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Old August 16th 16, 01:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Sadiq Khan and TfL on taxis and minicabs

David Cantrell wrote:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 01:57:56PM +0100, Recliner wrote:

How would a blind person even order


Same way that they'd use any other smartphone app.


Which is probably not at all? I really doubt that many users of guide dogs
also have smartphones.


or recognise an Uber cab?


Same way that they'd recognise a minicab where they'd ordered it by
phone.

You forget that it's not just completely blind people who can have guide
dogs; that modern phones have accessibility Stuff; that blind people
have sighted friends and family; and so on.


Indeed, the problems probably arise when a blind person with guide dog is
accompanying a sighted person.