Each of these drivers has undergone skills training at the McKinnon Centre in Broughty Ferry, under Dundee City Council’s initiative to include disabled people in as many facets of day-to-day life as possible, and hold a disability awareness certificate, (like the one displayed on the screen).

Due to lack of disability training, The Dundee City Council set up a training course for taxi drivers, where the skills gained include an understanding of the needs of the disabled section of our community along with practical guidance in the manoeuvring and securing of wheelchairs and their occupants. This is to ensure the safety of disabled passengers and allow drivers to understand the problems faced by them.

Whilst it would be impractical for a driver to convey and accompany a disabled person only, there will be no extra charge for anyone attending that person in the taxi.