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In message , Andrew P Smith
writes In article , Mike Hughes writes Personally if I see a blind person I always give them preference over other potential passengers, and will often waive the fare. Remind me to bring my mate Matthew to Brighton with me next week. A free trip home to High Wycombe in your taxi will be so much nicer for us than waiting for the train and having to pay for a ticket....... :-)))))) LOL Have a look again at my posting. I said that I will *often* waive the fare. That doesn't mean *always*. It all depends on the circumstances [1] - and the final destination! [2] [1] There are cases where blind persons get their taxi fares paid for them and they would not therefore be out of pocket. [2] I can't afford to do along ride for free - but I would give serious consideration to giving them a discount on the normal fare. Mike -- Mike Hughes A *licensed* Brighton (and soon to be London) Taxi driver at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England |
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In article , Mike Hughes
writes [2] I can't afford to do along ride for free - but I would give serious consideration to giving them a discount on the normal fare. How about a fiver then - would that do?? :-)))))) -- Andrew Electronic communications can be altered and therefore the integrity of this communication can not be guaranteed. Views expressed in this communication are those of the author and not associations or companies I am involved with. |
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 03:46:39 +0000, Kat
wrote: [snip] And yes, I did take the guy's number but I'm not sure if I ought to do anything about it or not. I would report him. Horrible little man. -- Michelle Lee (U.K) |
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In message , Andrew P Smith
writes In article , Mike Hughes writes [2] I can't afford to do along ride for free - but I would give serious consideration to giving them a discount on the normal fare. How about a fiver then - would that do?? :-)))))) Certainly - as long as you add the other 200 to it :-)) -- Mike Hughes A *licensed* Brighton Taxi driver at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England |
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Kat" wrote in message
... Simple question! Can a cab-driver refuse to take blind passengers? TIA ======================================= My husband who is a London Taxi Driver drove a partially sighted disabled woman to a housing estate on the Essex road Islington,he assisted the lady to her door & when he returned he was set upon by six hooded youths who had just broken into his cab,they kicked him "in the head so violently that he suffered a stroke & has not worked since & we have a young family, that was almost three years ago.the advice that we recieved from the "Met" was "never leave your vehicle if you feel your personal safety is at risk" I think that a taxi driver has every right to insist that a disabled person has some sort of assistance,they are not ambulance drivers & they have no training nor are they insured if anything should go wrong. Zara Henderson ======================================= |
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In message , Zara Henderson
writes Kat" wrote in message ... Simple question! Can a cab-driver refuse to take blind passengers? TIA ======================================= My husband who is a London Taxi Driver drove a partially sighted disabled woman to a housing estate on the Essex road Islington,he assisted the lady to her door & when he returned he was set upon by six hooded youths who had just broken into his cab,they kicked him "in the head so violently that he suffered a stroke & has not worked since & we have a young family, that was almost three years ago.the advice that we recieved from the "Met" was "never leave your vehicle if you feel your personal safety is at risk" I think that a taxi driver has every right to insist that a disabled person has some sort of assistance,they are not ambulance drivers & they have no training nor are they insured if anything should go wrong. I'm really sorry about what happened to your husband but in this particular case the second taxi driver I spoke to agreed to take them so he obviously had no such concerns. I meet blind people travelling on the underground almost every day; many of them need no assistance at all. -- Kat Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. |
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In message , Michelle Lee
writes On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 03:46:39 +0000, Kat wrote: [snip] And yes, I did take the guy's number but I'm not sure if I ought to do anything about it or not. I would report him. Horrible little man. For various reasons, I'm still debating this... -- Kat Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. |
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"Zara Henderson" Zara@Henderson wrote in message
... ======================================= My husband who is a London Taxi Driver drove a partially sighted disabled woman to a housing estate on the Essex road Islington,he assisted the lady to her door & when he returned he was set upon by six hooded youths who had just broken into his cab,they kicked him "in the head so violently that he suffered a stroke & has not worked since & we have a young family, that was almost three years ago.the advice that we recieved from the "Met" was "never leave your vehicle if you feel your personal safety is at risk" Looks like the Met are as good at giving advice as they are at solving crimes... after all, when a taxi driver has taken a wheelchair-bound passenger to their destination, getting out of the vehicle is necessary in order to use the ramps. -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes |
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