety ...if the cameras are compulsory....its nuttin to do wit yu ....?
Anyway jus an idea .....ther has to be solutions to protect drivers ....wer not gettin paid enough to risk injury or even harassment...
The bigger picture is the states tolerance ....ide say in Singapore nite drivers are as chilled as fuk 

[taxi1990]

You going to pay for that 1990 .Where I work my customers would not welcome CCTV .I also wouldnt welcome it .Why would I want to be filmed at work ?

I bought one years ago, best thing I ever bought. 2 way camera, should be mandatory in taxis.

[taxi1990]

You going to pay for that 1990 .Where I work my customers would not welcome CCTV .I also wouldnt welcome it .Why would I want to be filmed at work ?

 Camara only on passangers?

OCCi a little story .I picked up a crew on Clanbrasil Street a few years ago as they got in they said look at these cunts following us .I drove the lads to where they were going dropped them off then I got the Blues and Twos  Garda asked where I picked them up I said I cant remember he then said Im sure if I brought you to Sundrive Road you would remember .So I said you know where I picked them up you followed us .I got out of the car gave the keys to the gard and said you drive that I will get in the back of the Garda Car .He told me to Fuck off .I drove off continued with my business .If the Crew had of been up to any nonsence in Clanbrasil Street I dont want to be called up in court to identify anybody .If you had CCTV you could walk yourself into a bullett full of trouble .I am a Taximan not a Public order mobile operative willing to pay for the service .

In my experience the Guards are our friends, not the guys you picked up Clanbrasil Street. I had a dickhead tell me I was only getting 15 euro for a 29 euro fare one night, I put him straight but he kept going, he was very close to swinging at me, I reminded him he was on cctv, settled him right down, have had a few very unstable women in the car as well, feel was more at ease with the camera when they are in the car.

[taxi1990]

Consultation to tell us how to do our job !!! Laffin

The bit I look at is the Comittee were told TAXI Drivers do not want to work Nights ?They dealt with the other Problem of unaffordable Cars but now the Lack of Nightime Drivers ?.

Maybe just recruit younger drivers who wont be scared of drugged up passengers?

Compulsorily payment  of a deposit by credit card before the start of any journey  durin the nite  ...wud link cnuts to subsequent  criminal behaviour  an make then tink twice ....
We have to supply card readers ...why not use them for security aswell 

Good idea.

what about compulsory cctv in taxis/hackneys? ones that are fixed and cant be tampered with.

Yea ...I was lookin at the crime statistics in taxis in Melbourne tink it was wen  few yers ago wen they introduced it ....tink  I  up here or on Roy's....they had a publicity campaign on the telly an newspapers......ther was an alleged dramatic decrease in antisocial behaviour ....the video recording is sealed in the boot ....I remember someone sayin theyed set fire to or hijack yur car to get the evidence but I doubt that......
Others mite have privacy issues ...

im not tech savvy but could the footage be recoded to the cloud? so if they did torch your car, the evidence would still be there?

[markmiwurdz]

Consultation to tell us how to do our job !!! Laffin

The bit I look at is the Comittee were told TAXI Drivers do not want to work Nights ?They dealt with the other Problem of unaffordable Cars but now the Lack of Nightime Drivers ?.

Maybe just recruit younger drivers who wont be scared of drugged up passengers?

Compulsorily payment  of a deposit by credit card before the start of any journey  durin the nite  ...wud link cnuts to subsequent  criminal behaviour  an make then tink twice ....
We have to supply card readers ...why not use them for security aswell 

Good idea.

what about compulsory cctv in taxis/hackneys? ones that are fixed and cant be tampered with.

Yea ...I was lookin at the crime statistics in taxis in Melbourne tink it was wen  few yers ago wen they introduced it ....tink  I  up here or on Roy's....they had a publicity campaign on the telly an newspapers......ther was an alleged dramatic decrease in antisocial behaviour ....the video recording is sealed in the boot ....I remember someone sayin theyed set fire to or hijack yur car to get the evidence but I doubt that......
Others mite have privacy issues ...

im not tech savvy but could the footage be recoded to the cloud? so if they did torch your car, the evidence would still be there?

Yep,they had to do that with the speed vans because lads were torching them in rural areas after they knew they'd been flashed.

[Octavia1]

Probably costly

[taxi1990]

Probably costly

The cameras themselves aren't though. You would have the money after a good nights work.

[mercenary for hire]

Yis are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Drivers have left the industry and the ones that are left want to work days because they prefer a normal life. When the economy takes a shite all the tradesmen and truck drivers will be back in their taxis at night.

If you want a camera just get one. There was feck all taxis during the Celtic tiger at 2 am. Then they were everywhere when the tiger died.Who wants to drive a taxi when there are better opportunities out there.

Then there's the lack of cash...

[taxi1990]

Yis are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Drivers have left the industry and the ones that are left want to work days because they prefer a normal life. When the economy takes a shite all the tradesmen and truck drivers will be back in their taxis at night.

