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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 23:58:10 GMT -1
Jeez. I hope the guy wasn't hurt? Good people of Perth WA giving it shove! We've all been there though, haven't we. Mind the Gap and all that.. In Switzerland last month, much as their trains are dead sexy, what with the double-decker Casey Jones big-fuckoff-locomotive thing going on, I was rather alarmed at having to yes..leap about a yard atween platform and train. Loads of folks had to help other folks get on... Mind you, not nearly as dangerous as some new UKE taxis, them big stupit vans whose doors are impossible to open/close from inside AND out. They have these wee retractable steps that're about 3 inches wide, they're supposed to aid you climbing up a foot or so into the cab. These cabs are a fecking nightmare. The worst design EVER! If you manage to get in in the first place, guaranteed you bump your head off the roof or twist a muscle trying to shut the bloody door! Most folks I know (including me) actively avoid hailing these *new* taxis and wait until a PROPER one comes by.
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Post by ozneil on Aug 7, 2014 0:15:33 GMT -1
He was very lucky the only thing that was hurt was his pride, and a couple of bruises. The railway people asked the passengers first to move to the other side of the carriage to try and tilt it. That didnt work so then they asked the passengers to get out and try and push it over a bit ... that worked... Train was 15 minutes late. Pic Sydney Taxi or this if you prefer No trouble with doors but step in can be a bit awkward. Also limited as to destinations Incidentally the building next to the Opera house is very, very expensive home u n i t s (flats) and is known irrelevantly as "the Toaster" much to the disgust of the owners Water taxi passing Pinch Gut Island Convicts were marooned there as a punishment. It was renamed Fort Denison and the Martello tower built during Crimea war
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Post by ozneil on Aug 7, 2014 23:55:59 GMT -1
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Post by notanimby on Aug 8, 2014 6:15:17 GMT -1
Jeez. I hope the guy wasn't hurt? Good people of Perth WA giving it shove! We've all been there though, haven't we. Mind the Gap and all that.. In Switzerland last month, much as their trains are dead sexy, what with the double-decker Casey Jones big-fuckoff-locomotive thing going on, I was rather alarmed at having to yes..leap about a yard atween platform and train. Loads of folks had to help other folks get on... Mind you, not nearly as dangerous as some new UKE taxis, them big stupit vans whose doors are impossible to open/close from inside AND out. They have these wee retractable steps that're about 3 inches wide, they're supposed to aid you climbing up a foot or so into the cab. These cabs are a fecking nightmare. The worst design EVER! If you manage to get in in the first place, guaranteed you bump your head off the roof or twist a muscle trying to shut the bloody door! Most folks I know (including me) actively avoid hailing these *new* taxis and wait until a PROPER one comes by. They make them in Glasgow - Allied Vehicles - main reason for them is disabled access
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 18:29:32 GMT -1
I'm all for modifying design to enable disabled folks to get out and about. Don't get me wrong. BUT they're badly designed for non-disabled folks, cos the cab driver on spotting you're able, doesn't open and close the impossibly heavy doors behind you.
Most people I know, who're not disabled, HATE the things. They're not built to be user-friendly for anyone who isn't a big strong guy.
So that, in my view, is bad design! TBH, many cab drivers have said the exact same thing when they have to get out to help me shut the bloody door!
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Post by notanimby on Aug 8, 2014 22:46:10 GMT -1
I'm all for modifying design to enable disabled folks to get out and about. Don't get me wrong. BUT they're badly designed for non-disabled folks, cos the cab driver on spotting you're able, doesn't open and close the impossibly heavy doors behind you. Most people I know, who're not disabled, HATE the things. They're not built to be user-friendly for anyone who isn't a big strong guy. So that, in my view, is bad design! TBH, many cab drivers have said the exact same thing when they have to get out to help me shut the bloody door! Electric doors are an option on them, lots of taxi drivers just to tight to invest in them You are right, the wee step didnae come out far enough If your right handed its easier to get out the left hand side ( as you look forward inside the taxi) opposite if yer caurii-haunded as ma grannie used tae say. I've emerged from a few in an undignified manner a few times
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 2:40:18 GMT -1
[quote source="/post/27315/thread" timestamp="1407526172" author="@rolo" I've emerged from a few in an undignified manner a few times HELL yeah! Mind that bit in Abfab where Patsy and Eddie completely fall out of a cab...and Eddie gives it weaving down the path while Patsy's all over the pavement? Moi. We've all done it. Ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa!
