Cork TD leading the Uber charge in rural areas.

[Belker]

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

Ya can't blame the radio companies fer this one DM, It was the rural drivers that let it slip, they should have added on a Euro to the Fiver at every fare increase.

[john m]

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.

In time it will be totally cashless Lip but 60/70% will be here in a few years .Sum Up or Metaxi are popular with passengers .Im only a weekend driver Thursday 6 hours Friday 8 hours saturday 8 hours .Sitting at Heuston for an hour on Tuesday for an 8 euro fare dosent interest me .If I could get 3 days on the cards mon to wed id take it just to get out of the house .

[Belker]

......If I could get 3 days on the cards mon to wed id take it just to get out of the house .

What job would you do John M ?

[taxi1990]

if the taxis in the country are only charging 5 euro for a run I suppose there will be no mad rush for uber, there wont be any difference in price, the taxis might be cheaper. also how are these old men in rural areas going to use a smart phone to use uber? some of them can barely make a call from a  mobile.

[The Liffey Lip]

No need to disclose your own affairs.....i'm heading to Monaghan on Sunday to see the Dubs play. She wanted to accompany me so I decided not to do the usual...drive early and park 3 or 4 miles out of the town and walk back and then out again before driving home. We booked a B and B over the border just up the road from Clones. Asked about taxis and reliability etc.........."keyash(cash) or Keyard(Card). Says I, always cash with me.........says she....not many wanting keyards up here for the time beeong, but we've beeong tauld to ask as the drivers are afeard of it beeong reykarded.

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

[stonethecrows]

Lip that's a fckn brilllant accent. 

[Belker]

if the taxis in the country are only charging 5 euro for a run I suppose there will be no mad rush for uber, there wont be any difference in price, the taxis might be cheaper. also how are these old men in rural areas going to use a smart phone to use uber? some of them can barely make a call from a  mobile.

I suppose it will be the same as MyTaxi do it presently with the bar person having access to a Cash only account.

Maybe a few locals might see this as a good way of making a birra grade at the weekend, but give em a few weeks doing our job of driving the drunks home at night and they won't be long changing dere tune !

[taxi1990]

this TD reckons this will be used in towns with a population of less than 5000. i know of towns with populations under 5000 where they have any amount of hackneys, taxis and buses so what he is saying is rubbish. he mentions that people will work for uber as a way to make extra money. what about the drivers it will put out of business?

[The Liffey Lip]

Lip that's a fckn brilllant accent. 

Ah...more Cavan than Monaghan but how and ever. Raging she's coming as she was to go to a religious gathering in Norn Iron but the Derry bomb put her off. Armagh and Monaghan accents are very tricky..........like a Cavan man sitting on the jacks with 3 litres of Kerosene.

[Rat Catcher]

MYTAXI Ireland is owned by a guy in Shankill.

Mytaxi Network Ireland Ltd has one shareholder i.e. Mytaxi Network Ltd, a UK corporation that is ultimately a subsidiary of Intelligent Apps GmbH which is a subsidiary of Moovel GmbH which is a subsidiary Daimler Mobility Services GmbH. However, the upper end of the corporate structure is set to change in the near future when all companies held by Daimler Mobility Services GmbH will be transferred to a new holding company under a 50/50 joint venture between Daimler and BMW which was announced last year, around the same time as mytaxi lost another in a very very very very long line of CEOs with Andrew Pinnington's resignation. Rumour suggests that the new holding company is to be named Jurbey and will be based in Berlin.

[The Liffey Lip]

Wasn't Pinnington linked to Laura Winkles or Winkless of the future of driving is driverless cars fame? Can't remember her name but she was on the board of a few of these "ones to watch" start-ups in England and America.

[dalymount]

I would jave no problem accepting  cc work,in fact id welcome it.but if it ever becomes the case that drivers cannot make a living because they are not with an app,or dispatcher,this will be because drivers willingly gave up the righe NOT to be aligned.they sold out their colleagues who wished to remain independent in favour of allowing middle mem into the industry

[Rat Catcher]

Dunno, LL... he was the one that revealed the firm's autonomous vehicle aspirations though, 20% within 10 years was the stated target, if memory serves. They go through so many CEOs it's hard to keep track... Pinnington used to work for Carphone Warehouse, lives near Guilford as it goes...

[Belker]

this TD reckons this will be used in towns with a population of less than 5000. i know of towns with populations under 5000 where they have any amount of hackneys, taxis and buses so what he is saying is rubbish. he mentions that people will work for uber as a way to make extra money. what about the drivers it will put out of business?

Most likely the insurance companies will insist that they be insured fer Hire and Reward, because they are Hired and are being Rewarded the same as us. And probably that will Kill it off before the starting gates even open. A First time rural uber driver may be looking at at 7K insurance bill with 0% NCD on a Hire and Reward policy.

[The Liffey Lip]

Dunno, LL... he was the one that revealed the firm's autonomous vehicle aspirations though, 20% within 10 years was the stated target, if memory serves. They go through so many CEOs it's hard to keep track... Pinnington used to work for Carphone Warehouse, lives near Guilford as it goes...

I recall her being listed as some "genius" by a well-known funder of "scientific initiatives". That said, George Dubya secured a pass degree from Yale because of said funding. I do know Pinnington is a Goldman Sachs man........and he has some gaff in Rathmichael.