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I'm sure this has come up before, main problems I'd see; cost of insurance, cost of parking, lack of 'discipline' (e.g. people not returning cars when they orginally said they would, or returning them in an untidy state).
What happens if someone dings the car or smashes it? Does that mean that the next person who was relying on the car being there is without car?
Having said that, I think it's a fantastic idea. I'd be a likely customer, living close to the city center & drove just under 3,000 miles last year. What would it take to get dublin corp to look at this seriously, instead of making everything pay & display and talking about congestion charging?
you join an organisation and you pick up the car from a designated parking spot and return it there after you finish.
This system has been working fine in the states for years. This isn't an issue.Sounds like a great idea for my next Bank Job. Stolen credit card, false details etc......
It could start on a smaller scale. Identify a few neighbours who might like to car share. Most houses on my road have at least two cars per family which means that there are always 20 cars on the road not being used. 10 neighbours with 10 cars could probably reduce this to say 8 cars initially and see how they get on. There could also be a variety of cars from mainly small cars to a few larger more luxurious cars for longer trips.
The problem in "Well-off Ireland" is that people are happy to pay the high prices for cars and car ownership and the status it brings.
Brendan
The people at www.gocar.ie certainly seem to think it will work here.wonder if it would ever work here.
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