Assistance Dogs, Wheelchair Duties and Exemptions
Carry assistance dogs, distinguish general mobility duties from designated wheelchair-accessible vehicle duties and recognise the limited TfL exemption routes.
Prepare from handbook duty to safe decision
Start with the current TfL instructions, learn each handbook responsibility in context and practise reading precise facts without inventing live assessment parameters.
Core concepts
Concept 1
assistance-dog duty
Exam cue: A dislike, concern about cleaning or unverified allergy is not a TfL exemption.
Concept 2
wheelchair-accessible vehicle duty
Exam cue: The driver should understand safe equipment use and provide the required boarding, securement and alighting assistance.
Concept 3
no extra charge
Concept 4
medical exemption evidence
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Charging more because a passenger has an assistance dog or needs wheelchair assistance.
Guardrail: Check whether the fact is handbook assessment content, a current operational rule or an unpublished assessment detail before relying on it.
Assuming every disability or assistance animal will be immediately visible or obvious.
Guardrail: Check whether the fact is handbook assessment content, a current operational rule or an unpublished assessment detail before relying on it.
Memory anchors
Assistance Dogs, Wheelchair Duties and Exemptions: scope
Carry assistance dogs, distinguish general mobility duties from designated wheelchair-accessible vehicle duties and recognise the limited TfL exemption routes.
assistance-dog duty
A dislike, concern about cleaning or unverified allergy is not a TfL exemption.
wheelchair-accessible vehicle duty
The driver should understand safe equipment use and provide the required boarding, securement and alighting assistance.
no extra charge and medical exemption evidence
Review these together when applying assistance dogs, wheelchair duties and exemptions.
Assistance Dogs, Wheelchair Duties and Exemptions: avoid
Charging more because a passenger has an assistance dog or needs wheelchair assistance. Also avoid assuming every disability or assistance animal will be immediately visible or obvious.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
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