THE AA has been accused of placing girls in danger after telling a buyer gender equality guidelines stop it from prioritising assist for lone females.
Dr Helen Mott, 52, hit out after her automotive broke down on Wednesday because it was going darkish.
She known as the breakdown service to be advised it couldn't assist girls quicker as a result of “that’s equality”.
The mum tweeted about it, upsetting anger from different feminine motorists and an AA apology.
Dr Mott, of Bristol, advised The Solar: “The operator gave me an estimated time which was knocking on for a few hours.
“I requested the decision handler why they handled women and men the identical and didn’t prioritise lone girls. They mentioned there’s no distinction they usually simply mentioned that’s equality. They’ve been educated to say it.”
Tutorial Dr Mott, picked up by an AA truck lower than an hour later, complained on-line however was advised she had been suggested accurately.
Girls’s security campaigners criticised the corporate’s stance.
Sophie Francis-Cansfield, of Girls’s Assist, mentioned: “One girl is murdered by a person each three days within the UK. Precedence should be given to making sure girls’s security.”
After different members demanded clarification, AA president Edmund King mentioned: “We use frequent sense and prioritise girls however by the letter of the legislation we will’t say that.”
An AA spokeswoman commented: “We settle for that the wording of our preliminary response wasn’t nice and have apologised. In truth, we prioritise anybody in danger however as a rule it will likely be lone girls.”
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