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I have just been pulled up for driving down a pedestrian precinct, to drop a disabled person who could hardly walk to a bank in the middle of it, all the shops along it also get delivery's
I told the taxi inspector I had a duty of care to make sure that the passenger could get to their destination, he claimed that as the signage said no entry, I was breaking the law, so what are you meant to do to deliver someone who can hardly walk to their destination

It depends on what the actual signage says ours allows disabled access and deliveries before 10 am and after 4pm but NOT in between those times although many ignore it and the police are never about these days

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

We have similar here. If the passenger needs to be in a pedestrianised area they should bring someone with them who can help them. We are even told that we can't drop off and pick up in the pedestrian area when it is open for deliveries.

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Grandad,

We have a ridiculous situation here in Chester, the very centre of Chester is pedestrianised between 10.00 and 16.30, only blue badge holders are permitted. We are not allowed access through the manually controlled barrier even if we have a passenger in a wheelchair onboard, unless they have a blue badge with them, many of our customers don’t have a blue badge.

Skippy, the clue is in the phrase *pedestrian* precinct

More seriously, though, and as others are saying, the precise rules for allowing access will be, er, somewhere. Assuming there's access at all for anyone other than the usual delivery drivers or whatever.

I'd have thought that unless the police charged you for the offence then the Taxi Inspector had no grounds to discipline you.....were you fined for it?

It all depends on what the Traffic Order says.

I would also give your customer the details of the taxi inspector so they can have a chat with them.

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IDFIMH

Hi Skippy,
You haven't posted on here since the old King died.

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

so to pickup that blue badge how do you get to the passenger in the PedZone?

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

His Skoda was broken

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

That’s the point, you can’t!

The system they used to have was the wheelchair customer could walk in to any of the shops in the zone and ask them to call the kiosk where the attendant was and give them the name of the disabled customer. Then when we arrived at the barrier we gave the name and the shop where the pick up was and he allowed us access. That’s now deemed unworkable and the customer has to be wheeled to either end of the Ped Zone.

This is taken from the recent DfT draft consultation document.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... ngland.pdf

11.7 Licensing authorities should work with local authority partners to ensure that vehicle priority measures, parking and waiting restrictions do not prevent disabled passengers from being picked up and/or dropped off close to their origin or destination. Care should also be taken to ensure that facilities for cyclists do not prevent access to the kerbside for long distances.
11.8 Authorities should also work with the operators of facilities served by a high volume of private hire vehicles to ensure that safe spaces are provided for drivers to collect passengers, without requiring them to navigate busy car parks alone.

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IDFIMH