Primetime Investigates Dodgy Taxis Ltd

Absurdum

easily identifiable too, guess who's out of a job in the morning?

Chuck Stone

Christ it's nearly as bad as the banking industry.

No offence to taxi drivers.

meemeep

bad2dabone wrote: »

lets say I get to a rank to hire a cab and the one at the front is a junker, what would happen if I chose to get into one further back that looked in good shape?

you'd have to wait for it to get to top of queue

robtri

meemeep wrote: »

you'd have to wait for it to get to top of queue

technically he can pick any car he wants....

doesnt have to pick forst car in que...

bad2dabone

one more for the dole que tomorrow. That NCT inspector is a joker.

medicsie

meemeep wrote: »

you'd have to wait for it to get to top of queue

It is the customer's choice as to which taxi he/she takes, regardless of order in queue.

staker

Lads this is unreal stuff if true

Big Nelly

If you worked with that guy in NCT centre you would know him straight away!!!

paulgalway

bad2dabone wrote: »

lets say I get to a rank to hire a cab and the one at the front is a junker, what would happen if I chose to get into one further back that looked in good shape?

Taxi Regulator rules states you can get into any taxi in a rank, you don't even have to give a reason for skipping the cars at the top of the rank/que.

Chuck Stone

meemeep wrote: »

you'd have to wait for it to get to top of queue

I doubt it. You can't stop someone from getting into a car not at the front. How are you going to stop them? Assault?

I refuse to get into the junkers because it's totally unfair on the cabbies who make an effort.

Judgement Day

bad2dabone wrote: »

one more for the dole que tomorrow. That NCT inspector is a joker.

It should be two more for jail not the xxxx dole!!:mad:

Atlantic Dawn

Shocking stuff, Joe Duffy must be glad he took this week off, poor lad taking his place will have the phonelines hammered out of it tomorrow.

bad2dabone

paulgalway wrote: »

Taxi Regulator rules states you can get into any taxi in a rank, you don't even have to give a reason for skipping the cars at the top of the rank/que.

I think i'll be exercising my rights to choose the cab in future. Thanks lads.

leincar

For every full time legitimate driver on our streets, be they black, white, yellow, or pink they have my wholehearted sympathy. This programme is absolutely shocking and the taxi regulator Kathleen Doyle has to resign or be sacked.

Taxi drivers have been talking about these problems for years now and have been universally laughed at, sneered at, or ignored. I think that has to change now.

NCT dude is a bit of a reject.

paulgalway

Is it true that from June the test has to be done yearly on cars 10yrs and older?

These guys taking on the take will be laughing all the way to the bank.

meemeep

bad2dabone wrote: »

I think i'll be exercising my rights to choose the cab in future. Thanks lads.

didn't know that thanks - I've been told before I had to wait for chosen car to get to top of queue.

foxinsox

That pees me off about the NCT's..

All the money I've spent getting stuff fixed on various bangers to get them through the NCT so I can continue to drive..

and these gobsheens just paying €100 and getting those pieces of crap cars to pass the NCT..

This country sometimes needs a good kick in the arse! :mad:

Atlantic Dawn

paulgalway wrote: »

Is it true that from June the test has to be done yearly on cars 10yrs and older?

These guys taking on the take will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Yes.

Atlantic Dawn

Patsy K is doing a piece on it on Frontline, should be fun with the audience participation.

alias no.9

baldbear wrote: »

This will give some people more excuses not to get in taxis drove by black people.

No, it should give people reason not to get into obvious sh!tboxes. You don't have to take the first car at the rank.

johnos1984

The NCT centers deserve a programme on their own:eek:

kona

How are people suprised at this ****, its obvious, and there has been a number of threads recentley that got quite heated about Taxis.

Its Ireland, its corrupt always has been always will be. The NCT is a ****ing joke, Im glad its been shown up as the sham that it is.

And nobody is getting fired over this. Funny how all the cars that were heaps were the cars mentioned on here to be "bulletproof".

JamesBond2010

paulgalway wrote: »

Is it true that from June the test has to be done yearly on cars 10yrs and older?

These guys taking on the take will be laughing all the way to the bank.

give him a 100e u will get ur nct for 3 yrs

RobAMerc

jesus - this is sick.

