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Wheelchair taxi

Has anyone got experience of using a taxi which can take a wheelchair with someone seated in it?


When it comes to getting the wheelchair out of the taxi, does the ground that the taxi is parked on need to be level or can it be on a slope? (I'm thinking of a pretty steep slope, not just slightly off horizontal.)

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  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Taxis that take wheel chairs should have ramps to put down so the chair can be wheeled in and out. Make sure you request a wheelchair taxi when booking.
    #6 of the SKI-ers Club :j

    "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke
  • The road can be on a slope and doesnt have to be 100% level.
  • PDC
    PDC Posts: 805 Forumite
    tyllwyd wrote: »

    When it comes to getting the wheelchair out of the taxi, does the ground that the taxi is parked on need to be level or can it be on a slope? (I'm thinking of a pretty steep slope, not just slightly off horizontal.)


    Could the wheelchair not be wheeled to an area of more level land, if this is causing an issue?
  • tyllwyd
    tyllwyd Posts: 5,496 Forumite
    The problem is that the angle of the driveway to access the house is too steep to safely use a wheelchair - probably 15 degrees and there is no level land at the top. The taxi could drive up and park at the top of the drive, but I'm worried about how to get the wheelchair out of the taxi.
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