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if anyone legal with the due powers took any interest in it..................which they wouldnt/didnt

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

Indicators should only be used to signal a change of direction. The car moving forward on the rank was not changing direction, the car pulling in changed direction and caused a collision.

Imagine the rank and road as a dual carriageway, if a car in the right lane moves to the left and collides with a car already in the left lane that hasn't changed direction then they are at fault.

I think both cars had nothing more than a slight scuff and both drivers had agreed to let it go until this busy body chipped in I doubt anything will come of it he disappeared sharpest when i phoned the police to try unsuccessfully to get them involved

The problem with our rank is that the front end of it is a little too conveniently located for people nipping to the banks and bookies with a cashpoint next to it so loads of drivers cut in as cabs pull off or double park alongside so their passengers can nip in and they really don't think they are doing any harm or breaking the law

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

We have a Rank like that - always filling up with "Just" people.

"Just going to the (delete as appropriate) NatWest Bank / Post Office / RBS Bank / Nandos / Co Op Bank / Bookies / Skipton Building Society / Bakers / HSBC / Costas / Thomas Cook / Subway".

Don't you just love "Just" people on the busiest Rank in the City?

"I have a Blue Badge" they say "Look at the reverse" is my reply. Thou shalt not Park on (amongst the list) a Taxi Rank in hours of operation. It is a 24hr Rank.

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

Our town centyer rank is used by the public and businesses alike as a place to park. Sometimes it is impossible to actually get on the rank because of this and the arguments it causes. The rank is right next to a convenience store and a Dominoes pizza takeaway. They now want to site a post office next to it. Happy days.

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Grandad,

I think there must be at least one rank in every city/town that has a persistent problem like this, I think we should be given authorisation to deploy a "Stinger" device. !!!

S64 Town Police Clauses Act 1847

Improperly standing with carriage; refusing to give way to, or obstructing, any other driver or depriving him of his fare.

Any driver of any hackney carriage who suffers the same to stand for hire across any street or alongside of any other hackney carriage, or who refuses to give way, if he conveniently can, to any other carriage, or who obstructs or hinders the driver of any other carriage in taking up or setting down any person into or from such other carriage, or who wrongfully in a forcible manner prevents or endeavours to prevent the driver of any other hackney carriage from being hired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F49level 1 on the standard scale].

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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!

doesnt a rank - to be official - require any planning consent?

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On the road....Yes...T O..

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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!

but is an off road/private land able to be an official hackney stand?

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Yes.

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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!

Southport train station........ on British rail land..official rank...but only permit holders can use it..

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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!

heres the sign on the rank....PMSL

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I think it may be that its not stated to be a rank.....

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

So Mr T, is it a rank or not? no trading allowed......lol

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