Two taxi drivers have lost their licenses and been fined for refusing service to a disabled passenger with a guide dog.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The drivers both appeared in Bradford Magistrates\u2019 Court on 31 October 2025 in separate cases initiated by Bradford Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In both cases, the court was shown video footage of the drivers, working for Uber, refusing to allow a woman and her guide dog into their vehicle before subsequently cancelling the service and driving off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mohammed Zubair, 47, and Muhammad Faisal, 34, both pleaded guilty and had their licences removed, as well as being fined over \u00a3600 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zubair had been called to pick up a passenger from Smithy Carr Lane in Brighouse on 14 June and take her to hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman who booked the Uber filmed the interaction, which was played in court, showing her telling Zubair he had to take the assistance dog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He cancelled the journey and left the passenger, despite being repeatedly told it was against the law to refuse their transport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zubair, of Dickens Street, Bradford, pleaded guilty to refusing to carry out a booking for a disabled person accompanied by an assistance dog and was fined \u00a390 and ordered to pay \u00a3500 in costs and a \u00a336 surcharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the second case, Faisal was seen on a video shown to court from 13 June telling the disabled passenger she would need to book an Uber Pet if she wanted her guide dog to be transported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waseem Raja, prosecuting the case on behalf of Bradford Council, said: \u201c”He left the woman standing in the road. He refused to transport her and said he would cancel the job despite being told he could not do that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faisal, 34, of Horton Park Avenue was fined \u00a380 and ordered to pay \u00a3500 costs and a \u00a332 surcharge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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