Cork TD leading the Uber charge in rural areas.

[The Liffey Lip]

If you factor in what is purported to be happening behind the scenes, particularly NTA considering abolishing hackney licences, it all makes a lot more sense.

Yes.

[mercenary for hire]

When they get themselves on the Mytaxi app there will be nothing stopping them taking your work Belker..Mytaxi or Uber won't give a flying fuk who they upset.

[Belker]

"Liberalising taxi regulations"... that's a massive difference.The last time they did that they flooded the country with cheap taxi plates.Nowhere is Rideshare mentioned in that article.

I reckon the word "uber style" mentioned frequently in the article means Rideshare.

[Rat Catcher]

Uber-style would be fully licensed taxis. What we have to fear is it evolving into a mytaxi-style anything that moves approach.

[mercenary for hire]

Belker, Mytaxi IS Uber-style.It's just a way of describing the method of dispatching the work via an app.Rideshare is a distraction.

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, Uber doesn't use clapped out shiteboxes masquerading as limousines to cover taxi fares nor does it allow drivers accept fares outside of their licensed areas... in both cases, mytaxi does.

[mercenary for hire]

I was on an Uber forum last night out of boredom and apparently in some states in the US they have a 15-year 150000-mile restriction on what vehicles they allow on their app. That's me off the road if they ever bring in that rule.

[Belker]

Uber-style would be fully licensed taxis. What we have to fear is it evolving into a mytaxi-style anything that moves approach.

I would disagree, I reckon the 'uber style' reference was more toward the US or Aussie way of uber where anyone with a car and phone can use uber, rather that the Dublin style where licenced drivers are required.

[The Liffey Lip]

I heard from a lad who works with the brother at times that a local hack service in his town in the Wesshht has "banned" their drivers from having smart phones. Another "Evil Dublin Scheme" be the hokey. Apps is for them heathens. Nokias and Doros only.

[mercenary for hire]

Can yis imagine how much more efficient the taxi/hackney service would have been if there wasn't some fat base controller fukking things up taking backhanders.Apps are definitely a smarter way to get the work covered.

Mytaxi getting the HSE contract in Cork is starting to make more sense now.New hacks/taxis will cover the work when the taxi men don't wanna give discounts.

[Belker]

Belker, Mytaxi IS Uber-style.It's just a way of describing the method of dispatching the work via an app.Rideshare is a distraction.

No, at present it is Not !

uber (outside of Eire) provide work to anyone with a phone and a car.
MyTaxi provide work to licenced drivers only.

That all may change someday, but today that is the way it stands.

[taxi1990]

they have rural area hackney licences, i read a case lately about one of these guys who was up in court, as he was picking passengers up outside his 10km limit. i wonder how many of these rural area hackneys are operating in the country?

how much would they pay in insurance in their first year?

if there has not been many people getting these licences, it is probably because working these rural areas is not profitable to make it worth your while. then why would anyone want an uber licence to work these backwaters? they wont, why does this TD keep mentioning towns with a population of less than 7,500? does he want uber rid share in such towns? because if he opened his eyes he might see that these kind of towns have any amount of taxis, hackneys, buses and illegal taxis.

[Rat Catcher]

Your naivety is refreshing, Ken... as you clearly haven't researched the firm you work for and advertise FOC, here's another line from it's mission statement:

moovel on-demand enhances the public transit system in your city with a dynamic flexible ridesharing solution.

https://www.moovel.com/en

[Deets]

I'm not sure but if there is it will be similar to this place but it won't have a database.Even the Uber lads have their own forums.They mostly complain about the same stuff as us.

ah right, just goes to show we are a moaning pack of bastards whereever we are 

[Belker]

Your naivety is refreshing, Ken... as you clearly haven't researched the firm you work for and advertise FOC, here's another line from it's mission statement:

moovel on-demand enhances the public transit system in your city with a dynamic flexible ridesharing solution.

https://www.moovel.com/en

I know exactly whom I am working fer Stephen and I know their Goal's.

At the moment it suits me just fine, I don't advertise fer them FOC.
I advertise fer them or am an Ambassador because most importantly
I get a time preference on instant hails which is most important to me.
I also get the 8 cent off per liter of fuel and half price car washes which
is only secondary to me and Small Potatoes.
The time preference on instant hails was why I went Ambassador,
but there is no long term contract with MyTaxi, if the rules change
and I don't like them, then I can just Walk Away !