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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:26 pm 
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Swines gave me a £100 PCN for being 30 minutes on a hospital taxi rank



(wife was in a clinic....lol)

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 6:58 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Swines gave me a £100 PCN for being 30 minutes on a hospital taxi rank



(wife was in a clinic....lol)



so you were abusing the system :roll: :roll: :roll:

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:44 pm 
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edders23 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Swines gave me a £100 PCN for being 30 minutes on a hospital taxi rank



(wife was in a clinic....lol)



so you were abusing the system :roll: :roll: :roll:


no


it was a wait and return

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:46 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
edders23 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Swines gave me a £100 PCN for being 30 minutes on a hospital taxi rank



(wife was in a clinic....lol)



so you were abusing the system :roll: :roll: :roll:


no


it was a wait and return

Then you broke licensing laws. You can't "wait" on a taxi rank, you have to be available for immediate hire.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:05 am 
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Wife in the clinic ?

You two should know better at your age! :lol:


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:49 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Swines gave me a £100 PCN for being 30 minutes on a hospital taxi rank



(wife was in a clinic....lol)



Ha ha I got one the other week. I've told them to Foxtrot Oscar.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:50 pm 
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grandad wrote:
Then you broke licensing laws. You can't "wait" on a taxi rank, you have to be available for immediate hire.


Private land no offence took place.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:33 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
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Then you broke licensing laws. You can't "wait" on a taxi rank, you have to be available for immediate hire.


Private land no offence took place.
He was the one who said it was a taxi rank.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:58 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
grandad wrote:
Then you broke licensing laws. You can't "wait" on a taxi rank, you have to be available for immediate hire.


Private land no offence took place.


don't be so sure :wink:

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:24 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
grandad wrote:
Then you broke licensing laws. You can't "wait" on a taxi rank, you have to be available for immediate hire.


Private land no offence took place.


You weren't the one that advised that Scottish woman a few months ago were you ? Almost £25,000 in fines if my memory serves me right. #-o


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:29 pm 
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Appeal it, and follow the good folks advice on Money Saving Expert or Pepipoo.

If the rank has been adopted it's down to the council to enforce.

If not then ask for the signage etc etc.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:21 pm 
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grandad wrote:
Then you broke licensing laws. You can't "wait" on a taxi rank, you have to be available for immediate hire.


it was not a kosher rank

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:22 pm 
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Appeal it, and follow the good folks advice on Money Saving Expert or Pepipoo.

If the rank has been adopted it's down to the council to enforce.

If not then ask for the signage etc etc.


PE have already caved in

the waiting limit signs are the other side of the driveway

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wannabeeahack wrote:
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Does road markings not have to be yellow.


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