stationtone wrote:
Pressure is growing on Dundee's lord provost to resign after his comments about disabled taxi drivers.Letters have appeared in the local press for Mr letford to resign. Below is two of the letters
John Letford should consider his position as chair of Dundee’s Licensing Committee following his comments suggesting disabled taxi drivers should consider getting another job.
Mr Letford made the comments at a committee meeting last week.
It amounts to discrimination against the disabled. Has he not seen the Government adverts that encourage employers to help and keep on disabled workers? The council should know better and be leading by example.
I too am a disabled taxi driver. Driving a taxi is my livelihood. It pays my rent, Council Tax, and helps feed my young family.
If I were not doing the taxis I would be at home living off benefits because I am limited in the work I can do after having an operation on my spine. TAXI DRIVER
I remind John Letford that the taxi driver’s cab is his place of work, so remember the law on the Health and Safety at Work Act.
A person must move or lift a wheelchair only if he thinks it is safe to do so. Another way to put it, if the person he/she is pushing up the ramp is bigger or heavier than can be moved, then he/she can refuse to take her/him on the grounds of Health and Safety at Work Act.
Also if no training on using wheelchairs has been given, you can refuse to take the wheelchair passenger on the grounds of health and safety.
Who does John Letford think he is? Surely it is time for the union to take a stand through the courts on this wheelchair action.
I have a wheelchair taxi and I will not take a wheelchair passenger if that person is bigger than me. They should use a tail lift taxi or minibus.
There is an NVQ module covering disability awareness training for bus drivers introduced by GoSkills (the Sector Skills Council for Passenger Transport).
It is clearly in the best interests of both the bus driver and the passenger if the driver is fully aware of the needs of his disabled passengers and how to respond to them.
However the regulations do allow the driver to refuse to help you if doing so would adversely affect his health or safety, your safety or that of other passengers or the safety of the vehicle. — Happyhighlander.
John Letford should consider his position as chair of Dundee’s Licensing Committee following his comments suggesting disabled taxi drivers should consider getting another job.
Mr Letford made the comments at a committee meeting last week.
It amounts to discrimination against the disabled. Has he not seen the Government adverts that encourage employers to help and keep on disabled workers? The council should know better and be leading by example.
I too am a disabled taxi driver. Driving a taxi is my livelihood. It pays my rent, Council Tax, and helps feed my young family.
If I were not doing the taxis I would be at home living off benefits because I am limited in the work I can do after having an operation on my spine. TAXI DRIVER
I remind John Letford that the taxi driver’s cab is his place of work, so remember the law on the Health and Safety at Work Act.
A person must move or lift a wheelchair only if he thinks it is safe to do so. Another way to put it, if the person he/she is pushing up the ramp is bigger or heavier than can be moved, then he/she can refuse to take her/him on the grounds of Health and Safety at Work Act.
Also if no training on using wheelchairs has been given, you can refuse to take the wheelchair passenger on the grounds of health and safety.
Who does John Letford think he is? Surely it is time for the union to take a stand through the courts on this wheelchair action.
I have a wheelchair taxi and I will not take a wheelchair passenger if that person is bigger than me. They should use a tail lift taxi or minibus.
There is an NVQ module covering disability awareness training for bus drivers introduced by GoSkills (the Sector Skills Council for Passenger Transport).
It is clearly in the best interests of both the bus driver and the passenger if the driver is fully aware of the needs of his disabled passengers and how to respond to them.
However the regulations do allow the driver to refuse to help you if doing so would adversely affect his health or safety, your safety or that of other passengers or the safety of the vehicle. — Happyhighlander.
John Letford is a t*t of the highest order.
I wonder what his reaction was to the Couttie case
