You clearly have no concept of what discrimination means and how it is defined. People with disabilities should be give advantages so that they are on an equal standing as the person who doesn’t have disabilities. It is called ‘reasonable adjustments’. To put someone with a ‘protected characteristic’ at a disadvantage, or further down the waiting list because they have a disability, as a mobility person clearly is, then it is discrimination. I suggest you actually read the Equality Act 2010 to actually understand the law prior to such discriminatory comments.
Also I have the same right as anyone to put down my experience and that is the aim of any forum. Wigwam, whoever you are, you do not have the right to try to shut me down saying this has been covered because clearly it isn’t, just because you’ve had your say isn’t the end of it! How rude and narcissistic! This is discrimination as the law dictates. It’s not about money and their ‘rights’ to make more money, I think these huge organisations do not go without. Their profits are astronomical. They have a contract with Motability and they should honour it. They cannot discriminate and say their not going supply cars for disabled people because they’d rather sell them to able bodied people who pay more, because they’d rather make more money ffs! That is persecuting a whole raft of people with disabilities. People with disabilities usually can’t work and can’t afford to buy a car. That is not their fault regardless of profits. If a company said ‘oh you can’t work here because we’d have to pay for a ramp to be put in’ don’t you think that would be discrimination? Ofcourse it is! Their not lazy insignificant people who can just be told, oh we had a agreement with you but basically because you disabled and we can make more money elsewhere we’ve change our minds and you can go to the back of the queue! Are you completely stupid! They may have the discretion to not sell a car to any particular person as anyone does, but they cannot systematically turn people from Motability customers away, this is discrimination. To give a Motability customer a priority, I said clearly, because they should make reasonable adjustments and without transport people with disabilities cannot go out, work , socialise, do anything! That would put them at an equal standing as an able bodied person! I’d be happy if they just honoured our place in the queue but that clearly isn’t happening. They are putting a disabled person in a much more disadvantage position, that is discrimination. I take your comments as complete nonsense and bullying. You are completely misinforming people on this forum! Do you have no compassion. Btw I’m an ex CAB adviser and I have taken discrimination cases to court, and won. What do you do? Do you both work in the car industry? Do either of you actually have any disabilities? Do you have cars?
Me thinks you doth protest too much!