If you want a camera just get one. There was feck all taxis during the Celtic tiger at 2 am. Then they were everywhere when the tiger died.Who wants to drive a taxi when there are better opportunities out there.

Then there's the lack of cash...

were passengers not very generous during the celtic tiger? giving 20 euro tips for a 10 euro fare? 

[silverbullet]

You all seem to be forgetting .It was your Representatives who complained to an Oireachtas Committee years ago about certain drivers paying coin to pass the NCT .The Taxi thingey had no control over that but they brought in a Suitability to make sure of the Standard of Cars .It was Your Representatives who Complained to a Dail Committee that bangers were being plated up by multi plate owners . We got a 9 year rule .Reps complained about out of town drivers working their patch we got area stickers .Everything we got we asked for .

 Read the Oireactas Committee from this week .Your Representatives told the Committee that there is a lack of taxis late night and the present model of Licenced taxis  is not financially viable .(What way do you think they will react ?)




I have said this loads of times .Do not ask a question unless you already know the answer .Why would the Oireachtas Transport Committee invite you to talk to them ?If they wanted Cart Blanch to introduce Rideshare your representatives just gave them the Opportunity .They heard Full time Drivers wont work nights cannot afford to replace expensive cars .The Solution to that is to allow dispatchers like UBER or Free Now or Vinny run a fleet of Rideshare Hacks to solve the taxi shortage ..

The Dail dont see the Problem from your perspective .There are more votes in Passengers than Drivers ..never forget that .

Is Cart Blanch a transport solution for the west of Dublin?

Ermy, Unless they tackle the problem of all pubs, clubs, and restaurants closing at almost the same time every Friday and Saturday there will always be a transport problem.

Unless they tackle the unionised bus service, tram service, and Dart service, there'll always be a problem.

If revellers leave a club at 06.00 they can get a bus, tram or DART. Better still, start these services at 05.00.

[mercenary for hire]

^^^^^^^Dunno 1990 I'd say it's same as now except there's less cash work.The best thing about this job was the bit of cash at the end of the day.Now there's very little.The job may no longer be attractive now that so much of our earnings are recorded compared to ten years ago.

[Horse]

You going to pay for that 1990 .Where I work my customers would not welcome CCTV .I also wouldnt welcome it .Why would I want to be filmed at work ?

 Camara only on passangers?

OCCi a little story .I picked up a crew on Clanbrasil Street a few years ago as they got in they said look at these cunts following us .I drove the lads to where they were going dropped them off then I got the Blues and Twos  Garda asked where I picked them up I said I cant remember he then said Im sure if I brought you to Sundrive Road you would remember .So I said you know where I picked them up you followed us .I got out of the car gave the keys to the gard and said you drive that I will get in the back of the Garda Car .He told me to Fuck off .I drove off continued with my business .If the Crew had of been up to any nonsence in Clanbrasil Street I dont want to be called up in court to identify anybody .If you had CCTV you could walk yourself into a bullett full of trouble .I am a Taximan not a Public order mobile operative willing to pay for the service .

I was outside a late pub in the burbs one night, there was an unofficial rank outside. Next minute this bloke gets fcuked out by the bouncers. He walks over to his car, parked right outside, gets in, starts it up and drives it straight through the glass front doors of the bar with the bouncers having to jump out of the way. Straight away yer man's windscreen is getting whacked with baseball bats. They dragged yer man out of the car, gave him a few slaps and held him on the ground till the gards arrived.  So he gets nicked and one of the gards started writing down the roof numbers of the cars that were there, about 3 or 4. A few weeks later I gets a phone call from the local station wanting to know can I come down and have an interview.  So I went down the next day and they were asking what did I see and so forth.  I said from the off that I'm not signing nothing and I'm definitely not going to any court. I don't know yer man I says and I don't know who he knows. I've to work around here and so forth.  So they agreed.  I told them what I seen and stupidly says yer man jumped in a clio and drove it through the doors. My misses had the same car at the time. So that was that. A few weeks
later later I get a summons in the door to go to court. After me telling them I'm not going to court. So I went to my doctor and told him the craic.  He gave me a letter saying I was in bits with my back. I put that and the summons into an envelope and gave it back in to the station. Moral of the story they will use any information that you may have to further their case in court with total disregard of the potential consequences for you. I explained it to them but they still went ahead. I would not be for mandatory cctv for this very reason.

[silverbullet]

Consultation to tell us how to do our job !!! Laffin

The bit I look at is the Comittee were told TAXI Drivers do not want to work Nights ?They dealt with the other Problem of unaffordable Cars but now the Lack of Nightime Drivers ?.

There are plenty of us nighttime drivers between Sunday To Thursday.

Funny how the most vocal are day time drivers.

[taxi1990]

^^^^^^^Dunno 1990 I'd say it's same as now except there's less cash work.The best thing about this job was the bit of cash at the end of the day.Now there's very little.The job may no longer be attractive now that so much of our earnings are recorded compared to ten years ago.

Still a lot of people paying cash in my opinion. just tell them your sumup is broke.