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| Michael Fabricant MP meeting Carol and Flora 25 May 2016 |
TAXIS AND PUBLIC
TRANSPORT NEED TO BE AWARE OF THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO THE BLIND AND THEIR
GUIDE DOGS
Michael Fabricant and other MPs met partially
sighted and sightless constituents in Parliament today (Wednesday 25th May)
along with their Guide Dogs.
Michael met Carol Trigg of Burntwood who, with her
guide dog Flora, had been refused entry to a taxi in Cannock. Carol says “I am
aware from conversations with other guide dog owners I regularly meet that I am
not alone in having been refused a taxi in Staffordshire.”
Michael says “It is the law that taxi drivers must
accept guide dogs and their handlers. It is against the law to refuse and
there are fines and the risk of the loss of their taxi licences if drivers do not
comply.
“I have taken this up with the Government minister,
Justin Tomlinson, who has responsibility for this and asked if the Government
can give this law more publicity and increase the penalties on any driver who
discriminates against anyone with a guide dog by refusing to carry them to
their destination. And this applies to train operators and buses too.”
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