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Taxi - Bus lane

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  • 24-10-2006 1:21pm
    #1
    want2play
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    Can a taxi use the bus lane if he / she has no paying passanger?


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    mikemac
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    want2play wrote:
    Can a taxi use the bus lane if he / she has no paying passanger?

    Yes, on their way to collect a fare.
    I don't know how a Garda would prove they weren't on their way to a fare so they must have unlimited use of buslanes.


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    Big Nelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    micmclo wrote:
    Yes, on their way to collect a fare.
    I don't know how a Garda would prove they weren't on their way to a fare so they must have unlimited use of buslanes.


    Well seeing as you can wave a taxi down while standing on the St I suppose you could say they are always on the way to pick up a fare


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    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,716 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Isn't this the reason Michael O'Leary bought a taxi license a few years ago so he could skip the traffic and he generously (ahem) offered people a lift from Mullingar to Dublin for €86 each way (rhymes with banker...)


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    39. (1) A person shall not enter a with-flow bus lane with a vehicle other than an omnibus or a pedal cycle during the period indicated by means of an information plate of the type authorised by article 5 (2) of the bus lane regulations.

    (2) A person shall not enter a contra-flow bus lane with a vehicle other than an omnibus.

    (3) A person shall not enter a bus-only street with a vehicle other than an omnibus except for the purpose of access.

    (4) (a) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this bye-law shall not apply to a vehicle entering a with-flow bus lane or a contra-flow bus lane solely for the purpose—

    (i) of entering or leaving premises or property adjacent to such a bus lane, or
    (ii) of entering or leaving a road inset adjacent to such a bus lane in order to load or unload goods.
    (b) Paragraph (1) of this bye-law does not apply to a licensed public hire vehicle which is being used in the course of business as a public hire vehicle and which bears a roof sign clearly indicating that the vehicle is a street service vehicle.

    It's unclear whether this includes going to a pick up.


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Wishbone Ash wrote:
    (b) Paragraph (1) of this bye-law does not apply to a licensed public hire vehicle which is being used in the course of business as a public hire vehicle and which bears a roof sign clearly indicating that the vehicle is a street service vehicle.

    It's unclear whether this includes going to a pick up.
    That sounds to me as though it would include all driving while on duty as a taxi driver.


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    landser
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    Anan1 wrote:
    That sounds to me as though it would include all driving while on duty as a taxi driver.


    I agree, so long as the roof sign is on and he is "working" i.e. open to offers then he can use the bus lane. AFAIK, O'Leary lost the plate because he wasn;t using the taxi in the normal course of business and the taxi wasn't available for private hire, nor was he paying a taxi fare but, rather, wages to his driver


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