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| Author: | JD [ Thu Nov 25, 2004 2:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Some old Dissability rights news items. |
The last link on this page is not about cabs but it shows just how far the DRC will go to stamp out discrimination. http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/search/ ... cabs.shtml http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/search/ ... 8why.shtml http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/search/ ... /cab.shtml http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/search/ ... /web.shtml Best wishes JD |
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| Author: | JD [ Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:01 pm ] |
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Another case Advance booking discrimination. http://www.drc-gb.org/thelaw/newsdetail ... §ion=5 Best wishes JD |
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| Author: | steveo [ Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:15 pm ] |
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JD wrote: Another case Advance booking discrimination.
http://www.drc-gb.org/thelaw/newsdetail ... §ion=5 Best wishes JD talking of booking discrimination, i had someone who was deaf trying to get me to let them in to my car last sat night outside a busy night club. he could talk just about ok but was very hard of hearing, and his girl friend was doing the hand signs when i was talking and i think he could lip read a bit too. when i said that they would have to call the office to make a booking he started shouting and saying that he was going to report me for a breech of DDA, because he was deaf and unable to use the phone !!! just cause he couldn't be bothered to wait for a black cab. |
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| Author: | JD [ Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:11 pm ] |
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steveo wrote: JD wrote: Another case Advance booking discrimination. http://www.drc-gb.org/thelaw/newsdetail ... §ion=5 Best wishes JD talking of booking discrimination, i had someone who was deaf trying to get me to let them in to my car last sat night outside a busy night club. he could talk just about ok but was very hard of hearing, and his girl friend was doing the hand signs when i was talking and i think he could lip read a bit too. when i said that they would have to call the office to make a booking he started shouting and saying that he was going to report me for a breech of DDA, because he was deaf and unable to use the phone !!! just cause he couldn't be bothered to wait for a black cab. I'm afraid the DDA has gone to a lot of disabled peoples heads. Most of them don't know the law with regard to Taxis and Private hire vehicles and they think that because they have this catch all act of parliament that they can demand more or less anything. What could eventually happen if it is not already happening, is that drivers may get that [edited by admin] off with this section of soceity that they give them a wide birth. There was an example of that from those eight london cabbies who refused to take that wheelchair passenger. Best wishes JD |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:18 pm ] |
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I suppose if a circuit only has self-employed drivers then it's not easy for it to take pre-bookings for WAVs. Now if they have a savvy operator working at the time, they will ask if any WAV will guarantee to do the job. But how many savvy ops are out there? 
On the issue of price, I know of a few operators that would like to charge more for WAV work, in the same way they charge extra for 5/6/7/8 seater and estate car work, if they could get away with it. 
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