Same old, same old. But I suppose that when it's traffic police you're dealing with then it's a bit different to the remote ticketing via ANPR cameras in supermarket car parks etc in terms of appeals etc
And lengthy exposition of the applicable rules at the end here by the traffic police inspector. And the PR sop right at the end - despite the ticket, the officer actually allowed the passenger to be dropped in the prohibited zone. That was big of him
Taxi driver says police shouldn't have fined him because of who was in his carhttps://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... t-33319558Taxi driver Darren Magee described it as "unjust"A taxi driver fears being ordered to pay £500 after dropping a customer, who is disabled, off in a pedestrianised zone. On Tuesday, January 20, Darren Magee, 55, picked up a customer from Morton in his taxi and dropped them off on Bebington Road in New Ferry.
As he entered the street, he was met by a Merseyside Police traffic officer who issued him a fixed penalty notice for entering a pedestrian zone. Mr Magee claims the sign stating Bebington Road was a pedestrianised zone was not visible and raised the issue with the force.
Merseyside Police said it carried out a law enforcement operation following complaints made to Wirral councillors from residents and businesses about vehicles contravening a traffic regulation along a pedestrianised stretch between Bebington Road and New Chester Road, New Ferry.
It's understood a section of Bebington Road has been pedestrianised for over three decades. Restrictions on the one-way street, which are now being enforced following complaints of dangerous driving, only allow loading and unloading by local businesses after 4.30pm and before 10.30am.
Mr Magee, from Irby, was issued a £50 fixed penalty notice. The letter states the offence carries a maximum penalty of £500, and Mr Magee fears he could have to pay hundreds if he doesn't pay £50 within the allotted 28 days and tries to appeal it in court.
Mr Magee said: "It's unjust. I was dropping a disabled passenger off; surely there's some kind of leniency for loading and unloading when they have a blue badge?"
Business owners recently slammed authorities for having "nothing better to do" after they were fined for parking on the town's high street. Sam Jelenski, who runs community hub Lumi Place, was one of those fined in the recent crackdown.
He said many businesses were using the road due to the loss of the nearby Woodhead Street car park to a new regeneration development in the town centre.
Mr Jelenski said: "They are just fining everybody because they have got nothing better to do. We are just trying to establish what we should do.
"The businesses are starting to think, ‘Let’s move somewhere else'. If the businesses are already coming up with ideas to move out from New Ferry because we have no parking spaces, there’s no footfall. " You can read more about this on the Liverpool Echo website.
Chief Inspector of Roads Policing Stuart McIver said: “Merseyside Police carried out a law enforcement operation following complaints made to Wirral councillors from residents and businesses about vehicles contravening a traffic regulation along a pedestrianised stretch between Bebington Road and New Chester Road, New Ferry.
“This regulation prohibits all vehicles from entering the pedestrianised area between 10.30am and 4.30pm, and this include vehicles loading and unloading goods during these hours. The only exception is police, fire service and ambulance vehicles, which can enter the pedestrianised zone.
“Furthermore, vehicles which are loading and unloading are only permitted to enter outside the prohibited hours (which is before 10.30am and after 4.30pm). This traffic regulation along the pedestrianised stretch is clearly signed and was introduced by Wirral Council in 1986.
“While carrying out a law enforcement operation on 20 January, the officer identified a number of vehicles breaching the no entry zone and they were issued with a fixed penalty notice.
“In this instance, the taxi driver was issued with a fixed penalty notice at 11.42am for entering the prohibited area. In addition, there are a number of suitable accessible drop-off points close by that motorists can use which are a short distance from shops. Despite this, the officer did allow the driver to drop the passenger off, as he was already in the street."
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