Taxi Driver Online

I was making the point that if the sign and TRO states no stopping then anything and everything else (ie, waiting, dropping-off, picking-up) is irrelevant.

Your point is a good one.

I suspect a prosecution under the 1976 act would be difficult, but under local traffic regs, via the decriminalisation of parking policy, a lot easier.

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IDFIMH

In my opinion it would be a reasonable excuse to stop to pick up/set down a pre-booked passenger, much like it has been tested in the courts and traffic penalty tribunals with taxi and ph picking up and setting down on double yellow lines.
Section 4 will not cover a private hire vehicle. A public service vehicle is a vehicle displaying a public service vehicle operators licence.

A national law over-rides any local law or bye-law.

Indeed, but the act doesn't say mustn't stop, just you can't wait.

So in theory it could be said that a TRO could say you can't stop, as it doesn't contradict the statute.

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IDFIMH

TROs are sometimes wrong in many respects, especially when I found a whole batch of roads that are actually in New Romney were listed in the TRO as being in Lydd, some 4 miles away. Lots of illegal penalty charges were issued in New Romney for a long time. Also lots of yellow lines that weren't listed either.

Bit of history here...

we have 2 train stations, 1 is the main north/south line, its "rank" is not a council rank, its made available by the station, so thats not just hackney (but is respected as such)

the other is (looking at it) on the side of a road outside the station but.....on land originally purcheased by the railway company back in 1800 diddly squat, so its 3 spaces (for 100 hacks) is technically NOT a rank....

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

our council always used to count rank spaces on railway owned land as official rank spaces

ps wanna why don't you use their actual names City and Trent valley ?

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

Because he's under the delusion that we don't know where he is.

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Chris The Fish

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

firstly there is another Trent valley station not 20 minutes away, secondly as it makes no different to the issue.

Private land cant have licensed ranks as the LA do not have authority, a 3rd rank was on the bus station... traffic wardens ignored empty hacks and private cars on that one, and coaches taking up all the space.

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

Oh yes can

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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!

Councils can legally adopt ranks on private land with the permission on the land owner.

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IDFIMH

Section 76 public health act 1925.

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Former taxi driver