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During the forthcoming festive season, the probability of taxi drivers coming into contact with vulnerable people will undoubtedly increase, often due to excess alcohol (the customers, not the drivers!) Please be mindful of this and take care to protect yourself but also to protect your customers.

There is an expectation that licensed drivers in Fife will exercise a duty of care to all their customers. Unfortunately there have been recent examples of lone females being stranded by taxi drivers simply because they could only pay by card but not cash. While this may be inconvenient, it is no excuse for exposing anyone to the risk of harm. As with other occupations, taxi drivers dealing with vulnerable people are expected to show high standards of behaviour. If we look out for each other, hopefully we can all have a happy and successful Christmas and New Year.

WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFEGUARDING: IT IS UP TO EVERYONE TO HELP.

Thing is that the statement doesn't say *why* the passenger isn't taken - it presumably could be just because the driver doesn't have a card reader.

Yet the implication seems to be that the driver should take the woman anyway.

So it reads to me a bit like saying that if a woman has run out of cash then she needs to be taken anyway...

part of the problem with taking cards is the percentage fee charged ;which is against islamic religious principles. For it to fit into their culture the fees would have to be charged to the customer

the other problem is that you get to the destination and the card is declined but they refuse to pay cash and insist you allow them to walk without paying

part of the problem with taking cards is the percentage fee charged ;which is against islamic religious principles. For it to fit into their culture the fees would have to be charged to the customer

part of the problem with taking cards is the percentage fee charged ;which is against islamic religious principles. For it to fit into their culture the fees would have to be charged to the customer

During the forthcoming festive season, the probability of taxi drivers coming into contact with vulnerable people will undoubtedly increase, often due to excess alcohol (the customers, not the drivers!) Please be mindful of this and take care to protect yourself but also to protect your customers.

There is an expectation that licensed drivers in Fife will exercise a duty of care to all their customers. Unfortunately there have been recent examples of lone females being stranded by taxi drivers simply because they could only pay by card but not cash. While this may be inconvenient, it is no excuse for exposing anyone to the risk of harm. As with other occupations, taxi drivers dealing with vulnerable people are expected to show high standards of behaviour. If we look out for each other, hopefully we can all have a happy and successful Christmas and New Year.

WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFEGUARDING: IT IS UP TO EVERYONE TO HELP.

This paying by card is a joke, the customer doesn't ask at the start if you take card payments, if they did you can tell them we could stop at an ATM on route,,,,, why don't they just do what I do----KEEP ENOUGH CASH FOR THE TAXI FARE HOME,,,,, simple ((( that's how we used to do it )))

Point taken Davie but on this occasion the customer did ask and the driver took the female to an ATM around the corner where he abandoned her before she could withdraw the money. It was in a fairly remote area in the early hours in poor weather.

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