sorry son, this is a sixty grand motor

[Vikkiz]

It’s illegal to ate or drink in a taxi.

ILLEGAL DO TELL

Have a look at the in car information card when you are next in your taxi.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

It’s illegal to ate or drink in a taxi.

ILLEGAL DO TELL

Seen it in print.

https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi-and-bus-licensing/taxi/operating-an-spsv/refusing-a-passenger/

Illegal is not the same as grounds to refuse service .Can you be charged by a gard for eating an Aero bar in a taxi .

True, but if`n they`re sleeveens and start eatin after they get in, then you have the legal right to get them out, ergo: eatin in a taxi is not legal

[weird al wankovitch]

A bit of fucking toast is hardly gonna wreck a car.. The driver was just being a cunt imo

[Belker]

AND the parents of special needs kids are all wondering why there is not a sufficent amount of Taxies to bring their children to school ?

Back in the day (about 2010) when I started doing special needs school runs, there were no SNA's required on board, I knew all my kids and all their parents by first name, I got Christmas presents and cards from their parents, we used to pick flowers by the roadside and eat ice-cream in the summer.
Today it is different, it is everything by the letter of the P.C. law.
On one of the last school runs that I covered about 3 years ago, my wheelie was examined and scrutinised in detail by some young P.C. SNA and with her headmistress in tow checking everything on her laptop, I didn't care too much about the 30 minute wait while they checked every restraint in the bus, as I was only covering a job fer a friend, but I never did that run ever again and I have since completely given up on any special needs runs.

[Belker]

A bit of fucking toast is hardly gonna wreck a car.. The driver was just being a cunt imo

The driver was an idiot to allow it in the first place, the rules are No eating or Drinking in a Taxi,
he made a rod fer his own back by allowing it and then stopping it.

And the parents seem like real nice folk fer sueing the state over such a minor issue,
I wonder will their child ever see the inside of a school Taxi ever again ?

[The Liffey Lip]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The only way to cope is to be as inflexible as everyone else appears to be. Some people mistake kindness for weakness.

[Shallowhal]

I understand the routine for the kid bit but what happened for the previous 16yrs,what changed that the kid had to eat toast in the taxi for those two years......the driver shouldn't have allowed it to begin with....and as John says,the changing of vehicle and driver didn't seem to affect the kids routine.

[The Liffey Lip]

Moral of he story: the autistic kid wasn't the one looking for a few quid......elephants like to wear E on their pyjamas.

[Shallowhal]

Have they secured transport for the kid with toast eating facilities or have their actions made it difficult for them to do so....they have 5k now anyway.....and have to create a new routine either way.

[The Liffey Lip]

Morphy Richards are working on the new profile as you speak.

[Shallowhal]

Well at least it wasn't a kebab eating routine.

[The Liffey Lip]

Ken Wood.

[Rat Catcher]

It’s illegal to ate or drink in a taxi.

Tis indeed. In this instance I`d break the law.

More accurately, you'd turn a blind eye to the passenger breaking the law. I'm sure we all do from time to time as circumstances deem the same to be appropriate.

Has anyone ever been prosecuted for eating in a taxi? AS DM alludes to, the Gardai have little or no interest in investigating crime up above in Dublin. Anything less than GBH or murder is nothing more than a futile form filling exercise.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

It’s illegal to ate or drink in a taxi.

Tis indeed. In this instance I`d break the law.

More accurately, you'd turn a blind eye to the passenger breaking the law. I'm sure we all do from time to time as circumstances deem the same to be appropriate.

Has anyone ever been prosecuted for eating in a taxi? AS DM alludes to, the Gardai have little or no interest in investigating crime up above in Dublin. Anything less than GBH or murder is nothing more than a futile form filling exercise.

I stand corrected. Yeah, the cabbage allowed the kid to eat his toast prior to €60k brainfart.

[watty]

I had a weird experience this morning so soon after reading this story about the autistic teenager.

A young woman got into my taxi this morning and wanted to go to the suburbs.  She had MS (or one of those syndromes where the limbs don't work properly) and she couldn't speak properly either.  She wasn't disabled enough that she launched into eating about 3 McD's breakfast sandwiches on the way, along with a McD's soft drink and a bottle of Coke.  Then she started messing with the radio, constantly changing stations.  I don't think she liked one station because I think she starting crying at one stage.

Recalling the story above, I kept my mouth shut, face facing ahead and kept driving.  Also, the last thing you want is for the Guards to be called and have me, Mr White Taxidriver, blaming a poor harmless disabled girl for whatever...

Anyways, we got to the destination.  She paid and got out.  She took half her rubbish and left the rest.  And walked back the way we'd driven as if in perfect health.


Why am I posting this story?  While we were driving along, she had a big brown leather bag on her lap all the way.  Now I'm wondering if she had a hidden camera in the bag, waiting to catch me being abusive or whatever.  Maybe she was an actor for a TV show?  Or someone looking for compo?

I'm not paranoid, honest