Use Driver Check to ensure your driver is legal and licensed.
The Driver Check App from Transport for Ireland allows taxi users nationwide to check that the taxi they are about to hire has been registered correctly with the National Transport Authority and the person driving it has been Garda vetted and licenced.
Users can search by car registration number, roof sign number or the driver licence number from the dashboard ID. The real-time vehicle and driver status (including a photo of the driver) will be displayed for all compliant operators. If that information is not displayed, click the “Report” button to alert the NTA Compliance team and chose another cab. You can also click the “Email to Friend” button to email your trip details to a registered email, your own or a friend’s, so you know what taxi you took – important for that lost mobile phone!
This service clearly protects passengers, but also the interests of the vast majority of fully compliant drivers.
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