Taxi Driver Online

Hey lets skip round the bull eh.

This is what happened, lazy cabby couldn't be bothered to get the ramps out, or open the boot if it was a saloon, I can't be bothered myself to wade through the sad tale of oppressed cabby again, so he flipped em off not realising they were the sort to report, lets hope he never loses the use of his motorfunctions eh.

Shabby, bad name giver, and the trade has too many of them imo, wait until they completely shaft the country, we can all go around shooting who we don't like and helping ourselves to anything, bit like South Africa is today, paradise eh, now where's me Glock.

The Guy is a knob, there is no doubt of that. He is also a surly, horrible barsteward, who has a lot of previous.

The purpose of the article on Rainycityripoff though, was about the "Executive Member for the Enviroment Cllr Murphy". He states that ""There is no excuse for not accepting a disabled passenger......."

This twit does not know the Law, and is always mouthing off, always with an opinion which damages the Cab Trade.

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That report is Interesting.

There are two noticeable omissions.

1. No mention is made of the Small Wheel/Wide Tyre Wheel Chairs, growing in popularity now, which, because of their low tyre pressure are much harder to push.

2. The loading of the Wheel Chair demonstrated, was of a male, weighing between 12 and 15 stone. I have had to try to load a teenager whose weight cannot have been much less than 20 stone and I only succeeded with the assistance of a passer by.

Had I failed to load him, would I have been prosecuted for refusing his Fare?

Added Later: I have re-read the Report and managed to find a small rider in Section "Main Findings" as part of Paragraph 3.

"Drivers were told that there was typically no system of work in place for special high-risk circumstances that might arise, such as those involving heavy passengers, poorly
maintained wheelchairs, or dangerous environments. Thus, drivers were told that they should politely but firmly decline the fare if they believed they would have to operate
under unsafe conditions."

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Don't dream it ~ Be it.

I think the story looks pretty well honest, we all know the type of driver, he want's 7 ppl going 30 miles and a nice big tip, a bloke in a wheelchair having a fiver's worth ain't gonna cut it for him.

Should be on a written warning, one more serious incident he loses his license. However to try and make something positive out of a horrible situation, he should be sent on a course (who's name alludes me) basically you spend the day in a wheelchair, might make the selfish fool see the error of his ways.

And of course if you are presented with an electric chair which with the weight of the passenger EXCEEDS the capacity of your ramps are you supposed to take it and risk the ramps collapsing and injury to the wheelchair user ? Not to mention certain types of electric chair that won't clear the side walls of the ramps because the power equipment is too low slung

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

That would be covered under your risk assesment. You would only need to politely tell the person why you can't take them. Obviously it would then be a good practice to be able to offer a solution by telling the customer who, if anyone, in your local area can do the job. That is what happens in our area anyway. If someone is presented with a wheelchair job that they can't handle they give them my number or the number of one other company in the area, between us we can handle all sizes and types of wheelchair, including extra wide electric wheelchairs.

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Grandad,

Nope round here I am the ONLY one there is one other company who runs around with their vehicle covered in lots of wheelchair friendly slogans but ask them to cover a job they haven't got ramps !

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Then your council should ensure they do.

In fact your council should do a lot of things they don't.

In common that is with most of the others.

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