The solution won’t be with taxis, it’ll be running more buses (and the trains/trams) late, at least over the Christmas period. I know we’re slowly getting more with Bus Connects (although they’re still very reticent about that outside Dublin for some reason) but that won’t fix immediate problems.
To add to the GP shortage, dentist shortage, housing shortage, hospitality worker shortage, childcare shortage, etc. etc.
This will truely be our winter of discontent.
Trackie bottom sellers are starting to panic.
What kind of money would a taxi driver be earning, anyone know?
Why are people against UBER and the likes again?
Yeah a shortage for the rush hours, thats it.
not really surprised, a lot literally had no work over the pandemic
Well if said App would stop riding the taxi drivers and users into the ground to use it then it might incentivise more taxi drivers. That app is a curse to the industry.
As a UK taxi driver, so would have no experience of the Irish ones, but just in general we are the same and are hit by the massive price rises in our outgoings which decimate our income.
Fuel, insurance, licensing, maintenance etc all gone through the whole roof yet when drivers want a fare increase to increase their income customers kick up a stink and moan about it for days and weeks.
Since COVID lockdowns I only do School Runs yet still guzzle through £80-100 in diesel per week which is roughly 25% of my weekly wage. Then you have to consider the drivers health – no sick pay no holiday pay.
Would you get in a taxi knowing the driver has not had a proper break or enough sleep in 24 hrs?
Unfortunately I nearly paid that price 12hr night shift and tried to do a 9 hr day shift after a 3 hour nap in the car in-between – I fell asleep at the wheel for a split second luckily hitting the curb woke me and not head on into a car coming the other way!
Then on top of it you have these vulture app companies driving down the proper taxi drivers wages. The driver’s had to take these companies to court to get what they were entitled to! Says a lot about the app companies!
Fuck UBER!!!!
The only real answer is to allow uber. I am regularly in Madrid and just both taxis and ubers there. Sometimes taxis are cheaper than an Uber. People who object to uber and the gig economy are still happy to use food delivery services.
Taxis are a rip off, can’t be fixed, and as public transport isn’t going to improve any time soon then just allow uber.
Bring in real Uber.
They’re not been paid enough.
I have zero sympathy for taxi drivers. Throughout my youth spent in Swords, from time to time in need of a ride home after a few scoops in Dublin, these people ripped me off at every opportunity. They were a uniform disgrace; happy to take advantage of me, knowing well I wouldn’t put up much of a fight if they refused me a lift or, even worse, demanded of me double fare. Scum.
I got a taxi out of Waterford last week and the driver was talking about this in regards to wexford Town. He said he used to drive there but gave it up as the general scumbaggery (paraphrasing) was too much to deal with. People wrecking his taxi, doing runners and being aggressive, abusive, racist. He said a lot of taxi drivers he knows are refusing to do wexford town altogether now. Can’t blame them
The taxi regulator will give them another increase.
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There’s already a shortage.
The solution won’t be with taxis, it’ll be running more buses (and the trains/trams) late, at least over the Christmas period. I know we’re slowly getting more with Bus Connects (although they’re still very reticent about that outside Dublin for some reason) but that won’t fix immediate problems.
To add to the GP shortage, dentist shortage, housing shortage, hospitality worker shortage, childcare shortage, etc. etc.
This will truely be our winter of discontent.
Trackie bottom sellers are starting to panic.
What kind of money would a taxi driver be earning, anyone know?
Why are people against UBER and the likes again?
Yeah a shortage for the rush hours, thats it.
not really surprised, a lot literally had no work over the pandemic
Well if said App would stop riding the taxi drivers and users into the ground to use it then it might incentivise more taxi drivers. That app is a curse to the industry.
As a UK taxi driver, so would have no experience of the Irish ones, but just in general we are the same and are hit by the massive price rises in our outgoings which decimate our income.
Fuel, insurance, licensing, maintenance etc all gone through the whole roof yet when drivers want a fare increase to increase their income customers kick up a stink and moan about it for days and weeks.
Since COVID lockdowns I only do School Runs yet still guzzle through £80-100 in diesel per week which is roughly 25% of my weekly wage. Then you have to consider the drivers health – no sick pay no holiday pay.
Would you get in a taxi knowing the driver has not had a proper break or enough sleep in 24 hrs?
Unfortunately I nearly paid that price 12hr night shift and tried to do a 9 hr day shift after a 3 hour nap in the car in-between – I fell asleep at the wheel for a split second luckily hitting the curb woke me and not head on into a car coming the other way!
Then on top of it you have these vulture app companies driving down the proper taxi drivers wages. The driver’s had to take these companies to court to get what they were entitled to! Says a lot about the app companies!
Fuck UBER!!!!
The only real answer is to allow uber. I am regularly in Madrid and just both taxis and ubers there. Sometimes taxis are cheaper than an Uber. People who object to uber and the gig economy are still happy to use food delivery services.
Taxis are a rip off, can’t be fixed, and as public transport isn’t going to improve any time soon then just allow uber.
Bring in real Uber.
They’re not been paid enough.
I have zero sympathy for taxi drivers. Throughout my youth spent in Swords, from time to time in need of a ride home after a few scoops in Dublin, these people ripped me off at every opportunity. They were a uniform disgrace; happy to take advantage of me, knowing well I wouldn’t put up much of a fight if they refused me a lift or, even worse, demanded of me double fare. Scum.
I got a taxi out of Waterford last week and the driver was talking about this in regards to wexford Town. He said he used to drive there but gave it up as the general scumbaggery (paraphrasing) was too much to deal with. People wrecking his taxi, doing runners and being aggressive, abusive, racist. He said a lot of taxi drivers he knows are refusing to do wexford town altogether now. Can’t blame them
The taxi regulator will give them another increase.
Quick, more Nigerians.
Why can’t we have Uber ?