"If the driver has forced the child out of his taxi then I am fully behind licensing and any action they take.

"We do not tolerate or condone that type of behaviour from our drivers.”

Not taking action yourself then!

Autistic schoolgirl abandoned at side of road by minicab driver - because her £4 ran out

Lucy Devlin struggles with changes to her routine - and her parents were horrified when she had been left stranded because the driver wanted more money

An autistic 11-year-old girl was abandoned by a minicab driver at the side of the road to make her own way to school.

Lucy Devlin struggles with changes to her routine but has to take a cab when parents Peter and Leanne are unable to take her themselves.

After explaining her condition and agreeing a fixed price to be paid at the start of each trip, they say they were confident of leaving her in the care of a local firm, reports the Manchester Evening News.

But the couple were horrified when a crying Lucy, who is in the first year of Denton Community College, called saying she had been left stranded because the driver wanted more money.

Peter, 46,who has chronic lymphocytic leukaemia which leaves him constantly exhausted, was at home in Denton, Greater Manchester, with younger daughter Maisy while hospital administrator Leanne was working.

He said: “Lucy struggles with crowded spaces so public transport is not an option and we decided to put her in a minicab which picked her up from home and dropped her at the school door.

"Notes should flag up on their system.

"There’s an agreed fee of £4 which I pay every morning so I don’t understand why there was a meter running.

“She said the driver asked her to get out because her £4 was up and dropped her at the wrong side of a main junction.

"It’s a quarter of a mile from the school and a change in her routine.

"All I wanted was my daughter to be safe but she was absolutely beside herself and it sent me into orbit because there was nothing I could do.”

Lucy made it to school after following Peter’s directions but he says he won’t trust cabs again.

"He has complained to Tameside council’s licensing department which confirmed it is investigating.

He added: “For the sake of a few pence extra that I would have happily paid, it makes me angry.

"I trusted them with my child and I think as a basic they should get her to the destination.”

Peter and Leanne have been booking the cabs through Call-a-Car in Denton and say they have never had problems before.

Owner Amanat Ali said he was waiting to hear from the council and was conducting his own internal investigation.

He said: “We have been dealing with children with special needs for seven years and this is the first time we’ve received a complaint like this.

"We take it very seriously and need to get to the bottom of what happened so it doesn’t happen again.

"If the driver has forced the child out of his taxi then I am fully behind licensing and any action they take.

"We do not tolerate or condone that type of behaviour from our drivers.”

source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/au ... ad-4780420

What a wanker

[edited by admin] you'd know clot ......................i keep saying it Hack and Ph are not suitable transport for UNACCOMPANIED children and here once again is the PROOF

agreed GRANDAD

COME ON GRANDAD ADMIT IT TROTS IS RIGHT AS USUAL HERES THE PROOF

2 things here. first this was a private arrangement between the parents and the cab company. Nothing to do with Council school contracts. And second, he is a pi55 poor driver who should have known better and under the circumstances, i believe that a period of re-training would be appropriate such as how to stack a shelf in Tesco.

Conclusive proof that the Hack and Ph industry should never ever be allowed to transport under age children, the industry is infested with semi literate congenital morons. many of whom are Racist, self centered, greedy, no good, immoral scum AS DEMONSTRATED WITH THE AUTISTIC CHILD . then of course there's the Sexual predators, and of course those intent in destroying any credibility the industry might have had economically by undercutting on fares at every opportuinity Thereby destroying any benefit a meter might have and derailing every fare increase demand made to Councils.

THE INDUSTRY IS COMPLETE SHAGGED DUE ENTIRELY TO THE MORONIC PHILISTINES THAT WORK IN IT.

3 OF THE BEST EXAMPLES WANNA, NIDGE, SKIPPY, CRETINS OF A QUALITY UNEQUALED IN ANY OTHER INDUSTRY BUT SADLY ONLY TO TYPICAL

ITS NO ACCIDENT YOU LOT BOTTOM THE EARNINGS LEAGUE, WORK LONGER THAN ANY OTHER WORKERS AND ARE REGARDED WITH UTTER CONTEMPT BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC ........................................TAKE A BOW ..............................MUGS

2 things here. first this was a private arrangement between the parents and the cab company. Nothing to do with Council school contracts. And second, he is a pi55 poor driver who should have known better and under the circumstances, i believe that a period of re-training would be appropriate such as how to stack a shelf in Tesco.