TONY ALLWRIGHT,
Madam, - Ryanair's Michael O'Leary is to be congratulated for his customary enterprise in buying a €6,000 taxi-plate so his chauffeur-driven Mercedes can whisk him home via the bus lanes (The Irish Times, March 4th).
He has brought to light the senseless provision that allows taxis to use bus lanes, even when carrying only one passenger - or none. In such circumstances, the taxi contributes nothing to the reduction of road use.
Far better would be a rule that any vehicle with four or more occupants can use the bus lanes. Easy for the Garda to enforce, this would reward people who pool their cars and consign under-used vehicles to the gridlock to which they are contributing. - Yours, etc.,
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TONY ALLWRIGHT,
Killiney,
Co Dublin.