Ok I had a blonde moment and posted this in the wrong place
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:28 am ] |
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Crewe cabbies caught short by wardens http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/crewe-n ... -25080417/ Cabbies caught short by wardens FURIOUS Crewe cabbies claim it is costing them up to £70 to spend a penny. Taxi drivers who use the Delamere Street rank are livid because they claim traffic wardens are ticketing them when they get out of their vehicles to go to use a nearby toilet. Simon Ward, of SJ Taxis, said: “They’re moving us off. If we want to go to the toilet they’re saying we have to move off the rank but then we lose our place. “They’ve booked some drivers for going to the toilet. They’re saying we should move off here and park on the car park.” If the cabbies park in the Delamere Street car park they have to pay. They also inevitably lose their place and have to queue to get back on the rank. Mr Ward said: “About four or five drivers have been booked so far. It’s not right.” Some drivers have claimed they are an easy target for the traffic wardens. They say it’s almost as if they lie in wait for them and then pounce the minute they get taken short. The cabbies have also been ticketed for parking on the double yellow lines in Delamere Street. One said: “Why have they got double yellow lines there? The road is wide enough to get three buses along there. We don’t have anywhere else to wait to get on the rank. They just tell us to drive around but where?” A Cheshire East spokesman said: “Taxi drivers cannot leave their vehicles unaccompanied on a rank at any time. It’s also illegal to park on double yellow lines.” He said these were two of the conditions they agreed to when they signed for the licences. He added: “We do try to be reasonable but we will ticket people if need be.” |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:32 am ] |
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Ok I had a blonde moment and posted this in the wrong place
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:13 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Ok I had a blonde moment and posted this in the wrong place
Perhaps they need to delimit the number of loos, or restrict the number of wardens. 
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| Author: | cabbyman [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:38 pm ] |
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This is outrageous. Our conditions specifically forbid leaving a cab unattended on a rank 'except to visit a toilet.' Parking on DYLs is not illegal. Parking violations have been de-criminalised. I know I keep on about this but, if a couple of them go to www.pepipoo.com and post tickets on there, the experts will advise if the tickets themselves are compliant. This needs fighting. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:45 pm ] |
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62 Penalties in case of carriages being unattended at places of public resort If the driver of any such hackney carriage leave it in any street or at any place of public resort or entertainment, whether it be hired or not, without some one proper to take care of it, any constable may drive away such hackney carriage and deposit it, and the horse or horses harnessed thereto, at some neighbouring livery stable or other place of safe custody; and such driver shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [level 1 on the standard scale] for such offence; and in default of payment of the said penalty upon conviction, and of the expences of taking and keeping the said hackney carriage and horse or horses, the same, together with the harness belonging thereto, or any of them, shall be sold by order of the justice before whom such conviction is made, and after deducting from the produce of such sale the amount of the said penalty, and of all costs and expences, as well of the proceedings before such justice as of the taking, keeping, and sale of the said hackney carriage, and of the said horse or horses and harness, the surplus (if any) of the said produce shall be paid to the proprietor of such hackney carriage. |
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| Author: | spaceinvader [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:36 pm ] |
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some of these wardens just go mad, they never seem to get the sack for over zealous ticketing tho. Im just fed up of driving, looking onto how to become a plumber |
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