sam h said:So I had the previledge of directing him around Dublin and then handing over €20 !!
I thought taxi drivers had to demonstrate local knowledge in order to pass the PSV licence test...
Well there are only 36 multiple-choice questions relating to your selected county (plus 54 questions relating to the rules and regulations) in the SPSV Test, that's all it takes to know your region and you only need 80% to pass. So that does not really demonstrate you know the area.
A driver needs to know more about the rules than the region he is working in, what for crazy way of doing things.
I frequently choose the taxi that I want from the rank (to which I'm entitled) and if the driver does not know where I'm going and won't engage his satnav, I leave him and choose a different one (to which I'm also entitled) plus I send a text to the regulator. Those people should not be on the street.
I'm really struggling with this post.
I frequently choose the taxi that I want from the rank (to which I'm entitled)
Are you allowed to choose any taxi in the queue? I always thought you had to take the first one?
Because?
The point I'm making is that the test to become a taxi driver is not really testing that they have local knowledge.
And that I leave a cab when someone does not know a major point in Dublin and than complain about the driver to the regulator.
I found it difficult to parse your sentences.
Is there entitlement? I thought it was simply an accordant, business transaction.
Well the regulator thinks I'm entitled....
In regard to taking the first taxi at rank, I have gone to middle of rank and have been told to take top taxi- If this happens now i just cross the road pull a taxi on the street and assume rank does not want my business. Their is plenty taxi's out their now.
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