UK driver charges woman soilage charge for having baby in taxi

[watty]

Mother, 26, who gave birth in the back of a taxi five minutes into a trip to the hospital says she was sent a £60 cleaning bill

A mother who gave birth to her daughter in the back of a taxi going at 40mph claimed she was left stunned when the cab company sent her a cleaning bill for £60.

Farah Cacanindin, 26, had just left hospital for a routine check for her pregnancy when she unexpectedly went into labour on the taxi journey home in Buckinghamshire.  Astonishingly, Ms Cacanindin was able to deliver her baby Naia herself while the cab was still moving, The Sun reported.  The taxi driver phoned ahead to Stoke Mandeville Hospital to alert staff they were coming before dropping her off.  Baby Naia, wrapped in her mother's jacket after she was born, was safely looked after when they arrived and the pair were allowed to return home.

However, Ms Cacanindin claimed she was shocked when she was sent a £90 bill from Arrow Taxis to her home in High Wycombe - £30 for the journey to hospital and £60.  She said she appreciated there had been a mess in the back of the taxi, but that it was an unreasonable thing to do when she had just gone through an unexpected birth.  Ms Cacanindin said: 'I understand that I did make a mess but it's a bit cheeky to have charged me.  'It was the quickest labour ever.  'My waters broke five minutes into the journey.  'The driver asked if I wanted him to pull over but I said to keep going as I believed I would make it before she was born.'

She added she can still see the car her daughter was born in at the taxi company just down the road from her house. 

Arrow Taxis was contacted for comment. 

Wow!  I guess she won't be naming the baby after the taxi driver 

I don't think I woulda asked for the fare or the soilage charge.  Maybe the UK driver was in a rental and it was the big mean bossman back at the depot that sent the bill?

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Mother, 26, who gave birth in the back of a taxi five minutes into a trip to the hospital says she was sent a £60 cleaning bill

A mother who gave birth to her daughter in the back of a taxi going at 40mph claimed she was left stunned when the cab company sent her a cleaning bill for £60.

Farah Cacanindin, 26, had just left hospital for a routine check for her pregnancy when she unexpectedly went into labour on the taxi journey home in Buckinghamshire.  Astonishingly, Ms Cacanindin was able to deliver her baby Naia herself while the cab was still moving, The Sun reported.  The taxi driver phoned ahead to Stoke Mandeville Hospital to alert staff they were coming before dropping her off.  Baby Naia, wrapped in her mother's jacket after she was born, was safely looked after when they arrived and the pair were allowed to return home.

However, Ms Cacanindin claimed she was shocked when she was sent a £90 bill from Arrow Taxis to her home in High Wycombe - £30 for the journey to hospital and £60.  She said she appreciated there had been a mess in the back of the taxi, but that it was an unreasonable thing to do when she had just gone through an unexpected birth.  Ms Cacanindin said: 'I understand that I did make a mess but it's a bit cheeky to have charged me.  'It was the quickest labour ever.  'My waters broke five minutes into the journey.  'The driver asked if I wanted him to pull over but I said to keep going as I believed I would make it before she was born.'

She added she can still see the car her daughter was born in at the taxi company just down the road from her house. 

Arrow Taxis was contacted for comment. 

Wow!  I guess she won't be naming the baby after the taxi driver 

I don't think I woulda asked for the fare or the soilage charge.  Maybe the UK driver was in a rental and it was the big mean bossman back at the depot that sent the bill?

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She'll always be known as Big Bill!!

[taxi1990]

I would just set the car on fire.

why wouldn't he charge her for soiling the car? 

the ambulance is what she needed not a taxi.

[Octavia1]

More " I'm a victim " bollix 

If she new she was havin a baby she shud of braut a bucket
 ....

[Rat Catcher]

So she expects the driver to give up a night's wages... where was her husband/partner, at work?

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So she expects the driver to give up a night's wages... where was her husband/partner, at work?

If it was a Free Now job would they still take 15 Placenta%?

[watty]

So she expects the driver to give up a night's wages... where was her husband/partner, at work?

T'would be funny if the partner was a taxi driver who took one look at her and said 'fuk that - there's darts on the telly' and ordered a FN