The Spanish taxi sector will go to the streets throughout Spain to protest against abusive practices of insurers. He announced it Antaxithe employer of the sector, more than a month ago. Although the mobilizations were scheduled for the month of November, there was no choice but to postpone them due to the impact of the DANA, on solidarity with the companions of Valencia and the totality of those affected.
Overcome the difficulties, finally the demonstration will take place today in various cities of the country. However, the center will be Madridwhere there is convened a mobilization of 11 to 14hin order to “claim insurers and administrations a solution that allows taxi professionals to access affordable policies and fair to continue providing a public and safe public service for citizens «, as can be seen from the press release released by Antaxi.
Taxi drivers will focus their protests on insurers, which they accuse of carrying out abusive practices with respect to the price of insurance policies. Reaching 7,000 euros a year, According to sector sources, taxi drivers claim that they endanger “this service of public interest in which many professionals are unable to meet this high cost.”
In the same way, the sector has been well to focus on the rural taxi and adapted taxis For reduced people, who perform fundamental work to transport people at risk of exclusion. These groups, according to AntaxiThey run a greater risk of falling into the impossibility of hiring insurance, leaving without mobility capacity really vulnerable.
Itinerary and responsible
The Madrid demonstration will depart from the Ministry of Transport (Paseo de la Castellana, 67) and will end in the Ministry of Economy (Paseo de la Castellana, 162). The sector has repeatedly requested a greater involvement of Public Administrations To guarantee good practices in the sector, protecting professionals. Similarly, they claim administrations regional and localwho control the taxi, whose intervention is key to comply with regulatory issues that allow the vehicle in perfect condition.
As for the General State Administration, the sector alleges that current regulations impose on professionals to hire policies with more guarantees Towards users than a normal vehicle. The sector claims to offer more complete products through Insurance Compensation Consortium For those professionals who, at present, find no other possibility of ensuring their auto taxi vehicles.
One of the most questioned aspects as a result of the refusal of many insurers to ensure a taxi is the inability to deal with free market and free competition. Julio SanzPresident of Antaxi, has stated that the sector “will request prices control according to the value of the insured product.”
In turn, he recalled that «the rural taxi is at the limit of not being able to provide service due to the impossibility of verifying insurance, and adapted taxis, or Eurotaxis, For people with reduced mobility, they are also at risk due to the increase in prices and, in some cases, by Insurers’ negative to ensure these vehicles «.
Sanz has declared that, despite the existence of natural disasters such as Dana, as well as the era of economic distress that most of the population lives, insurers have continued increased policies To the taxi drivers. “The immorality of taking advantage of the misfortunes of others in flagrant cases in which more is paid for the taxi insurance than the letter of the credit of the vehicle,” concluded the president.
Finally, the sector requires transparency to insurance companies, since they reveal an increase in sinisterability that does not match the data handled by the collective and the Antaxi associations. Therefore, given the volume of vehicles that make up the collective, near 67,000 throughout Spainthe sector claims to appear in an exclusive list to avoid its possible inclusion in other transport modalities outside those of taxis that, in this way, would be influencing the premiums paid.
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