[FAC]

I lie to you and tell you this bag of powder, is flour I want you to deliver to my poor aunt Rita. You tell the cops, but he told me it was flour! who do you think goes to jail?

. If someone tells you it's service dog and tells you the task it performs then it's a service dog. You do not have the right to question them further without risking an ADA violation. So there is no way for you to determine if the patron lied to you or not. Under ADA you must serve them. I don't understand your analogy. And I don't understand how you could be held in violation of the health code. Unless your servers pet the dog or you let the dog back in the kitchen where food is prepped or stored. ESA is a different story. Whether they share the same protections as service dogs is based on state and local ordinances. If I understood you correctly the lawsuit you won was re ESA not service dog.

Additionally, California has eased up their restrictions allowing dogs onto outside patios if the restaurant meets certain criteria. I also researched the health risk of dogs in restaurants. Baffled why a service dog doesn't pose a health risk and a pet or ESA does. What I learned is they pose very little health risk if they are properly vaccinated. The only main health risk is if Fido pees or poops in the restaurant.

 

[FAC]

What if you (an Uber driver) have a disability and are allergic to animals? Then we shouldn't have to take them right because I already have to carry Epi pens so their disability shouldn't trump mine and cause any future deactivation.

Leave it to one jerk who locked a service dog in the trunk to ruin it for everyone else. Beur knows more about the classification issues if independent drivers are considered under title 2 or title 3.

I know in Denver the law states all taxis and private car services must transport service dogs. Does that law extend to TNC drivers don't know. Don't want to pay the legal fees to find out.

 

[FAC]

YES THERE ARE!!!

I'm confused. What are? Yes, vest are required or yes pit bulls can be service dogs?

 

[FAC]

Yeah no way I let anyone smoke or vape. But I can't tell the 3rd hand smoke until.its too late.

The ADA on hotels etc says that they can't charge a cleaning fee like they normally tack on for a pet. But if the service animal does something above and beyond the "normal" cleaning the owner can be charged. For instance, if a hotel normally charges an extra $50 to clean a room that a dog stayed in they cannot charge that $50 for a service dog. However if they charge an extra $250 on top of the regular cleaning fee if a pet sh*** on the floor they can also charge a service dog's owner for that.

So I'm curious how that translates to uber drivers. There isn't a standard pet cleaning fee for pax. But if a driver takes a service dog and has to pay to have the car vacuumed to clean the pet hair would uber drivers have to eat that fee or can it passed on to pax. If the dog destroys the car that's a different story like the guy whose tinting was all scratched up. I'm just talking basic cleaning. I don't know the answer; do you? Or do we have to wait for another lawsuit to answer this.

 

[Queenofthepak]

I'm confused. What are? Yes, vest are required or yes pit bulls can be service dogs?

Yes pit bulls can be service dogs.

 

[FAC]

Yes pit bulls can be service dogs.

My belief there are never bad dogs just bad owners. Same is true when it comes to kids.

 

[Queenofthepak]

My belief there are never bad dogs just bad owners. Same is true when it comes to kids.

Wise words.

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

Leave it to one jerk who locked a service dog in the trunk to ruin it for everyone else. Beur knows more about the classification issues if independent drivers are considered under title 2 or title 3.

I know in Denver the law states all taxis and private car services must transport service dogs. Does that law extend to TNC drivers don't know. Don't want to pay the legal fees to find out.

Anyplace where the law ADDRESSES TNC it should be clear. In Houston taking service animals is written into the "Vehicles for Hire" ordinance, onto which TNC was added in 2014. So at least in the City of Houston there is NO debate. We are the same as any other vehicle for hire in their eyes. It covers jitneys, pedicabs, slow moving shuttles, taxis, schoolbuses, the list goes on. Each has a section, including TNC.

 

[FAC]

Anyplace where the law ADDRESSES TNC it should be clear. In Houston taking service animals is written into the "Vehicles for Hire" ordinance, onto which TNC was added in 2014. So at least in the City of Houston there is NO debate. We are the same as any other vehicle for hire in their eyes. It covers jitneys, pedicabs, slow moving shuttles, taxis, schoolbuses, the list goes on. Each has a section, including TNC.

If only our govt was so efficient and put in place laws that kept up with times.

 

[FAC]

Tl/dr

Tedgey - I'm beginning to see the light! Almost posted TL/DR myself. But that would be the pot calling the kettle black.

My goodness we're wordy!

Ok so I'm going to make a conscious effort to post readers digest versions from now on!