 Westminster CCTV cameras back! Call Sign’s PCN guru Barrie Segal – who also acts for Dial-a-Cab and who has hugely reduced the money the Society used to pay in Penalty Charge Notices – has sent a warning for this magazine’s readers. It involves Westminster Council’s CCTV cameras. Just under 12 months ago, Government guidelines via the Traffic Management Act of |
PCN Madness! |
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specified that CCTV cameras had to be of a minimum
resolution and that 100 of the Westminster cameras failed to
meet those specs. As a result, the 100 were turned off and had
to be replaced. But now they’re back working and according to
Barrie are dishing out PCNs faster than ever! You have been
warned... PCN Stupidity as council tickets itself! Whilst researching the second volume of his book The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness & Traffic Warden Hell, Barrie came across some really crazy stories, but topping the list had to |
be the appeal by Islington
Council heard by the Traffic Appeals Service in 2007. The
council had not only issued a parking ticket to itself, but then
pursued itself at the Parking Adjudicator and asked for costs
against itself – meaning that the council believed it acted
unreasonably or vexatiously against itself! You can read more in
Barrie’s newsletter... Barrie Segal is the founder of www.appealnow.com - the only website in the world where you can appeal your parking ticket online in 4½ minutes. He also has a free newsletter if drivers want to sign up. Click onto the 5p piece on the www.appealnow.com website. |
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PCO: Safety info for taxi wheelchair users |
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A new sticker
with safety information for wheelchair users has been approved
for display in licensed taxis. The sticker clarifies the
recommended safe position for wheelchair users when travelling
in taxis. Wheelchair users should be carried facing the rear of the taxi with their back to the partition. The attachment belts that are designed to ensure the safety of wheelchair users, will only work properly if the wheelchair is in this position. The sticker will be available from SGS taxi inspection centres and also incorporates the ‘no-smoking’ sign, which must be displayed in the passenger compartment of all licensed taxis. The new sticker will go inside the taxi passenger compartment, in the offside rear quarter light window, the same side as the driver’s seat and opposite the window where the Taxi Information Sticker should go. The sticker will go in the same position in all models of taxi, whether LTI, Metrocab or the Mercedes Vito and will be rolled out to all licensed taxis over the next 12 months and will then become a mandatory requirement for all licensed taxis. |
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In March 2010, the Mayor published Clearing the Air, his draft Air Quality Strategy for public consultation. This is one of a number of strategies that the Mayor is required to develop under the Greater London Act. The draft strategy contains proposals in several policy areas for improving air quality in London and builds on the initial Assembly and Functional Bodies draft published in October 2010.The consultation document, along with related material, is available to download at: http://london.gov.uk/prio-rities/envi-ronment/vision-strategy/air-quality. This sets out the background to the question of London’s air quality and the proposals put forward. The proposals in the draft strategy are for consultation and |
views are being sought from the public and from bodies concerned with the range of policy areas affected. The consultation is open until 21 June 2010. Taxi and private hire trade stakeholders are invited to respond to these proposals, and submit any evidence relevant to the issues. Account will be taken of the views and evidence, when decisions are made regarding the proposals, to be included in the final version of the Strategy to be published in late 2010. Details of how to respond and forms for response, to be completed online or printed for submission by post, are available on the GLA web site at the same address. As individuals and organisations involved in or concerned with the taxi and private hire trades, you |
are also invited to send us your comments and any other proposals that could contribute to reducing harmful emissions from taxis and private hire vehicles in London. We would like to receive your comments by 14 June 2010, to allow us to collate responses for the discussions going forward. Any earlier responses will be helpful. Responses should be emailed to TPH.Consultation@tfl.gov.uk or sent bypost to: Taxis and Private Hire MAQS Consultation, TfL Taxi & Private Hire Directorate 4th Floor Yellow Zone Palestra 197 Blackfriars Road London SE1 8NJ John Mason Director, Taxi/Private Hire, TfL |
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