New fare moans

[watty]

Some people just like to moan.

Drove a fella out to Castleknock today.  Shortly after starting, he complained I was going the wrong way.  The last taxi driver used Google Maps and went a different way.  I asked how much did the last driver charge and we'd see what my charge would be when we got there.  First taxi was €15 and I was €13 (if I had the new tariff).  Saved him €2.  As he left, the guy started moaning I'd gotten him there too early...

[Rat Catcher]

Maybe it should be compulsory to use Google Maps.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

"Which way would you like to go?"
saves you a lot of ear bollix in the long run.

[markmiwurdz]

"Which way would you like to go?"
saves you a lot of ear bollix in the long run.

Unless it's in a straight line...I use it all the time to shut the whinging unwashed up to fuck....

[john m]

Job from Bewleys RDS to East Essex Street junction of Parliament street my way left outside hotel up to Donnybrook bus garage right all the way until you come to Kevin Street /Bride Street junction right do the loop at Christchurch left Copper Alley onto Temple Bar thank you collect cash and on your way .But I followed the Blue line Right outside hotel then  left on to Merrion left onto Pembrook Left onto canal southside past the brazers right   onto Fitzwilliam Square right onto Leason Street .You could get yourself into serious difficulty following the blue line .

[TheDevilHimself]

I usually put it on regardless but sometimes it assumes you cant make certain lefts or rights(why I don't know) and brings the route all over the place ..

[Rat Catcher]

The mytaxi implementation (on Android) doesn't seem to be sure whether cars have steering wheels or not. It's like Maggie Thatcher when it comes to U Turns. Hence it often gives clients ridiculous run in times so they cancel. On balance I reckon Hail0's straight line calculations, while technically inferior, were better in practice. In essence mytaxi's latest approach is overkill, trying to perfect something that can't be perfected given inherent communication delays, etc.

[Belker]

The mytaxi implementation (on Android) doesn't seem to be sure whether cars have steering wheels or not. It's like Maggie Thatcher when it comes to U Turns. Hence it often gives clients ridiculous run in times so they cancel. On balance I reckon Hail0's straight line calculations, while technically inferior, were better in practice. In essence mytaxi's latest approach is overkill, trying to perfect something that can't be perfected given inherent communication delays, etc.

The no U-turns on the Blue line is a piss off, with Garmin you can select U-turns allowed or disallowed.

[Belker]

Maybe it should be compulsory to use Google Maps.

As I often say to customers;
"The day Google maps can beat me across the streets of Cork,
is the day I will retire !".

[Belker]

"Which way would you like to go?"
saves you a lot of ear bollix in the long run.

Carrigaline is always the sticky one from Cork city, taking the Link road and motorway is about 2 or 3KM longer
and about 3 or 4 Euro dearer, but it is about 10 minutes faster as the cab is travelling at about 100KPH.
Going through Douglas is shorter and cheaper but takes longer as the cab is travelling at about 40KPH and has
to encounter an additional 10 sets of traffic lights.

[mercenary for hire]

Every driver has their own route.On Erms job I'd have gone through to Mount street then Lincoln place then down Pearse street and on to the Quays.

I regularly get customers asking me where am I going..?Also saying that they've never been this way etc..Just tell them you've been driving for 20 years and if the fare is more expensive than usual you'll sort something.Casually explain to them that business is good and we don't need to rob them by taking a longer route.They don't like that one so smile.Some folks only know Dublin from the bus route.

Google map routes are shite too and do not account for bus lanes but nobody complains because it's "free".We should be regularly slating Google maps in the car because the younger folks wrongly beleive it to be best route.They've been mindlessly following it  since primary school.Navigation systems are only as good as the folks building them.

[john m]

Have had a few incidents with the destination on the App .Pick up in Inchicore destination the Globe Georges Street say to customer do you want to be dropped off right outside its cheaper if I drop you at the Junction of Dame Street and Georges Street it only about a minute from there . "I put in the destination thats what Im paying for he says  "Ok sir " Just to annoy the fucker he did say the Globe so I cant go GoldenLane  on to Georges Street as Ill be on the wrong side of the road so I turn down Fishamble Street onto the Quays over the bridge down to O Connell Bridge around College Green ,Dame Street then up Georges Street dropped him right out side .You could see the cunt was furious he says thanks a lot .I smiled and said "Thank you .An extra 8 euro  .

[mercenary for hire]

Ermy ya could have done a turn at the rank on College green...but I get ya..or ya could have gone down George's street>Exchequer then dropped off either on Dame court or came out the lane opposite the Bender pub then yer there.I'd get lost in Clondalkin these days so it's hard to know everywhere.

If yer man was being a nob he could get ya done for taking a circuitus route.

[john m]

Ermy ya could have done a turn at the rank on College green...but I get ya..or ya could have gone down George's street>Exchequer then dropped off either on Dame court or came out the lane opposite the Bender pub then yer there.I'd get lost in Clondalkin these days so it's hard to know everywhere.

If yer man was being a nob he could get ya done for taking a circuitus route.

Traffic congestion on Dame Street I avoided it as my client seemed eager to reach the Globe .Thats the thing about taxi drivers we calculate the best rout based on our experience .Thank you for your alternate rout I shall consider it the next time .Have you ever tried to follow a rout on Waze with traffic alert turned on ?It would be easier to make a jigsaw in the dark .A lot of passengers now put the destination into their phone to check you are going the RIGHT way when what the really mean is the GOOgle way .I had a pick up in Sallins just at the rear of the K club put the address into Waze it wanted me to go via dunboyne   as waze is a social app it learns from previous use so whoever went to my destination last must of traveled from Dunboyne .Now when I take a job on the app I usually flick through the destination line to the pick up point a lot of times there is a shorter rout than the one recommended on screen .You still cant beat a bit of local knowledge when it comes to doing this job right .

[markmiwurdz]

Ermy ya could have done a turn at the rank on College green...but I get ya..or ya could have gone down George's street>Exchequer then dropped off either on Dame court or came out the lane opposite the Bender pub then yer there.I'd get lost in Clondalkin these days so it's hard to know everywhere.

If yer man was being a nob he could get ya done for taking a circuitus route.

Traffic congestion on Dame Street I avoided it as my client seemed eager to reach the Globe .Thats the thing about taxi drivers we calculate the best rout based on our experience .Thank you for your alternate rout I shall consider it the next time .Have you ever tried to follow a rout on Waze with traffic alert turned on ?It would be easier to make a jigsaw in the dark .A lot of passengers now put the destination into their phone to check you are going the RIGHT way when what the really mean is the GOOgle way .I had a pick up in Sallins just at the rear of the K club put the address into Waze it wanted me to go via dunboyne   as waze is a social app it learns from previous use so whoever went to my destination last must of traveled from Dunboyne .Now when I take a job on the app I usually flick through the destination line to the pick up point a lot of times there is a shorter rout than the one recommended on screen .You still cant beat a bit of local knowledge when it comes to doing this job right .

Imagine the crack when the driverless cars start up and slavishly follow an ap route