M50 traffic

[Rat Catcher]

You have to do Windsor to Buckingham Palace after 14 pints of Ale washed down with a bottle of Scotch and arrive awake to get the Duke of Edinburgh award.

[Belker]

Do you have a Zone 18 permit, Ken?

No, the past few years I have just used zone 18 and paid the fee to get out, but in previous years it was always on the Bank holiday monday at 5am.

[Rat Catcher]

Interesting... if you do that and get away with it this year let me know. I guess it makes sense from DAAs perspective to ignore the permit "requirement" to keep things moving.

[Taxi driver42]

I pick up there
I've no pass

[Rat Catcher]

Nice one. I got a Bolt job from zone 18 today immediately after dropping at T2 so took a chance on it. Only difference with not having the permit is that you have to press the button for a ticket to get in and use the ticket to get out... Fee is the same i.e. €3.

However, Bolt doesn't separate the car park fee from the fare the way it does for tolls so you end up paying commission on the €3 you add to the fare hence you need to add an extra 40c (it only accepts fares in 20c increments) to cover yourself.

[Rat Catcher]

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[silverbullet]

@ Belker - this is the wrong end of the M50 for you.  You won't have to drive by this J12 junction.  You'll be doing J7 --> J1 or similar.

Eight teenagers and one man injured following M50 crash

Nine people have been injured following a two-car collision on the M50 in Dublin.  The incident happened southbound at Junction 12, Firhouse, at 5.30am.  Gardaí say eight male teenagers were in one of the cars, which was driving down the up ramp at Junction 12 when it collided head-on with a car.  They have been brought to different hospitals for treatment and one of them is in a critical condition.  The driver of the other car, a man in his 20s, is being treated for serious injuries.

The section of the M50 from Junction 12 to Junction 11 southbound is closed while a technical examination takes place and local diversions are in place.

There was an ambulance outside one of my elderly neighbours last night.  It sickens me that she might have been denied or delayed treatment while these f*ckers got ahead of her in the queue... 

Looks like 2 little cars as well!  Maybe they were going for the Guinness book of records (8 in 1 car) and a Darwin award (wrong way down motorway ramp)

Toyota Aygo to heaven with me mates .Fly high in paradise RIP BRO!

[Rat Catcher]

Looks like 2 little cars as well!  Maybe they were going for the Guinness book of records (8 in 1 car) and a Darwin award (wrong way down motorway ramp)

I think my record was 14 in the back of a black cab.... aah those were the days!

[silverbullet]

Looks like 2 little cars as well!  Maybe they were going for the Guinness book of records (8 in 1 car) and a Darwin award (wrong way down motorway ramp)

I think my record was 14 in the back of a black cab.... aah those were the days!

Were they conscious?


Ya always had a ring of John Warboys about ye!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx2pez42zqo

[Belker]

...... I think my record was 14 in the back of a black cab.... aah those were the days!

I think I had about 16 students in an 8 seater mini-bus one night circa 2010 in my Renting years from town to their student complex about 2KM from the city, 4 paid and the other dozen did a Runner !

[Belker]

Interesting... if you do that and get away with it this year let me know. I guess it makes sense from DAAs perspective to ignore the permit "requirement" to keep things moving.

I was at DAP this morning, entered area 18 no problem, 2 security guards at the barrier didn't give me a second glance, me Mum's plane was delayed 40 minutes after landing on the tarmac because some other plane ahead of it had broken down, an hour and a half in area 18 cost E12 !!

P.S. I have no idea of how the DAP taxi permit scheme works in area 18 ??

[Rat Catcher]

€18 is a bit of a cunt. You wouldn't want that on a job to the city, Dublin city that is!

The permit costs a tenner a year and is available from:

https://www.dublinairport.com/b2b/airport-suppliers/taxi-operations

[Belker]

€18 is a bit of a cunt. You wouldn't want that on a job to the city, Dublin city that is!

The permit costs a tenner a year and is available from:

https://www.dublinairport.com/b2b/airport-suppliers/taxi-operations

It was Eu12 not Eu18.

[Rat Catcher]

Still pricey... I don't know if the same rates apply to permit holders. I did use it without a permit last Friday and it took about 5 mins to get in and another 7-10 minutes queuing (with the meter running) to get out and they charged me €3 which is the same as they charged when I had a permit for the one job I had to pay the fee for. I did two other jobs in the year I held the permit but there was no charge for them as the barrier was up for some reason or other, both on the same day.

[Rat Catcher]

PS If I'm doing meet and greet I always use the short term car park. Fee usually €3 there as well. You used to get 15 mins or so free but not anymore which is a bit of a cunt cos you could drive in and not find a space... hasn't happened to me yet but I've certainly heard of it.