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The impact of a car accident can be especially devastating if you drive a taxi for a living. Not only are you contending with your method of personal transportation being temporarily unavailable, but your livelihood as well. These two things are bad enough without adding the impact of any injuries you might have sustained.
Taxi drivers are more likely to be involved in a road traffic accident. This is because they spend significantly more time than the average person behind the wheel of their car. So, what happens when an accident occurs?
Taxi drivers have the same rights as any other road user. When a taxi driver is involved in a car accident that was someone else’s fault, they can pursue compensation.
Taxi drivers may still be liable for their hefty insurance bills and depo fees whilst unable to work. We always recommend engaging a solicitor early following a road traffic accident. There are several reasons for this, but in regard to taxi drivers, the most important reason is so that we can get you back on the road and earning as quickly as possible.
In the event of an accident, any passengers who become injured may also entitled to initiate a claim for their pain & suffering, loss of earnings, medical treatment and any other damages that incurred.
A key factor in taxi injury claims involves identifying the party responsible for causing the car accident. The liability may rest with the taxi driver, the taxi company or a third party such as another road user, depending on the specifics of the accident. It is unlikely that any passengers onboard at the time of the accident is at fault, although this is not impossible.
We can assist you no matter what taxi firm you work for. We can help those driving for fonaCAB, Value Cabs and smaller localised firms such as Mahood’s Taxis in Carrickfergus or City Cabs in Derry City. We can also assist you if you were a passenger in a taxi operated by any firm across Northern Ireland that got involved in an accident.
Some taxi firms have a preferred firm of solicitors for you to use. However, you are entitled to instruct a solicitor of your choosing. It won’t make the process any more or less difficult. Choose the one you resonate with, be it your firm’s preferred, or your own.
If you don’t know what to look out for when choosing a solicitor, The Irish News published a helpful guide on choosing the best solicitor.
We have one of the largest and most trusted road traffic accident claims departments in Northern Ireland. We are well positioned to act for taxi drivers and all other road users following an accident.
Visit Road Traffic Accident Claims to learn more or contact us for the benefit of a free initial consultation.
