Mick Tostevin, the association’s president, said that the law currently did not give drivers enough protection to cover cleaning costs and the time off the road when passengers are sick in their car.
Infrastructure Minister Eddie Noel confirmed that discussions with drivers about introducing a soiling charge were continuing and that he hoped to be able to lodge a formal proposal on the matter by the end of the year.
In a letter published in the JEP on Tuesday, Alan Graham claimed that he had to take his car off the road to be cleaned on a busy weekend night after a girl who had drank too much was sick in the back of his taxi.
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