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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Prevent local authority licensing departments using the Disability Discrimination Act to force Taxi drivers into buying expensive wheelchair accessible Taxis instead of allowing mixed fleets of saloon cars and wheelchair accessible vehicles. More details
Submitted by Steve Skinner of Mid Sussex Taxi Association – Deadline to sign up by: 23 February 2008 – Signatures: 64
More details from petition creator
Under the Disability Discrimination Act, Local authorities are demanding that all Taxis be wheelchair accessible. This means that instead of a comfortable saloon car, passengers will be forced to travel in either a 'London' type Taxi or a van conversion. Since these options are unsuitable for many elderly and disabled people and remove freedom of choice for the able bodied, I ask that the prime minister be petitioned to allow common sense to prevail and let local authorities to continue with the mixed fleets of Taxis that the travelling public enjoy at present. Not only is this unfair to the majority of Taxi users, it imposes a severe financial burden on the Taxi driver who is self financing and receives no subsidy or financial assistance whatsoever. In the interest of fairness and common sense, please sign this petition now!
Current signatories
Steve Skinner, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- bob rayner
- Nicola Skinner
- Iain Craigen
- Mike Revely
- J Lyons
- Colin Ackland
- Tony Milton
- Colin Jenkins
- Andrew Peters
- Dave Sleaman
- Tony Dampier
- stephen p pritchard
- Tony Crabtree
- Nick Spencer
- john fraser
- J B Hibbert
- leonard southworth
- Graham Gray
- Trevor Vearncombe
- Joan Vearncombe
- douglas reid
- Karen McSweeney
- Trevor jones
- Ian Richardson
- Chris Bartley
- Steve Burton
- sean guest
- Colin Smith
- Janet Kaiser
- Rick Spencer-jones
- Jon Phillips
- p.harvey
- Malcolm Diaper
- Andrew Evans
- linda strange
- Nicola Phillips
- Adrian Tilley
- malcolm walden
- k ramsey
- Roger J Baldwin
- michael bavey
- Denise Nightingale
- Karen Cooke
- Carol Richmond
- Vicki Hamer
- Zak Fordham
- Robin Richmond
- david crow
- karl Stamper
- peter knapp
- TONY FROST
- Mike Harvey
- alan kilker
- richard moore
- GLENN WATERS
- Steve Willis
- DAVID AUSTIN
- mr wajid Ali
- james mckerracher
- Peter Morgan, ABD.ORG.UK
- James Mason, ABD.ORG.UK
- Jenny Jones
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
