Uber Driver multato dopo aver rifiutato il passeggero con Dog Dog
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/25459351.uber-driver-fined-refusing-passenger-guide-dog/
di suspended-sentence
Uber Driver multato dopo aver rifiutato il passeggero con Dog Dog
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/25459351.uber-driver-fined-refusing-passenger-guide-dog/
di suspended-sentence
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>AN Uber driver has been sentenced by a court after he “simply refused” to accept a passenger with a guide dog.
>Yasar Rehman Butt had been called to pick up a passenger at Smithy Carr Lane in Brighouse on February 13.
>But when he realised that his female passenger was visually impaired and uses a guide dog, he refused to transport them.
>The passenger reported the incident, and Butt, 48, of Brantwood Oval, Bradford, was later charged with “being a private hire vehicle operator who failed to accept a booking by a disabled person accompanied by an assistance dog.”
>On Thursday, Butt appeared at Bradford Magistrates Court, where he admitted the charge and was handed a fine.
>He told the court he had been “confused” about the company’s policy when it came to guide dogs.
>Waseem Raja, prosecuting for the Council, showed the court a video taken by the complainant after it had become clear that Butt was not going to let her and her guide dog in the vehicle.
>The video shows the woman arguing that it is illegal for taxi and private hire drivers to refuse to transport a guide dog.
>“He has simply refused transport her. Butt was told numerous times he legally can’t refuse a person with a guide dog, and he just carries on refusing then drives away.
>“He now accepts what he did was wrong. He says he is new as a taxi driver and didn’t know what the requirements were.
>Magistrates fined Butt £200, and he was ordered to pay the Council’s costs for bringing the case to court – which amounted to £1,360.
>He will also have to pay an £80 surcharge – in today £1,640.
It doesn’t matter that he was new and didn’t know the rules because the woman told him what the rules were and it made no difference, he still refused to take the dog.
It wont say this in the article due to political correctness, but the taxi driver was almost certainly of a certain religious persuasion, and that religion considers dogs “unclean”.
Uber is convenient and used by the masses. What people don’t understand is every driver is essentially self employed and can do what they want. If you want a licensed taxi that follows protocols and set tariffs of the local council get a hackney.
I have to add a hackney with a physical taxi meter (not an app) cannot surge price.
Good that the driver got punished, but why does Uber get away with this?