New Posts For Thread: Birmingham taxi driver fined for guide dog refusalhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusalA taxi driver has been fined £2,100 for refusing to carry a blind woman and her guide dog. Shahzad Ahmad, from Hodge Hill in Birmingham, claimed his six-seater people carrier was not big enough to take Sue Smith's Labrador. It is an offence for a ta6-seater 'not big enough for a dog'He's barking mad.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542725767#5427257676-seater 'not big enough for a dog'He's barking mad.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:46:48 -0600If the taxi driver was acting from a purely practical point of view I would have some sympathy, however if it was a moral or religious stance and even had the hint of any such nonsense then the fine was not excessive...perhaps imprisonment!!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542724433#542724433If the taxi driver was acting from a purely practical point of view I would have some sympathy, however if it was a moral or religious stance and even had the hint of any such nonsense then the fine was not excessive...perhaps imprisonment!!Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:30:12 -0600I Tried to get into an 8 seater mini-bus Taxi with my Large Irish-Wolfhound,Driver said "Sorry mate, guide dogs only",I said;"Well what the F000k have they gave me?"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542724017#542724017I Tried to get into an 8 seater mini-bus Taxi with my Large Irish-Wolfhound,Driver said "Sorry mate, guide dogs only",I said;"Well what the F000k have they gave me?"Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:06:42 -0600Some pictures here of dogs with mange, so you'll know what to look for before you let a dog sit on the back seat of your taxi:http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pictures+of+dogs+with+mange&id=CF464A1DB94E195B09FFA82AACD80F7EAD5FF967&FORM=IQFRBAhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542723385#542723385Some pictures here of dogs with mange, so you'll know what to look for before you let a dog sit on the back seat of your taxi:http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pictures+of+dogs+with+mange&id=CF464A1DB94E195B09FFA82AACD80F7EAD5FF967&FORM=IQFRBAFri, 19 Dec 2014 11:08:49 -0600Dr Crippen 19 Dec 14 15:12 Those parasitic mites that dogs carry when they've got the mange can be passed on to humans.So if you start to itch after taking a taxi home you'll know where it came from.More chance of contracting Tuberculosis in Newhhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542723247#542723247Dr Crippen 19 Dec 14 15:12 Those parasitic mites that dogs carry when they've got the mange can be passed on to humans.So if you start to itch after taking a taxi home you'll know where it came from.More chance of contracting Tuberculosis in NewhFri, 19 Dec 2014 10:57:47 -0600wouldn't knowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542722033#542722033wouldn't knowFri, 19 Dec 2014 09:24:44 -0600Well they would know the dog was diseased until it started to scratch itself more than usual, and by then the mites would be well established.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542721967#542721967Well they would know the dog was diseased until it started to scratch itself more than usual, and by then the mites would be well established.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:17:25 -0600pmsl that's some level of paranoia. I am reasonably confident that the blind don't walk around with diseeased guide dogs.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542721945#542721945pmsl that's some level of paranoia. I am reasonably confident that the blind don't walk around with diseeased guide dogs.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:15:04 -0600Those parasitic mites that dogs carry when they've got the mange can be passed on to humans.So if you start to itch after taking a taxi home you'll know where it came from.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542721917#542721917Those parasitic mites that dogs carry when they've got the mange can be passed on to humans.So if you start to itch after taking a taxi home you'll know where it came from.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:12:18 -0600DrC nailed it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404211/birmingham-taxi-driver-fined-for-guide-dog-refusal?post_id=542721903#542721903DrC nailed it.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:11:22 -0600