Boro Taxis firm says disabled passengers will no longer be transported over pricing row
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A Teesside taxi firm will no longer carry disabled passengers after a row over pricing.
Boro Taxis boss, Mohammed Bashir, said although the decision is ‘morally totally wrong’, the company can no longer afford to use eight-seater minibuses to pick up a single fare-paying disabled passenger.
Teesside taxi operators were recently told they could lose their licences if they overcharge disabled people after a report found they were often paying double.
He told BBC Tees: ‘The simple fact is if you order a car and four people jump in you are charged for a taxi. If you order an eight-seater minibus and eight people jump in you are charged for a minibus.
‘If you order a minibus and there’s only one person you will still be charged for a minibus because that’s what you ordered.
‘But because we are charging for a minibus we are breaking the law.’
Middlesbrough Council is investigating the issue.
23 January 2014
- The above information is reprinted with kind permission from the Huffington Pos...
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