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No, but if a punter rang up a PH firm requesting a vehicle that takes an overweight person, and that PH firm quoted more than for a thin person, I doubt that would be an illegal act.

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IDFIMH

Maybe not for ph but for hackney it would why should you be able to discriminate

Cos we can just like you can pick up off the street but we can't. Why should you be able to do that

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Because thats what a hackney always has,if youd like to then drive one

PH have always been able to charge for the service provided and not just the time & distance covered, if you'd like to then drive one

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I dont want to drive one thanks .But your missing the point why should a abled bodied person get charged less than someone in a wheelchair ?I have a wav and im quite happy to load a wheelchair or wait whilst someone gets in be them elderly or on crutches.What would happen if i said hold on a minute need to charge you more ?

So ~~~ When do you start your Meter running?

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I would start it when the ramps get put out.

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IDFIMH

And I would agree with you.

But sadly, [they say] you have to load the wheelchair passenger [you are working] and put the ramps away [you are working] before you can put your meter on.

Strange that this point has never been tested in court from the point of view of the driver's rights to be paid for working.

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BC, that was my reading of the Rules, also.

I do think that it is somewhat unfair on those of us that drive WAVs, but then all our local Hackneys are required to be WAV Adapted.

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I just think it's unfair to expect people, in any job, to work for nowt.

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time is money, but how many wheelchair jobs does the average WAV hack do after having to spend £25K+? the other way of looking at is that maybe the able-bodied passengers are subsidising the extra cost of a wheelchair job, and given that someone in a wheelchair could be getting several benefits INCLUDING mobility, why shouldnt the wheelchair user pay the extra?..........

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I wasn't missing the point at all. I too don't charge people because they are slow to get into my vehicle. You asked how ph can do this and it's quite simply because they are a private company that charge on time and distance, similar way to hc do with thier meters. I don't charge people if I get caught up in a bit of traffic but the meter in the hc will still be ticking over. You don't hear the disabled lobbying for fair rates and equalities when faced with something like this

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I never mentioned how ph can do this,im saying its strange to charge more to me if your disabled wether it takes a bit longer or not.At the end of the day if i was that bothered i wouldnt do the job

You clearly did mention it, albeit you now say 'how' rather than 'why'

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