Your Rights When Accessing Transport Services in Northern Ireland 

A taxi service charges a wheelchair user person more for hiring an accessible taxi than a non disabled person hiring the same vehicle.

A disabled person has booked a taxi.  When the taxi arrives, the driver asks the disabled passenger to pay the journey fare in advance, something which he would not require from other passengers.  This is likely to be unlawful.

A vehicle rental operator charges a disabled person more than a non disabled person for hiring a car as they assume that the disabled person is more likely to have a car accident.  The vehicle rental operator is treating a disabled person less favourably because of their disability.  If, however, the operator can show that they are charging the disabled person extra because the person has had a number of accidents in a short period of time, they may be able to justify charging more.  This would not be discrimination as the operator is levying an extra cost because of the person´s driving record and not their disability.

A taxi driver with an accessible seven seat vehicle charges all users a higher fare than that charged by drivers of five seat vehicles, regardless of whether they have a disability.  This is likely to be within the law as the driver is not treating people with a disability differently.