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can memy one tell me do elec wheel chairs come under DDA

CAN THE COUNCIL FORCE SOME ONE TO HAVE A TPTED INTERVIEW for some one alleging, that the were refused or neglected with reasonable Excues to take



Charley from Bolton

only if your under arrest,

Well I suppose so, but if they can't get into a taxi then the driver is not being discriminatory.

Same with a mush that 25 stone in a wheel-chair, if you can't push him up into the cab, then that's not being discriminatory.

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IDFIMH

The council can't, and I would tell the council to go and f*** themselves.

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IDFIMH

Chairbatha ERR?? surely your 38p a week org will sort this out for YOU.
AGITATE AGITATE AGITATE

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doesnt cost anything to ask on here.
but i would nebver do a taped interview.
if need be put it in writing.

So, Sussex, is your "cab" "wheelchair accesible?"

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Former taxi driver

I suspect I take more wheel-chair customers in my 'cab', in a week, than you do in a year.

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IDFIMH

And you clearly show them the respect you think they deserve, including 25 stone mushes.

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Former taxi driver

You have grounds to refuse if, 1 the electric wheelchair is of a size and Design, which makes it too big to fit into your vehicle, or if the combined weight of passenger and wheelchair in your judgment are too heavy for you to load by yourself, it would be unreasonable for you to place your passenger and yourself at risk ,

Good old Skull, rest his soul

CC

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George Carlin

Charley, I assume you are the Chairman of the Bolton Hackney carriage association but are you affiliated to any other organisation?

Regards

JD

ahh there you are JD, you saved me from starting a where JD thread

regards

CC

PS I think Charles is a NTA member

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George Carlin

I thought so too but I seem to recollect there was a disagreement not so long ago with another Bolton Drivers association on representation and recognition at council trade meetings? If my memory serves me well there was an issue about member numbers, each side suggesting the other had very few members? I also seem to recall that where the Bolton TOA had for several years been the sole council representative, it was displaced by this new outfit?

Two years ago I phoned Bolton licensing and asked them why they allowed Private hire companies in Bolton who had no involvement with hackney carriages to advertise their business as "Taxis"? I was told they would look into it but I wonder if anything ever came of my intervention and why the Bolton Taxi trade according to the LO had previously done nothing about it?

Regards

JD

I think the times have changed JD, although in the past the HC's tended to devote their energy against each other as opposed to the real issues.

Although as previously stated, things seem to be changing.

regards

CC

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