Taxi driver first to get penalty points
The taxi licensing authority has just adopted the penalty points system as a means of enforcing standards.
The driver appeared before the council's taxi and private hire licensing panel after refusing to carry the blind man and his dog.
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Hide AdUnder the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, all licensed taxis and private hire vehicles are required to take guide, hearing and other assistance dogs unless they have an exemption.
Currently there has only been one exemption issued.
The driver had failed to apply for an exemption certificate. He was given nine penalty points on his hackney carriage driver's record.