Dont want to be funny....but if thats the rank it looks like its markings are wrong.

By edge of the carriageway I assume they mean up against the curb i.e. not placed a little away from it ?

Dont want to be funny....but if thats the rank it looks like its markings are wrong

In what way?

The thick yellow line near the kerb.......our ranks dont have that, although your right when you read the variations on the diagram.

I removed that bit because on second thoughts that perhaps you were alluding to what Nidge and Edders referred to, namely the fact that the line was away from the kerb.

I would have thought that the requirement to have the thick line 'placed at the edge of the carriageway' would be satisfied even if the line was a few centimetres away from the kerb, but I certainly don't know much about these matters, so Nidge and Edders might be right.

Motorists and taxi drivers clash on rank in Driffield



DISGRUNTLED cabbies are urging a tough crackdown on motorists who park illegally on taxi ranks in Driffield.

Private car owners are hampering the ability of taxi drivers to earn a living by taking up spaces on the three vehicle taxi rank outside the Tesco supermarket on George Street.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council last week took over responsibility for parking enforcement from the police.

Now taxi drivers are hoping the authority will crack down on a problem which they claim has existed for several years at George Street and other ranks in the town.

Taxi drivers say motorists often become abusive when told they are parked illegally.

One cabby, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals, has compiled a selection of photographs which show private car owners parking on the rank at George Street.

“It is illegal to park on a taxi rank,” he said.

The problem appears to be worst on a Sunday when people appear to think it is okay to use taxi ranks as a car park or as a stop-off point while they use a cash point – which is not the case.

Nor is it permitted for disabled badge holders to leave vehicles on the ranks.

The taxi driver said that George Street provided a substantial amount of the income available to cabbies from ranks in the town.

Yet people often parked there even though there is a car park containing hundreds of spaces just metres away within the ground of the supermarket.

“When you challenge some people, you just get a lot of abuse,” he said. “But this is our living.”

ERYC became responsible for enforcing parking restrictions after Humberside Police took the decision to withdraw its traffic warden service.

Civil parking enforcement will be self-funded through the income generated from on-street parking and from enforcement action.

A spokesman for the East Riding of Yorkshire Council said taxi drivers who were concerned about illegal parking were advised to write with their concerns. Write to: East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Civil Parking Enforcement, PO Box 294, Beverley, HU17 6FB.

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