Is there anything in this country that not just a façade backed up by a corrupt pile of fookin sh1t :mad: After years of politicians blocking the introduction of the NCT because it wasn't popular, now we find its a complete pile of sh1t anyway ( as well as too lenient ). FFS - then again I suppose when the politicians are as bent as that of any other banana republic - we shouldn't expect the standards of the rest of us to be any better.

paulgalway

Based on the program, they now need to explain why the 9 year rule was removed.

Johnnio13

Cionád wrote: »

The rapist was white, the drink driver was white, the minibus woman was white...

And all over weight. Have they not been watching the safe food ads!

brotherrabbit

Love how the taxi reg declined to comment!, seeing the state of them cars " passing" an NCT is shocking and worrying

Seth Brundle

staker wrote: »

That lady was pretty innocent in my book,ignorant as f***, but innocent.
She couldn't see the harm in it at all.

She knowingly is bring 2 or three times the number permissible in her van - permissible had she a valid permit. Kids standing inside the bus - no seatbelts for them.
She may not be insured.
Her actions could have resulted in many deaths had she been involved in an impact.
F**K her!!!
She can afford a boat parked on her drive but not to ensure kids in her care are looked after?
She is not innocent.

Big Nelly wrote: »

If you worked with that guy in NCT centre you would know him straight away!!!

There were two featured from there. Also, one has to presume that they are not alone in there.

foxinsox wrote: »

That pees me off about the NCT's..

All the money I've spent getting stuff fixed on various bangers to get them through the NCT so I can continue to drive..

and these gobsheens just paying €100 and getting those pieces of crap cars to pass the NCT..

This country sometimes needs a good kick in the arse! :mad:

Are you not glad that your own car was made legal?
That shouldn't be a factor in your reason for loathing the scammin scum featured in the programme.

johnos1984

RobAMerc wrote: »

jesus - this is sick.

Is there anything in this country that not just a façade backed up by a corrupt pile of fookin sh1t :mad:

My mechanic has been saying for a number of years that he could NCT a scuttery ****.

It's shocking yes, but something I have heard about before

EDIT: just to add he hasn't but it pisses him off that others do

alias no.9

Big Nelly wrote: »

If you worked with that guy in NCT centre you would know him straight away!!!

[Ali G]Is it because him is black[/Ali G], no because he was a White Irish man. Cries of racism on account of anything in this show do real damage to genuine victims of racism.

jackbauer

johnos1984 wrote: »

The NCT centers deserve a programme on their own:eek:

Agreed. Call me naive but i thought the nct to be foolproof to this sort of thing like the new mot in the uk. I think of the hoops i had to jump through last year to get a cert. Some hen brain can just walk in with a junker and presto instant pass.

Even more annoying is the attitude of those on top. What's the bets a few low level testers , maybe a shift supervisor get the chop and the higher ups just walk away scot free and say "see , we cleaned house. all's well" :mad:

Jigga

What a surprise the Chairman of the RSA Gay Byrne wasn't interviewed in the programme, suppose they couldn't ask an RTE legend a few tough questions :rolleyes:.

Fozzie Bear

leincar wrote: »

For every full time legitimate driver on our streets, be they black, white, yellow, or pink they have my wholehearted sympathy. This programme is absolutely shocking and the taxi regulator Kathleen Doyle has to resign or be sacked.

Taxi drivers have been talking about these problems for years now and have been universally laughed at, sneered at, or ignored. I think that has to change now.

Not having a go or anything but I thought she was trying to reform the Taxi industry? Things like having cars no older then 9 years as taxi's, having them painted a specific uniform colour ala the yellow cabs in New York etc. Were these basic attempts not fiercely resisted by the taxi drivers themselves and the unions? I could be wrong but I think thats partially the case, no?

ballsymchugh

seriously, those cars coming out of the (original unbribed) NCT that are unroadworthy should be forced to park up and not allowed to be driven away.
if the cops in the UK pull you over and do a few small checks and find your car unroadworthy, you have to make other plans to get home. you just don't drive that car again until you produce a new MOT to the local cop shop. how you get the car to the mechanic and on to the MOT is your problem, but you just don't drive it.

nizo888

Fat racist in the audience on the Frontline complaining about people not speaking English properly. Bizarre!

