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Rossendale driver convicted of refusing to take blind passenger with guide dog

A CABBIE from Bradford has been convicted of refusing to take a blind passenger with their guide dog.

Shahid Mehboob,of Paternoster Lane, off Great Horton Road, Bradford, who was working for Woods Taxis in Salendine Nook at the time, was caught in July during an operation led by Kirklees Council's licensing officers along with police officers.

Kirklees magistrates heard that Mehboob, who is licensed by Rossendale Council as a hackney carriage driver, but was operating outside of the district as a private hire driver, was dispatched to pick up a customer from the Cedar Court Hotel at Ainley Top.

When he arrived and saw the guide dog, Mehboob refused to take the passenger saying he was scared of dogs, and even when it was pointed out to him that it was a guide dog, he still said no.

Mehboob did not attend court but in his absence, his solicitor entered a guilty plea for failing to carry out a booking for a disabled person accompanied by an assistance dog.

Magistrates ordered Mehboob to pay a £50 fine, £276 prosecution costs, a £150 court charge and a £20 victim surcharge.

source: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n ... guide_dog/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

and another one it seems to be one a week and thats only the ones convicted

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

I do hope there's enough taxi drivers left in Rossendale to cope.

I think we should do a calendar with a picture of an assistance dog for each month and send a copy to every driver convicted of refusing the dog this year not sure what the cost of a couple of thousand calendars would be though

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

he did say he was scared of dogs, a phobia perhaps?, shouldn't have to take them imho, plenty of others that will , cant understand why a firm with loads of cars on just don't send someone else, how long would it have taken to despatch another car ?
• We can call on a fleet of over 50 cars at any one time, cutting waiting times and getting you on your way ( from there website)
so why not just despatch another car & save all this nonsense ?

Well your humble opinion counts for nowt. If he had a genuine phobia, he could get a dispensation.

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Grandad,

i agree totally mate, just cant understand all the fuss tbh, just send another car