Tim stirring it or are Dublin taxi applicants a bit thick?

[The Liffey Lip]

Since when did Dub taxi people have to do the "Knowledge"?


http://www.beat102103.com/news/fears-taxi-shortages-fifth-new-entrants-pass-exam/

[mercenary for hire]

They have a shortage of morons willing to pass full fare street work and chase app work.I don't think there's been a christmas when there hasn't been trouble finding a taxi.Bunch of cnuts in Mount street.The sooner yis cut the cord the quicker they'll be gone.

To answer yer question the new exam came in around August 2009.It's not as tough as the London exam by any means but just hard enough to keep out the chancers and Ambassadors of the future...Any driver covering Mytaxi app work is begging for more drivers by supporting them.

[SClass]

Most of the new entries are new irish
Not a easy place to learn about if you are not from here.
To many complaints about driver's not knowing where they were going
What  Tim Arnold failed to realise the amount of drivers that cannot afford insurance being forced out of the game buy insurance scum
Maybe Tim could  organise insurance for drivers. Start up his own insurance company
Some drivers paying €9,000
 Life is for living.

[The Liffey Lip]

They have a shortage of morons willing to pass full fare street work and chase app work.I don't think there's been a christmas when there hasn't been trouble finding a taxi.Bunch of cnuts in Mount street.The sooner yis cut the cord the quicker they'll be gone.

To answer yer question the new exam came in around August 2009.It's not as tough as the London exam by any means but just hard enough to keep out the chancers and Ambassadors of the future...Any driver covering Mytaxi app work is begging for more drivers by supporting them.

I know the test is tougher but the Knowledge? Seems to me there's another bit of govt interference coming here. Edited this...one fellow on facebook explained Tim's tactics it very well. I'm not on it any more but my mate is and he showed it to me.

[The Liffey Lip]

Most of the new entries are new irish
Not a easy place to learn about if you are not from here.
To many complaints about driver's not knowing where they were going
What  Tim Arnold failed to realise the amount of drivers that cannot afford insurance being forced out of the game buy insurance scum
Maybe Tim could  organise insurance for drivers. Start up his own insurance company
Some drivers paying €9,000
 Life is for living.

Totally agree there. One man over 50 was on Joe Duffy ages ago talking about quotes of over 10 grand for a Peugeot Expert. He could afford it but it's crazy.

[mercenary for hire]

He just incorrectly used the London test to describe the Dublin test.I doubt it is as tough.But then again I never sat the London test.If I sat it tommorow I'd fail.I've only ever been there once for a weekend and  can't remember much because I was rubber.

What do ya mean by Government interference?They wanted less drivers now they have less drivers. We've yet to see the impact of the Cabra luas and the new metro north to the airport.I wouldn't be so quick to call for more taxis.Plenty around compared to most countries.

[The Liffey Lip]

I know there's plenty of taxis Mercenary. And govt interference could be to listen to those who have their ear. They have interfered in the recent past. The "tough" test wasn't so tough back in the 90's. The NTA and NRA are Govt bodies. Such bodies can alter everything as it stands. Not in their interests if so many failing now as they're making a fortune but an election might change that when Donal from the Naul can't get a job because he keeps failing and the local Shinner gunning for office brings it to the attention of  of another fellow shitting he's going to lose his seat.

[Rat Catcher]

Tim is a highly skilled communicator. If he takes a seat on TAC he'll arrive armed with slick reports prepared by marketing professionals using data collected by his firm. mytaxi sees itself as representative of the trade as a whole. Make no mistake, it will convince NTA et al that it's data is Gospel.

The unions should take immediate action to secure the Kathleen Doyle entrance exam. They should insist that all drivers be required to pass the test every five years to ensure that incumbents offer as good a service as new entrants.

[The Liffey Lip]

The cops having to take fitness tests every few yrs type of thing? That'll all become part of every day life for every worker. Dublin Bus, allegedly, has serious fitness and health screenings for their many drivers. In fact, I'd say only half of them are any way overweight now. The problem with taximen taking 5 yrly tests is that it would involve a governing body for all aspects of same which could open up a Kilimanjaro's Box as one wag commented...no doubt ending in health screening and suchlike.

[Rat Catcher]

Health screening should be introduced. Our cars are subject to a plethora of tests while no attention is paid to the men operating the cars... lunacy.

[SClass]

Yeah fukk all the fat cunts out of the game.
That should reduce the fleet by 50% at least.
A few on here would give the doctor a good laff.
But not me.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

If the gimps are worried about cunts being stranded at crimbo why don't they take the test and get plated up themselves.
As a famous gangster once said "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
Could it be a case that they have'nt a clue how a taxi works in the real world.
I can eat a steak, that means I know how to run a restaurant scenario.

[Rat Catcher]

The geography test would get you, SC...

I don't think Christmas has a whole lot to do with it, Doc. They obviously struggle to cover demand all the time. Of course, you and I know that Christmas is a myth, one busy week offset by a quiet week before payday in January.

[watty]

Probably a lot of people fail the test because they don't study for it.  They assume because they know Dublin because they've lived here all their lives.

Having said that, my recent vehicle suitability test co-incided with a group of lads doing the entry test.  One guy said he'd failed it 5 times already.  He hinted the tester at the other centre was a bollox who somehow failed him (despite the test being computerized).  So he chose a new test centre with, hopefully, a better outcome!

Anyways, an easier test won't solve the other perceived problems... insurance and vehicle costs.

“It’s not the only thing, you also need to have a vehicle that has high insurance costs and all new taxis must be wheelchair accessible.

[mercenary for hire]

I wonder what the Irish wheelchair assosiation folks think about a multi billion euro car company moaning about new drivers having to provide wheelchair accessible vehicles?.The very fact that they're using Limos to circumvent the wheely requirement is an absolute scumbag move.The new wheely regs are working and the are still trying to torpedo them.Cnuts.