The Muppet

I had heard of genuine NCT certs available at a price but I never really believed it until tonight. Shocking.

johnos1984

nizo888 wrote: »

Fat racist in the audience on the Frontline complaining about people not speaking English properly. Bizarre!

Have you ever spent an hour doing a tour of Dublin at 3 in the morning because some twonk can't understand where your going?

Basic skills and language are important for the job. I go with any driver but if they start feckin around they get a 'set fee'

_Kaiser_

nizo888 wrote: »

Fat racist in the audience on the Frontline complaining about people not speaking English properly. Bizarre!

*sigh* knew this would be raised

To give her the benefit of the doubt, her point that if you're dealing with someone who has a very poor grasp of the language, doesn't know where they're going, and is overcharging you as a result is still a valid one - REGARDLESS of what color the driver is!

I'm sick to death of this ridiculous attitude that if mention anything about a non-national in this country then you must be a "racist" and therefore your whole point is suddenly invalid that is so prevalent on this Boards.

For balance (and comedy value - before someone ELSE gets offended!) I couldn't understand a word the Cork fella said either

Onearmedbandit

First of all the prime time program was excellent and I reckon that a whole feckin series could have been done as i think that there is probably a million other cases of fraud. Taxi regulator needs to go and a full system change needs to happen.

I wonder if you buy a car with an nct just got can you sue the nct center if subsequently you find faults that could not have happened quickly.

baldbear

nizo888 wrote: »

Fat racist in the audience on the Frontline complaining about people not speaking English properly. Bizarre!

Yes fat but racist? It's very annoying getting in a taxi and the driver can bearly speak English. If you can't communicate with the customer you shouldn't be allowed be a taxi driver imo.

Wheelie King

Just another day in Ireland the banana republic

Wheelie King

baldbear wrote: »

Yes fat but racist? It's very annoying getting in a taxi and the driver can bearly speak English. If you can't communicate with the customer you shouldn't be allowed be a taxi driver imo.

+1. She came across badly but her point is a valid one.

alias no.9

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

For balance (and comedy value before someone ELSE gets offended!) I couldn't understand a word the Cork fella said either

Neither could I, and I'm from Cork

Absurdum

kona wrote: »

Its Ireland, its corrupt always has been always will be. The NCT is a ****ing joke, Im glad its been shown up as the sham that it is.

London is full of touts - unlicensed cars masquerading as minicabs - they're always hanging around nightclubs and late-night venues. I've seen the same in other British towns. Dodgy MOT's are easily obtainable over there too.

I was robbed at gunpoint by a fake taxi driver in Argentina before, and believe me, even the genuine taxis over there are a hundred times worse than the worst ones here. A friend of mine also got ripped off by an unlicensed cab in New York when he arrived in JFK airport.

Seth Brundle

Jigga wrote: »

What a surprise the Chairman of the RSA Gay Byrne wasn't interviewed in the programme, suppose they couldn't ask an RTE legend a few tough questions :rolleyes:.

Did you not see anyone from the RSA on the show. I did! :rolleyes:

_Kaiser_

johnos1984 wrote: »

Basic skills and language are important for the job.

This is very true (or should be) for ANY job that involves dealing with the public - be it a taxi driver or a doctor or the person who serves you your burger in McDonalds!

If you want to work here you should be able to speak the language - in the same way as if you go to Germany or France, you'll be expected to learn the local language rapidly.

Absurdum

kbannon wrote: »

Did you not see anyone from the RSA on the show. I did! :rolleyes:

shhh we want Gaybo blood

Ken.

Sorry for off topic post but i cannot believe that's what conor faughnan looks like. I've heard him on various radio show's over the years but never seen him. I had a completely different picture in my head.

staker

kbannon wrote: »

She knowingly is bring 2 or three times the number permissible in her van - permissible had she a valid permit. Kids standing inside the bus - no seatbelts for them.
She may not be insured.
Her actions could have resulted in many deaths had she been involved in an impact.
F**K her!!!
She can afford a boat parked on her drive but not to ensure kids in her care are looked after?
She is not innocent.

She's innocent to the way the world has changed on the roads. There's a lot of people oblivious to what's right and what's wrong on the roads these days-outside lane hoggers,indicators as keyring holders,look in the "parking thread"...
Innocent was probably the wrong word,stupid or uneducated would have been better.