Anonymous wrote:
Noway hosey.
These people got the option of receiving a hackney plate,if they put on
a wav.
All this crap trap about self employed ect.
They have their plate,now do a service to the disable.
What is the matter with them,scared of hard work,take the cream and
to hell with the rest.
Any way how many wheelchair customers are there in Dundee,cannot be that many,as some guys have had wavs on for some time.
I have operated WAV's for 15 years in a major south coast town with well above the average number of elderly people, plenty of nursing/ rest homes, private hospitals etc. an area you would expect a very high demand for WAV's. But we have only a handful of w/c cash customers that use a WAV regularly every week. There is some demand but from Social Services etc, cash work is almost nonexistant. Most w/c users get a Mobility vehicle and get family or friends to drive them about if they cannot drive themselves. The whole WAV issue is a con, LA's need to show they cater for disabled and this is a cheap option for them.