Richard Commins Invents Service to Get You Home Safely

A new service, Dash, will allow students to get taxis even when they have no cash, bank card, or phone while ensuring the drivers get paid. Dash (Driving All Students Home ) was created by NUI Galway final year Business Information Systems student Richie Commins and is currently available in Galway City and will be launched nationwide in January 2017.

Richie, from Claregalway, came up with the idea after being left in situations many times without the physical means to get taxis. Research carried out with the NUI Galway Students’ Union verified that students often do not have the means to get a taxi at the end of the night leading to the safety of students being put in jeopardy.

Students simply need to sign up for free at the website, www.dashcabz.ie/ and upload a photo of themselves and a bank card to pay for emergency taxis. Richie has designed a simple app for taxi drivers so even if a students gets into a taxi with nothing, all they have to do is tell the driver their name and four digit pin for the driver to view the student on the app. The driver verifies the student by their photo, sees their method of payment and takes them home at no extra cost.