Taxi demonstration in Isère and the Rhône: roads blocked

From five o'clock in the morning, Monday December 2, they gathered at the gates of Lyon (Rhône-Alpes) as well as at the Saint-Quentin Fallavier tollbooth (New window) (Isère). Hundreds of taxi drivers set up a filter barrier, letting motorists pass slowly. “I lost about 20 minutes, but it’s still going to last”deplores a driver. In the sights of taxis, the new agreement currently being negotiated with health insurance on medical transport.

According to them, it risks making price reductions with a drop in revenue of at least 30%. Another reason for concern is the probable obligation to transport several patients at once with the implementation of a centralized telephone platform. Medical transport represents 98% of a driver's activity. “If this passes, I would be forced in the medium term to part with a vehicle”he explains.

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