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Yesterday afternoon a car pulled off front rank as the next car started to pull down along comes a car at speed and tries to dive into the gap result minor RTA drivers start sorting things out and then along comes a passer by who insists that it must be the taxis fault as they were not indicating !!! all hell breaks lose but police won't respond neither vehicle has more than a slight mark BUT car driver now wants to make a claim based on this witness. Driver hasn't bothered although i had a bit of a go at the witness suggesting he would be committing fraud by doing so.

BUT is he right are we supposed to put our indicators on when moving forward on the rank ? Does anybody know of any case law that covers this ? I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the highway code

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If the driver stays within the road markings for the rank I don't see why an indicator should be used, he's pulling forward and not changing direction.

Other motorists would think you were intending to pull out in the road if you indicated.
There's some fvckin real busybodies about.

only Hackneys are allowed on a hackney rank.....

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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!

depending if its on public or private land

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

Er try again.....Official hackney rank...

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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!

i can take you to one at least not on public land

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

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depending if its on public or private land[/quote]


Er try again.....Official hackney rank...[/quote]

i can take you to one at least not on public land[/quote]


so can I ................... Official hackney rank.....................

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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!

depending if its on public or private land[/quote]


Er try again.....Official hackney rank...[/quote]

i can take you to one at least not on public land[/quote]


so can I ................... Official hackney rank.....................[/quote]



so as its NOT on the public highway then...

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

We used to have private cars pull onto the official hackney rank, except as its on private land, the cops couldnt move the cars on...

(i dont refer to the car parked on the footpath, rather where the hacks are sitting)

all that land is owned by a multi millionaire, the car park cant go pay and display as he wont let anyone earn off his land

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

Er try again.....Official hackney rank...[/quote]

i can take you to one at least not on public land[/quote]


so can I ................... Official hackney rank.....................[/quote]



so as its NOT on the public highway then...[/quote]
It can still be a Official hackney rank as in .......airport....train station ....docks..

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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!

The council have authority to prosecute..on a rank..

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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!

on private land? dream on, they cant move travellers without a court order either

and as it was usually a friday or saturday night there was no chance the LO would ever see it

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

you would lose in court.....but the point is legally ordinery cars can not park on a rank..

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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!

The car making the manoeuvre to stop on the rank is at fault I bet he too wasn't indicating his intentions, driving straight ahead is not considered a manoeuvre in an RTA situation, counter claim seems best solution

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