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Stern warning to taxi operators

Taxi operators who run disabled access vehicles were given a stern warning today by Dundee City Council Licensing Committee that they risk losing their licences if they were seen to be turning away fares who needed the special taxis, writes James Rougvie.
Committee convener Bruce Mackie said he had been advised that isolated incidents had happened among the now 150-strong accessible vehicles when they had moved off despite being approached by people seeking wheelchair access taxis.
He said, “If this happens again we will take the most stringent action, which will mean calling them before the committee with an almost certain suspension of their licences.

“They would be in breach of the terms of their licence and this is a timely warning. It is our aim that people who are granted these licences use them and fulfil their obligations.”

Dundee City Square promises to be overflowing next month after the committee gave permission for a 600-strong parade and rally by the Scottish Coalition for Justice not War. It will coincide with the Scottish Labour Party conference being held the same day, Saturday, March 5.

Local co-ordinator Edith Constable told committee members the rally would be an all-Scottish affair and the proposed route was from the Bread pub in Constitution Road, into Euclid Crescent, around the High School, and down Commercial Street before assembling in City Square.

A police representative said there were no objections to the march and rally, but because of other events happening that day — a football match as well as the conference — a starting time of 11.30 am was preferred, to which Ms Constable acceded. The committee heard although the Square proper would be a “sterile area” on the day, the rally would take place in front of the gazebo.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Well well well, look what deregulation has done, they wanted the cabs now they don't want the wheelchairs, wait for the doctors sick notes to come flying in.

Spoken like a true saloon driver.

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IDFIMH

Happens here too.

It kind of sums up the trade throughout the country

Captain cab

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

These images are not the suburbs of Dundee. From what I glimpsed, these gardens with rows of palm trees on the side, which you saw in the images, are located in the south of Edinburgh, where we have surrounded the infidels.

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"Even those who live on another planet, if there are such people, would have condemned this action before it started"

Give a greedy bloke a licence and he turns away fares.

Get a grip, these people should lose their licenses, the "I want " brigade have taken over, and it is to the detriment of this great trade.

B. Lucky

Hey I did 2 wheelchair jobs yesterday, they walked straight passed a WAV and got in my car. proper taxi driver me

Another fairy story from Nidge - how could they WALK past the WAV if they were in a wheelchair

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With someone pushing them you dime bar, kin ell give me strength, if you've got nothing better to do than pick peoples posts you must live a very sad life.
Anyway got to go to work in my saloon, have fun on here you saddos.

The facts are that the saloon car trade in Dundee were the ones that didn't want to run accessible vehicles, and those now running the accessibles arent' doing it by choice, it's because the council are telling them to do so, and the saloon trade won't touch the chair with a bargepole.

In the past there were only a dozen or so WAVs out of at least 500 taxis, and even they only existed because of a £1,500 a year subsidy, which I think may have been £2,500 at one point.

So they had a subisdy, plus they had a cap on numbers to boot. Now the new WAVs have no subsidy, and no cap either.

WAVs on the ranks are a rare sight, and most are with offices, so if someone is approaching the rank in a chair then the chances are the WAV may pull off for a job, totally unaware that someone may have been approaching him for a rank job.

Councillors often try to make political capital out of this, but it's often one huge misunderstanding, but if it gets them a few headlines the hey that's OK.

I don't know what the critics on here drive, but the saloon trade in Dundee are certainly in no position to criticise.

Neither are councillors - perhaps they should try a level playing field for the trade before coming over all self righteous.

Another recent case in point was that they seemed to be trying to make new cars non-smoking, but leaving the old plates as smoking, which would clearly have been a recipe for disaster.

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Dundee rocks. Almost.

hehe

was it like a scene from Little Britain?

Captain cab

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Another one that's had a sense of humour bypass

You did say THEY walked past, so if you want to be so casual in your use of language then please don't get uppity when someone points it out Nidge.

Or perhaps you were referring to the persons who were pushing the wheelchairs, and effectively treating the disabled person as if they weren't there - I don't think they like that Nidge.

Please don't enter any political correctness competitions

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