Cork TD leading the Uber charge in rural areas.

[Rat Catcher]

Walk away after giving them all the work... sounds like a plan!

I don't understand why you need a time preference... the only times I have priority is when the whole fleet has it on a Sunday and Monday and they're trousering at least €3/hour from me... how much of your hard earned do you (want to) give them FFS?

[Deets]

If rideshare is allowed and we sit on our hands and do nothing,then it will be OUR fault.the drivers in Madrid are on strike for the past 2 weeks, for the same reason lets hope they are successful

You're right, it will be our fault for rolling over and taking it up the arse from the NTA. If any sham is allowed to hop in their car on a Friday night the then whole industry is fucked becuase it will not stop at rural areas. Also the devil will be in the detail and we can already see Douglas being labelled as 'rural' so they will label places like the Naul as 'rural' and suddenly the whole of Dublin city is opened up to rideshare. I read before that what mytaxi want to do is run set routes during commuting hours such as Swords to CC. Drivers will be paid a crap fixed rate with extras likely dropped. A taxi will leave Swords every 5-10 minutes and pick up four passengers along the way. mytaxi want it to compete with the bus service essentially and if we're competing against subsidised bus fares then taxi income will only go south. Then when that works they will do the same at night time to compete against the Nitelink. You'll have a route like City to Lucan and have to bring four passengers each to their door for a fixed rate. By doing so you're robbing other drivers of income.

Another problem not yet mentioned with rideshare is if something happens between passengers who are strangers. You're gonna have lads locked out of their tree groping on young wans in the back seat. You're going to have lads using rideshare and then harassing young wans when they know exactly where they live. Rideshare will be attractive to pick pockets too, all they have to do is stay sober on a Saturday night and theres a few easy wallets.

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, Deets... NTA didn't make us give all the work to mytaxi... we done that all by ourselves.

[Deets]

True rats but now mytaxi are lobbying for a change in NTA legislation, its the NTA that any protests should be aimed at if they attempt to change the rules of the game so drastically it will hit everyone in the pocket

[taxi1990]

has anyone here been talking to anyone in the NTA about this hair brained idea?

[dalymount]

As I keep saying till im blue in the face.it will ALWAYS be the case that the drivers call the shots.but for some strange reason you want to give that power to dispatchers .both apps,and radio companies.WHEN WILL YOU ALL WAKE UP.,?-if these companies have no drivers,they cannot operate,but you ,on the other hand can operate quite easily without them.please someone explain to me why you want to give control of YOUR industry over to a bunch of crooks who would put you on the scrapheap as quick as look at you ?

[dalymount]

In most parts of the north,it is compulsory to be aligned to a radio company.that is not the case here YET,but you seem to be doing everything in your power to make that become compulsory.  WHY  ? Drivers in the north would give anything to be able to operate independently,but you lot seem determined,to,give up that right.I appeal to you ditch dispatchers, you don't need them

[watty]

I'm not sure NI is a good example.  I don't believe they have street hail up there (apart from the Belfast Black Taxis). 
In other words, I believe you have to phone for a taxi up there... (or go to a rank, which probably don't exist outside of the big towns?)

[dalymount]

Thats the point im making watty.you have to phone for a cab up there.no such regulation exist here in the republic,where the drivers can enjoy total freedom of operating independently,but the fact that they are queuing up in their droves to give this power away by joining radio companies ( who seem to think the drivers are their employees) is puzzling to say the least

[Shallowhal]

I'm not sure NI is a good example.  I don't believe they have street hail up there (apart from the Belfast Black Taxis). 
In other words, I believe you have to phone for a taxi up there... (or go to a rank, which probably don't exist outside of the big towns?)

Only had that conversation with a chap from Belfast over the weekend...taxis don't stop for street hails and some drivers only go to certain areas for drop off or pick ups.

[dalymount]

Taxis are not ALLOWED stop for street hails in the north by law.thats my whole point .we are,but we seem to be giving up the right to work independently of dispatchers because our drivers want to bring about a situation whereby you HAVE TO be aligned to a dispatcher.why do they want to give up the right to work on their own  ?

[The Liffey Lip]

There's no PSV test in Norn Iron- or was none up to and including 5 yrs ago. Talk of introducing one met serious resistance from the Council for Civil Kneecappings.

[The Liffey Lip]

William Ulsterman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxpYW_w5pgo

[dalymount]

Lip the point I am trying to make is.the norths drivers cannot pick up on the side of the road,so therefore they must pass a potential fare when a,hand comes out.we,on the other hand CAN  pick up on the side of the road,but it seems to me that our drivers are doing everything to bring about a situation whereby you HAVE to be aligned to a dispatcher,and they seem to want to give up the right to work independently of these dispatching scumbags.this is unfair to drivers who wish to remain independent

[The Liffey Lip]

I was introducing a bit of levity to the thing, Dalyer. Look- when every last fool is hanging as bait on the MyTaxi hook there'll still be the need for fellows picking up off the street. When those not too fond of technology are deceased, there won't be an Irishman driving a Taxi anyway.