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LANCS WOMAN ISSUED £100 PARKING FINE AFTER PULLING OVER IN TAXI RANK TO TAKE A CALL
A Lancs mum has told how she was slapped with a £100 parking fine after pulling over into a taxi rank for less than a minute to take an emergency call. The Bamber Bridge mum, 36, was forced to pull over in a taxi bay outside Morrisons on June 16 after she got a sudden phone call. She instantly pulled over in the nearest safe place in order to answer her mobile phone. However, she was appalled a couple of days later to receive a PCN notice from parking firm, ES Parking Enforcement Ltd, telling her that she had to pay £100 within 28 days, or £60 within 14 days. She appealed, pointing out the circum- stances, but to no avail.
The letter from ES Parking, informing her that her appeal has been rejected, seen by Lancs Live states: “Photo- graphic evidence shows you did not park within a marked parking bay.
“There are multiple signs stating vehicles must be parked fully within the confines of a marked parking bay. The terms and conditions of parking at the above site were displayed.” The mum told Lancs Live: “At that moment, my priority was to answer the phone, and to make sure that the caller was safe. “I was stationary and I was following the law, and as quickly as possible. “I wasn’t causing an obstruction, I wasn’t stopping anyone else on the car park and there wasn’t a taxi waiting to pull in and I wasn’t in somebody else’s space, and it was literally like a minute, but it cost me a lot of money.”
MUM AND CHILD MOWN DOWN BY CAB AS THEY WALKED ALONG PAVEMENT IN BATLEY WEST YORKS
A mother and her four-year-old child were left for dead after being mown down by a “taxi” in Batley, West Yorks. According to The Sun, the terrifying incident came as the pair walked hand in hand along the pavement on the afternoon of Monday 4 July. A red “cab” driver appears to mount the kerb and knock the pedestrians back before speeding off, leaving them lying in shock and pain on the ground. Both the mum and child suffered broken bones from the collision but are stable in hospital, according to relatives. Yet their furious family have gone on social media to hunt down the motorist, by sharing CCTV of the horror. In the footage which the family posted, a red car with a taxi logo can be seen driving fully on the pavement as the pair take a lunchtime stroll. The driver appears to make no attempt to change direction as he ploughs into both pedestrians, crushing them against a stone wall separating the
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street, Track Road, from the green open space beyond. The driver then veers over to the other side of the road, clips the opposite kerb, and speeds away from the scene. A cloud of dust is left hanging in the street as if the car, resembling a VW Passat, has scraped the stone wall. Police say the woman was seriously injured in the accident. A huge police cordon was placed around the area which was sealed off for a forensic examination. Photos show a photographer docu-
menting the scene of the crime. West Yorkshire Police said: “Police were called to a reported road traffic colli- sion on Track Road, Batley, at 12:46pm yesterday involving two pedestrians. A woman and child were taken to hospi- tal where the woman’s injuries were confirmed as serious but not life threat- ening. The child did not have serious injuries. Enquiries are on-going to establish the circumstances. “Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or circumstances leading up to it is asked to call West Yorkshire Police.”
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