stationtone wrote:
CC What has hired plates got to do with disabled drivers The DTA and myself have fought to have hired plated taken of the road and as you know it is the police who deal with this matter.
This is not just a situation that will effect Dundee it will effect drivers all over the country drivers that you represent so can you just please answer the following Questions.
1 if one of your members who operates in a town our city that has a mixed fleet and is only allowed to licence a wav becomes unable to assist wheelchair passengers are you saying that an exemption is sufficient even though able body drivers are licensing saloons.
I think you veiws is not what the NTA represent and i think you are to stubborn to say you might have been to quick to make comment hence the reason i a so upset espeacially as i have always repected your veiws and comments and know you do a lot of work for the trade but in your words you have pished on your chips
I didnt know the police did applications, pardon my ignorance.
I think the exemption provided for in the law has been put there for good reason and that reason is one you have found in Dundee.
In my view it is more important for the driver to be able to be at work earning a living with the exemption.
I think I made a valid point and it's a point that doesn't sit well with yourself because its the way the rest of the country operate, you know this as do the union.
I do wonder about the reasoning for pushing this to court though, although I'm sure they'll come out in the wash.
From what I can gather the driver in question already has a vehicle, indeed this vehicle maybe a Doblo, which is more a saloon vehicle than a purpose built taxi anyway, indeed, they are as cheap as saloons.
Nevertheless the owner driver has difficulty in assisting wheelchair passengers.
There is exemption provided for in the act, yet rather than push for an exemption your association and the union are pushing for him to go to court to obtain a saloon plate.
You seem to be suggesting the only type of work a WAV can do is wheelchair work, when in fact the wheelchair work is only a minute fraction of the work carried out by the vehicle on a daily basis.
Naturally, if the council capitulate or court grant this driver a saloon plate there will be a precident set, particularly if it goes to High Court. If this is the case I confidently predict many WAV owners or new applicants with disabilities to apply for saloon licenses.
Which when considering the amount of bitching about deregulation and the number of taxis in the area imakes this apprach more bizarre to say the least.
Of course, Dundee council could always get entirely p*ssed off with the mixed fleet scenario and go 100% WAV. But thats a scenario that hasnt been brought into the equasion.
CC
1 if one of your members who operates in a town our city that has a mixed fleet and is only allowed to licence a wav becomes unable to assist wheelchair passengers are you saying that an exemption is sufficient even though able body drivers are licensing saloons.
By not answering the question and nit picking on my post (I didn't know the police did applications, pardon my ignorance.)
about the police you are really shown your self up .
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