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Post by celyn on Aug 11, 2014 0:09:56 GMT -1
I thought it was just me that hated those taxis! Yes, I will often try to make sure to get a nice normal old style thing. Perfectly pleased that they're mean to be good for disabled access, but do they have to be such a mountain-climbing experience for the rest of us?
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Post by ozneil on Aug 11, 2014 0:16:33 GMT -1
Disabled cab Sydney
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Post by notanimby on Aug 11, 2014 9:04:42 GMT -1
Disabled cab Sydney That type of vehicle here, tends to be used by the disabled person themselves rather than as a taxi - that sort of conversion is very expensive Most of teh ones available here tend to be based on vans, they tend to be cheaper, more space and conform to turning circle requirements
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 20:17:57 GMT -1
I thought it was just me that hated those taxis! Yes, I will often try to make sure to get a nice normal old style thing. Perfectly pleased that they're mean to be good for disabled access, but do they have to be such a mountain-climbing experience for the rest of us? I'm not so sure they ARE so good for disabled access. For those in wheelchairs, yes, cos they do the ramp thing and also the secure seatbelt thing, this is all good. But for the less mobile NOT in wheelchairs, OH no. And even completely mobile people have bother with them, having to double-down in half to get any purchase on the hideous door-closing mechanism, that only works properly from the OUTSIDE! Unless you're a big strong weightlifting kinda guy, which clearly the majority of the population are NOT As coincidink would have it, outside Gartnavel Hospital this very morning, one of these abominations drew up just as I was leaving a routine clinic visit. Inside, an elderly lady, late 80s, with a walking stick. She couldn't get the door open and cabbie had to come round, open it and help her down the vertically challenging tiny wee step. He did so with good grace, I'm happy to say. Not everyone drives, not everyone has access to a car-- or a lift when you need it. I often wonder if they're forgotten in the scheme of public transport thangs.
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Post by ozneil on Aug 12, 2014 21:20:55 GMT -1
Think I told this b4.
Old lady in Central Sydney on a pouring wet night flagged down a cop car thinking it was a taxi (both Ford Falcons) got into back seat and asked to be taken to Pyrmont (not very far) the young cop radioed in asking what he should do. The controller said as it was wet night he had better take her there.
Reporters used to monitor police frequencies for stories that's how it hit the papers. now they cant
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Post by notanimby on Aug 12, 2014 21:36:15 GMT -1
Think I told this b4. Old lady in Central Sydney on a pouring wet night flagged down a cop car thinking it was a taxi (both Ford Falcons) got into back seat and asked to be taken to Pyrmont (not very far) the young cop radioed in asking what he should do. The controller said as it was wet night he had better take her there. Reporters used to monitor police frequencies for stories that's how it hit the papers. now they cant This must be a wind up, you've tellt us before that it never rains there...................
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Post by ozneil on Aug 12, 2014 21:52:07 GMT -1
Think I told this b4. Old lady in Central Sydney on a pouring wet night flagged down a cop car thinking it was a taxi (both Ford Falcons) got into back seat and asked to be taken to Pyrmont (not very far) the young cop radioed in asking what he should do. The controller said as it was wet night he had better take her there. Reporters used to monitor police frequencies for stories that's how it hit the papers. now they cant This must be a wind up, you've tellt us before that it never rains there................... Course it doesnt, during the day its called "liquid sunshine" at night its a "heavy dew".
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Post by ozneil on Aug 13, 2014 0:18:13 GMT -1
Think I told this b4. Old lady in Central Sydney on a pouring wet night flagged down a cop car thinking it was a taxi (both Ford Falcons) got into back seat and asked to be taken to Pyrmont (not very far) the young cop radioed in asking what he should do. The controller said as it was wet night he had better take her there. Reporters used to monitor police frequencies for stories that's how it hit the papers. now they cant This must be a wind up, you've tellt us before that it never rains there................... Actually we get more rain than you 1302mm against 1109mm in Glasgow mind you it only rains in 143 days here against your 201. We dsont get that depressing continual drizzle it come in big dollops perhaps 40mm in an hour or so then clouds roll away, very unusual to rain all day. Bit warmer here av 18°C against your 9°C Now if you go to my home city, Brisbane, the figures are the rainfall 1225 mm on 124 days and ave temp 21°C wonderful climate! BTW QANTAS has several flights a day to Sydney
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