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NEWPORT CAR AGE LIMIT PLAN IS QUASHED
Newport hackney car- riage drivers’ pros- pects have been trans- formed following a meeting last month. Chairman of the New- port Hackney Carriage Drivers’ Association Lionel Morris said the situation has gone from “very bleak” to “extremely positive” in the past month, because of “tremen- dous co-operation” with Gwent Police, Newport University and Arriva Trains, who operate Newport rail- way station.
Drivers experienced a dismal 2009, with many facing the prospect of being forced out of work
because of proposed age limits on vehicles set to be brought in by Newport City Council. Mr Morris also said that a judicial review which quashed Newport city council’s decision to enforce age limits on hackney carriages saved at least 15 driv- ers from being made redundant.
The city’s 220 regis- tered hackney carriage drivers fought for busi- ness with Newport’s 800 PHVs. As it is ille- gal for PHVs to wait for business in public areas, this will now be enforced at Newport railway station from March, when there will be spaces for up to 40
hackney carriages only. A similar system was brought in at Newport University’s Caerleon campus last month. Now there are pick-up berths for six hackney carriages rather than the private hire firms Mr Morris said “used to swamp” the area. He told the South Wales Argus: “Before we were fighting for our liveli- hoods, working very long hours for just £35 a day. Now there’ll be no jostling for business.” Hackney carriages will also have stickers warning passengers about penalties for run- ning off without paying, abusing drivers and damaging vehicles.
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FINE THREAT IF YOU LEAVE ENGINE RUNNING IN SEFTON
Plans have been put forward to fine motorists who leave their engines on when stationary in Maghull and Aintree.
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The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) is seeking authorisation for plans to hand drivers on-the- spot fines of up to £40 if they do not switch off their vehicle when standing for more than a couple of minutes. The move comes after the EPD received complaints about sta- tionary cars being left with their engines run- ning while waiting at level crossing barriers, as well as waiting for buses and delivery vehicles to move on. The EPD argue that the running of engines while a vehicle is not moving is an “ineffi- cient use of fuel” and results in the release of gases that have “negative effect on
both climate change and public health”. It is proposed that a “Stationary Idling Offence” be put in place to apply to areas throughout Sefton. If approved, the regu- lation would give authorised officers the power to ask drivers who leave their vehicle running to switch off. Failure to comply with this request could lead to a fixed penalty of £20, rising to £40 if the fine is not paid within a certain amount of time. David Tattersall, exec- utive member of the Environmental Com- mittee, told the Maghull and Aintree Star: “By proposing these plans, we are not just going to start fining innocent motorists left, right and centre. It is more about advising people to switch off their engines to reduce vehicle emissions and
prevent air pollution. “If passed, the new regulations will target repeat offenders as a last resort. I believe advice and guidance is more effective then rash measures.” Bill Richey, Chairman of the North Sefton Hackney Drivers’ Association, com- mented: “I can see the point of encouraging people to switch off their engines at level crossings as you can be kept waiting 15 minutes at a time. “But from a taxi dri- ver’s point of view it is just not possible for us to sit there with our engines off in the win- ter months. We need to keep the car run- ning to generate heat otherwise we’d be susceptible to hypothermia.
“I would also imagine such a proposal would be very expensive and difficult to enforce.”
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