Transferability + credit cards

[john m]

Ahem........

My guess is : One transfer allowed. New licencee can keep saloon for 9 years. On changing vehicle after 9 years (or sooner ? ), new licencee must supply a WAT .

A large % of drivers are over 50 / 60 , so they might take the sell option. The NTA have flagged the aging drivers already. New WATs are costing them grant money. Here`s a way of rejuvenating the work force with the added bonus of new WATs coming into the fleet down the line with no cost to NTA.

 They might have a sliding scale for the new saloons before changeover to WAT , for example : 9 year licence might apply to cars that are 3 years ? old. A 4 year old car gets 8 years, 5 gets 7 ,6 gets 6 etc. 

If I was in NTA making this proposal, this would be my thinking behind it.

http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=9256.msg79156#msg79156

Only problem I can see with the WAT after you change car is why would you bother paying for a saloon licence when you can get a WAT for 120 .The price of the Saloon licence would then be dependent on the age of the vehicle and what happens if you write off the car .IF it is introduced it has to be a simple transfer of ownership of the Saloon Licence and not any vehicle .IF it is allowed I suppose the Minister could use his discression to say they must be fixed to Electric vehicles .Read somewhere that the target for EV was 200,000 by 2020 the figure today is 7000.If there was a grant for plating up a EV available to all saloon licence holders then you might see a good takeup .

[Shallowhal]

If there was a grant for plating up a EV available to all saloon licence holders then you might see a good takeup .

There is!!....it's actually grants!!

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Ahem........

My guess is : One transfer allowed. New licencee can keep saloon for 9 years. On changing vehicle after 9 years (or sooner ? ), new licencee must supply a WAT .

A large % of drivers are over 50 / 60 , so they might take the sell option. The NTA have flagged the aging drivers already. New WATs are costing them grant money. Here`s a way of rejuvenating the work force with the added bonus of new WATs coming into the fleet down the line with no cost to NTA.

 They might have a sliding scale for the new saloons before changeover to WAT , for example : 9 year licence might apply to cars that are 3 years ? old. A 4 year old car gets 8 years, 5 gets 7 ,6 gets 6 etc. 

If I was in NTA making this proposal, this would be my thinking behind it.

http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=9256.msg79156#msg79156

Only problem I can see with the WAT after you change car is why would you bother paying for a saloon licence when you can get a WAT for 120 .The price of the Saloon licence would then be dependent on the age of the vehicle and what happens if you write off the car .IF it is introduced it has to be a simple transfer of ownership of the Saloon Licence and not any vehicle .IF it is allowed I suppose the Minister could use his discression to say they must be fixed to Electric vehicles .Read somewhere that the target for EV was 200,000 by 2020 the figure today is 7000.If there was a grant for plating up a EV available to all saloon licence holders then you might see a good takeup .

Again, I`m just surmising, but NTA might stop issuing WAT licences or grants for a duration in order for the saloon licences transferred to reach their "WAT changeover date". I`m hearing that will be 6 years after transfer. If it works as I think it should, NTA will be en route to a 100% WAT fleet with no cost in grants to them.

[john m]

Problem with a full WAV fleet is costs a lot of part timers would leave the business then Brenda and Brendin start complaining about waiting time and that might open up the market to rideshare or minibus .I do agree with you a full WAT fleet must be the end game dont think it will effect you or me Bubba we will be retired by the time it happens .

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Problem with a full WAV fleet is costs a lot of part timers would leave the business then Brenda and Brendin start complaining about waiting time and that might open up the market to rideshare or minibus .I do agree with you a full WAT fleet must be the end game dont think it will effect you or me Bubba we will be retired by the time it happens .

Indeed.

[mercenary for hire]

The NTA said recently their target was 10% wats and that they're almost there.To me that means they're happy with 10%.Dunno what thread I put it in.The 100% target will never be a reality unless someone makes a magical electric wheelchair taxi that only costs 20k.

The London lads still only have a hybrid leccy wheely thing that costs mental money.

There's no way they'll keep pushing dirty diesel WATs on us just to increase the accessibility for a few wheelchair users in the current anti-diesel climate.

Even Dublin Bus arent allowed to buy diesel buses after next year.The mood has changed quickly.Mobility impaired customers come second to potential cancer patients.I'm not investing another cent until I see how they're gonna fuk things up.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

The NTA said recently their target was 10% wats and that they're almost there.To me that means they're happy with 10%.Dunno what thread I put it in.The 100% target will never be a reality unless someone makes a magical electric wheelchair taxi that only costs 20k.

Target is 100% by 2030 or 2035 . 10% already reached giving the NTA the get out of jail card if they stop issuing as Part Deux of their plan kicks in.

The London lads still only have a hybrid leccy wheely thing that costs mental money.

There's no way they'll keep pushing dirty diesel WATs on us just to increase the accessibility for a few wheelchair users in the current anti-diesel climate.

There`ll be EV/Hybrid WATs available in the next few years (London EV already here as you say )

[mercenary for hire]

Ah so 2035... that makes more sense.I suspect that by then there wont be many shut ins as the medical community will have figured out how to do full body transplants..

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Ah so 2035... that makes more sense.I suspect that by then there wont be many shut ins as the medical community will have figured out how to do full body transplants..

Everyone falls into the % of wheelchair user trap.  The % doesn`t enter the equation because the % can`t get into every taxi while remaining in the wheelchair.

[The Liffey Lip]

Ronnie the Robot won't mind hanging around James's all day.........."You have yourself a nice day human, and here's a leaflet on how to kick your H habit".

Everyone's gonna be redundant by 2035....or brown bread.

[dalymount]

Considering the onslaught of driverless cars,and the other changes that are occurring within the transport sector,would a person not be insane to make an investment in a brand new car ?

[The Liffey Lip]

Good few yrs left yet, Dalyer. Keep fighting them off.......go hybrid.

[dalymount]

Yeah I suppose,hybrid,or electric is the way to go

[john m]

In this game the fear is the Minister can determin what we drive .If the Leftie tree Hugging sandal wearing nut cutlet munching yogart Drinkers ie the Greens get back into government we might find it becomes mandatory for City drivers to have Electric Vehicles sooner than we think .Ross was a blowhard all mouth no action but Reich Fhurer Ryan or one of his minnions in the Dep of the Environment or Transport could enforce the EV rule already Dublin Bus have benn told to go Hybrid or Electric .

 Watching an investor confrence on line for Driverless vehicles and AI bloke from MIT says there is no such thing as Artificial Intelligence  computers can onlt do quick calculations based on what they know they do not have the ability to be intelligent ,with that in mind he says for all cars to be autonomous and handle all the data that existing computer power would have to increase by thirty thousand times what it is now .If driverless cars was or is possible then why are UBER going to sell off their autonomous car division before their IPO ?.

[The Liffey Lip]

I'd be listening to Elon Musk ahead of any boffin in an ivory tower. This cunt has been given access to ferocious info by NASA.........robots are the future John..even sex-workers know it.