Taxi Driver Online

A person was stopped on one of our taxi ranks this afternoon. A civil enforcement officer took a photo of the car and the driver complained and said he was only passing some paperwork to someone. At this point a member of the public got involved and was "having a go" at the enforcement officer. When the enforcement officer had finished writing the ticket she handed the ticket to the passer by and not the driver or on the vehicle. Is that ticket valid?

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Grandad,

I'd say no as it was not served on the driver.

what was the ticket for?

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

being ugly..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

no defence then

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Parking on a taxi rank I would guess.

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Grandad,

and was it?

we had coaches parked on a rank saturday AGAIN

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The ticket wont be valid as the driver has no way to appeal, or to even know what he is being ticketed for.

At some time in the future the council will send an enforcement notice, and that may be valid, as there is photo evidence of the alleged breach.

If someone gets ticketed and a chav takes the ticket off the vehicle before the driver arrives back, then IMO the charge still stands, it's just the defendant should be given extra time to challenge.

In the case at hand the fact that the warden gave the ticket to a passerby does question her ability to take down details correctly.

All that said, there must be a thousand posts on TDO moaning about cab drivers using ranks as free parking, so we can't have it always.

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IDFIMH

we all do, one is right by a public loo, but coaches and public park on it too

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I'm not sure too many moan about a driver ranking up and then using the loo, but when they do there week's shopping, that's not on IMO.

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IDFIMH

If it wasn't attached to the vehicle then it's not valid.

PCNs can be issued by post if the driver moves away before it is attached to the car. It may be valid, but that depends what was on it.

Apparently the vehicle was not on the taxi rank. The PCN was not placed on the vehicle or given to the driver but was given to another person who was not even a passenger in the vehicle. The observation time recorded on the PCN states that the vehicle was observed from 14.30 until 14.30.

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Grandad,

IF the vehicle was stopped on the rank then the observation time is irrelevant, I think the words 'No Stopping Except Taxis' accompanied by a blue circle with a red cross gives the game away !

If you read the above I state that the vehicle was not, repeat, not on a taxi rank. it was in a car park at a place where coaches visiting the town drop off and pick up passengers.

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Grandad,