Cabbies stick up disabled commuters - Wheelchair users forced to pay triple fares by rogue taxi drivers

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Cabbies stick up disabled commuters - Wheelchair users forced to pay triple fares by rogue taxi drivers

Social distancing was a daily reality for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in rural Jamaica long before COVID-19, as wheelchair users, in particular, reported often being extorted by route taxi operators who require them to pay more than triple the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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