Cork TD leading the Uber charge in rural areas.

[john m]

FF are now supporting this idea .Election time comming this is a vote winner in down the country .Rideshare was always comming and Metaxi app will cover the work .Now who was it arned about this and was laughed at ?

[The Liffey Lip]

Everything I say is laughed at.............do you care? Robots...you having a laugh you mad conspiracy theorist!

https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/robots-are-delivering-pizza-and-doughnuts-to-students-at-an-american-university-899571.html

[taxi1990]

Meanwhile, the 'Ruxi' idea was debated at last night's Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting. Dubin TD Colm Brophy was among those who questioned the proposals. He asked whether the service would work if licensed taxi drivers had higher insurance costs than drivers using their own cars.

[The Liffey Lip]

Anyway, the SDLP and FF are in talks at the mo relating to all-Ireland pacts and all that.

[The Liffey Lip]

Meanwhile, the 'Ruxi' idea was debated at last night's Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting. Dubin TD Colm Brophy was among those who questioned the proposals. He asked whether the service would work if licensed taxi drivers had higher insurance costs than drivers using their own cars.

Again..........Healy-Raes very quiet at the mo.......

[dalymount]

What makes me smile about these people is,they would NEVER ask the publican for a discount on the price of their drink,yet they think the taxi driver should give them a discount.the first time a taxi driver agreed to accept a fare for this amount,unfortunately he set a precedent for the rest of his colleagues.I can tell you they would be braking up the wrong tree with me,I would never give a discount,and its not because of the money involved,its just the principle of the thing. The blame does not entirely lie with the drivers though,didnt Ebbs. Kelley,Kearns etc introduce this discounting culture some years ago at the drivers expense

[The Liffey Lip]

What makes me smile about these people is,they would NEVER ask the publican for a discount on the price of their drink,yet they think the taxi driver should give them a discount.the first time a taxi driver agreed to accept a fare for this amount,unfortunately he set a precedent for the rest of his colleagues.I can tell you they would be braking up the wrong tree with me,I would never give a discount,and its not because of the money involved,its just the principle of the thing. The blame does not entirely lie with the drivers though,didnt Ebbs. Kelley,Kearns etc introduce this discounting culture some years ago at the drivers expense

About 5 yrs ago I left the sticks for that very reason, Dalyer. I was blacklisted because I would not bend on metering and fares due. I eventually realised that I'd starve if I stayed or become a kept man as the woman had a decent job as a school-teacher. i legged it to the midlands and discovered the same thing happening..........you have a choice...comply or die...........or go back to Dublin.

[stonethecrows]

Yep. mytaxi (who you prefer to Irish taxi firms) pay new drivers a bonus of c.€1,000 for passing the test... after they teach them how to pass the test.

MYTAXI Ireland is owned by a guy in Shankill.

Do the virgin drivers then have to sign up / stay with MYT for a certain period of time ?

[Belker]

That is the rural way of life DM, if you don't do it their way well some other driver will and you will go home with empty pockets.

[dalymount]

Its Illegal not to use the meter,and its even more illegal for the kunts not to pay the fare shown on the meter

[Belker]

Yep. mytaxi (who you prefer to Irish taxi firms) pay new drivers a bonus of c.€1,000 for passing the test... after they teach them how to pass the test.

Do the virgin drivers then have to sign up / stay with MYT for a certain period of time ?

Once they sign up, they get a 250Euro Bobo per week fer the First Four weeks if they complete 60 jobs per week.

[Belker]

Its Illegal not to use the meter,and its even more illegal for the kunts not to pay the fare shown on the meter

It is illegal not to run the meter, but it is Not illegal to charge less than the metered fare.
The rural drivers made a rod fer their own back and it is gonna be very hard to beak away from it.

[dalymount]

Only way they can change it is by standing together,but it will be the same old story some will stand together,while others will see it as an opportunity to milk the situation. Blame the radio companies who introduced a discounting culture

[john m]

In my submission to the review I suggested Dublin,Cork,Galway all taxies should be Wheelchair accessable and everywhere else should be hacks .If you reduce the cost of providing a rural service you can reduce the fares and the driver still makes coin.This industry has changed with apps Firstly it allows control of the work plus it can record who is driving who and where .The upside of that is more security for both passengers and drivers .As you know I have always said we will get Rideshare and Metaxi will have workcapture and control the flow of work .This game is in transition in three or four years you wont be able to make a living unless you are with a dispatch or app and 60 or 70% of work will be CC ,.The Legend that was FDS once said taxidriving is a part time gig If I was a young man with a family and morgage I would be looking for a job on the cards and taxi part time .The writing is on the wall for the taxi business its just most drivers cant read.

[The Liffey Lip]

I'll go one better........it'll be 100% cc work, John. Any driver rejecting cc payment will be hauled in over the coals.....whether it's a 4pm trip from the Silver Tassie to Loughlinstown or a 4am job from the Clayton to Mayo.