[nagdu] Woman says cab driver refused her a ride because of seeing-eye dog

Tue Aug 6 18:52:16 UTC 2013

i totally agree with this definetely fight back. We did that with a 
driver and haven't had any trouble since and it has been at least six years.
On 8/6/2013 10:43 AM, Michael Hingson wrote:
> Make no mistake, it is against the law to refuse to take a blind person
> accompanied by a guide dog.  In New York I have taken more than one cab
> driver to the authorities because they refused to take me and Roselle.
>
> There is no negotiation here.  If a cab driver refuses any of us we should
> fight back.
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Michael Hingson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of rhonda cruz
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 09:39 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Woman says cab driver refused her a ride because of
> seeing-eye dog
>
>   hi i always take a cab places and i never had that happen.
>   or if it did i would call another driver.
>   but those are my thoughts,
>
> On Aug 6, 2013, at 8:38 AM, Rusty Perez wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>> about 13 years ago when I was in Dallas for a convention, I called a
>> cab late one night to drive me to my hotel. I waited for a long time
>> and finally discovered that the cab had come  and driven off   when he
>> realized I had a dog with me. The second cab which came a while later,
>> explained to me that some folks have a religeous objection to having
>> dogs in their cabs.
>> I was pretty upset, but did nothing about it.
>> Rusty
>>
>> Rusty
>>
>>
>> On 8/6/13, Ginger Kutsch <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Woman says cab driver refused her a ride because of seeing-eye dog
>>>
>>> By Bob Heye KATU News and KATU.com StaffPublished: Aug 2, 2013
>>>
>>> http://www.katu.com/news/local/Woman-says-cab-driver-refused-her-a-ri
>>> de-beca
>>> use-of-seeing-eye-dog-218052101.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PORTLAND, Ore. - A woman who is blind says a Broadway Cab driver
>>> refused her service because she had a seeing-eye dog with her.
>>>
>>> It all unfolded at Union Station, and an Amtrak worker confirmed what
>>> happened to Deb Marinos.
>>>
>>> Marinos had gotten off the train and was trying to get to OHSU for a
>>> scheduled checkup but a Broadway Cab driver, and then a second cab
>>> driver both refused to give her a ride.
>>>
>>> "I have a little tiny bit of vision," she said. "I'm what's called
>>> legally blind, but I have no peripheral vision. So the dog provides
>>> me the ability to cross streets and find curbs and doors."
>>>
>>> Marinos rides Amtrak all the time - commuting to work in Salem and
>>> Portland and also traveling the country to conferences and
>>> legislative assemblies in her job as a vocational rehabilitation
>>> counselor for the Oregon Council of the Blind.
>>>
>>> She was stunned when she went to get into a Broadway Cab and the
>>> driver refused to let her in.
>>>
>>> "And he says, 'No, she has a dog. I'm not takin' her. No dogs. Dogs
>>> aren't allowed by the company.'"
>>>
>>> A second Broadway driver said he'd take her, but he already had a
>>> fare. The next cab back was a Sassy Cab, a subsidiary of Broadway Cab.
>>>
>>> "The cab behind him, Sassy Cab, says 'No, I don't do dogs either,'"
>>> Marinos said. "And then the fourth cab got out to see what all the
>>> fun was about and they said, 'OK, we'll take you.'"
>>>
>>> An Amtrak helper known as Red Cap argued with the cab drivers' refusals.
>>>
>>> "Amtrak is so incredibly good at taking care of us, and the Red Cap
>>> today was just absolutely. He was just like all over them and could
>>> not believe it
>>> - that they'd never had that before where they've had someone turned
> down,"
>>> Marinos said.
>>>
>>> And if you think allergies to dogs is behind all this, Marinos said
>>> that's not a factor. She's allergic to dogs. Her service dog breed is
>>> hypoallergenic.
>>>
>>> KATU didn't get a response from Broadway Cab Thursday night. City
>>> regulations say "No driver shall ... refuse to transport to his
>>> requested destination any passenger of proper demeanor who is able to
>>> demonstrate the ability to pay the fare."
>>>
>>> Marinos met both of those requirements.
>>>
>>> A city spokesperson said the city is starting a formal investigation
>>> into the incident and that Broadway Cab is cooperating with
> investigators.
>>>
>>>
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