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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Old Cruser on January 13, 2014, 08:29:31 AM

Title: Boro Taxis 'will not take disabled people' in fares row
Post by: Old Cruser on January 13, 2014, 08:29:31 AM

Thoughts on this folks



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-25697433 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-25697433)




I'm thinking I actually agree with the taxi company on this one

Title: Re: Boro Taxis 'will not take disabled people' in fares row
Post by: Alsatian on January 13, 2014, 11:56:08 AM

. . . .  and would't the disabled people be in receipt of Mobility Allowance (or whatever they call it nowadays) so should be better able 'to afford it'. No offence meant here, just stating what I believe to be a fact.

Title: Re: Boro Taxis 'will not take disabled people' in fares row
Post by: Fly on January 13, 2014, 05:58:36 PM

The taxi firm have changed their minds now.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-25715968 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-25715968)

Chesterfield firm's don't charge more for disabled wheelchair passengers.
The use of the term minibus is misleading in the first article. How do you get a wheelchair into a minibus ??
They mean 7 seater wheelchair accessible vehicles.
In my opinion the firm were trying to pull a fast one and it's back fired.   :-X

Title: Re: Boro Taxis 'will not take disabled people' in fares row
Post by: Old Cruser on January 13, 2014, 07:07:42 PM

We have used transport where seats had to be taken out to accommodate one or two wheelchairs but would expect to pay the same as other able passengers for the use of it. Didn't the owners just want to charge the normal charge for the vehicle then - or have I read it wrong.

Title: Re: Boro Taxis 'will not take disabled people' in fares row
Post by: Fly on January 13, 2014, 07:59:03 PM

You didn't read it wrong OC, it was badly written to make it look like the poor Mohammed Bashir, of Boro Taxis is out of pocket.