captain cab wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
I don't follow that reasoning.
If this driver wants to avoid the hassle of driving a WAV & constantly refusing wheelchair passengers because he is legally exempt under the Equality Act from doing wheelchair jobs, then he should NOT be allowed to exchange his WAV for a saloon.
However, if he is so disabled that he finds it difficult, uncomfortable, painful etc because of his disability to drive a WAV, then the council must accommodate him under the Equality Act. But only for the one vehicle he will be driving.
I understand where your coming from, but in respect of this case we've have to now forget the driver situation as a driver license is seperate from a proprietor license.
I'm sure it will be tested. But I dont think current law would make a distinction between one license and ten.
Could a fleet proprietor not argue he might drive any of the ten at somepoint during the week?CC
I think a council could reasonably refuse to exchange ten WAV licences for ten saloon HC licences, but could not reasonably refuse just one exchange from a WAV to a saloon if the criteria merited such an action under the Equality Act.
And the confusion between driver & proprietor licence would then itself be solved, by vertue of the fact taht he does not need an exemption on his driver licence from carrying WAVs, because his vehicle (now a saloon) can't carry wheelchairs, so he can't do the job anyway.
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