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THE MUPPETS ARE WRONG!!
For hirings to destinations outside the LA a fare or rate of fare may be agreed & fixed prior to commencement of the hiring.

LG(MP) Act 1976; Section 66 Fares for long journeys (1) No person, being the driver of a hackney carriage licensed by a district council, and undertaking for any hirer a journey ending outside the district and in respect of which no fare and no rate of fare was agreed before the hiring was effected, shall require for such journey a fare greater than that indicated on the taximeter with which the hackney carriage is equipped or, if it is not equipped with a taximeter, greater than that which, if the current byelaws fixing rates or fares and in force in the district in pursuance of section 68 of the Act of 1847 or, as the case may be, the current table of fares in force within the district in pursuance of section 65 of this Act had applied to the journey, would have been authorised for the journey by the byelaws or table.


THE MUPPETS ARE WRONG AGAIN!!!!
It should read; the meter should not be activated before the commencement of the hiring.

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Brummie Cabbie.

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Ours states the commencement of the journey as well. I was told that the loading and unloading of passengers and/or luggage etc can't be charged for. For instance you can't charge for the loading of a person in a wheelchair.

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Grandad,

If a council has a 'waiting time' section on the tariff card then they have authorised you to charge for loading a wheelchair.

Once you are hired, the meter is allowed to be started. The fact that the motor hasn't moved is neither here nor there.

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IDFIMH

We asked this question when we were on the DDA course and were told that you can't start the meter until the journey comenses. Starting the meter before loading the wheelchair was putting the disabled person at a disadvantage as aposed to an able bodied person and therfore not allowed.

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Grandad,

Unfortunately this section mentions to destinations outside the area but doesn't mention picking up outside an area. This is what my original issue relates to.

It seems to me that most (if not ALL) LOs and thier bosses aint got a scooby-doo....

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If the meter isn't on, the hire hasn't commenced. Therefore your passenger(s) are not yet your passenger(s) and as such are not covered by your insurance, neither is any of their property.

A pre-booked hire starts at the time it was booked for (earlier if they get in early) or as soon as you arrive if it's booked ASAP.
Loading passengers or luggage is part of the hire and is chargeable.
The DDA requires that disabled people get treated the same way as anyone else, so they are not exempt from being charged waiting time while they get in - unless you don't charge others for this.
You don't have to charge them but you can if you want.

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The way I have always worked is that if I am picking up outside my LA & the hiring is to a destination within my LA then I charge meter price only.

Why?

Because the passenger is NOT preventing me from working immediately after I drop off as I am within my own LA.

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Nowhere in the DDA does it say that a working person should be financially disadvantaged when providing a service to disabled people.

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I would like to see your LA defend that in court.

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On what basis would you be in breach of the 1995 DDA?

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IDFIMH

I would say that the meter is chargable asap, The owner has had to pay out a large sum to get a WAV and is there for providing a public service. If the customer has asked for a WAV they should be charged accordingly.

cant matter much given some WAV-hacks have never had a wheelchair job...

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