IN THE NEWS
DELIVEROO AND JUST EAT DELIVERY DRIVERS IN HUDDERSFIELD FINED FOR TAKING UP TAXI RANK SPACE
Delivery drivers have been fined for parking in a taxi rank in Huddersfield town centre. YorkshireLive reports that this follows cabbies’ complaints to Kirklees Council about takeaway deliv- ery drivers from Deliveroo and JustEat parking in taxi bays. Increased demand for takeaway deliveries has left taxi drivers unable to rank and pick up fares in Market Street. Civil enforcement officers with West
Yorkshire Police, recently issued fixed penalty notices to seven non-taxi drivers caught parking in the bays. WYP Huddersfield said: “Several taxi drivers approached us and thanked us for looking into this matter and taking positive action. This operation will be repeated over the next few months so the message gets out that it is not acceptable to park in Kirklees taxi bays.”
TAXI DRIVER REVERSING UP M57 SLIP ROAD NEARLY CRASHES INTO MERSEYSIDE POLICE CAR
A taxi driver nearly crashed into a police car as he reversed up a motor- way slip road. According to the Liverpool Echo, on 21 June at around 1.45am, officers from the road policing unit for Merseyside Police posted on Twitter about the inci- dent: “Patrol making an emergency response to a job and on taking the on slip to join the M57 at junction 2 they almost collided with this taxi that was REVERSING up the slip road because
they ‘took the wrong turn’. “Unbelievable. Driver well and truly reported.” People also commented about the taxi driver’s behaviour. One person said: “Taxi drivers drive for a living - surely they know the Highway Code?!” Another Twitter user replied: “Unfortu- nately not all “professional” drivers act in a professional manner.” Another added: “Crikey, a driver should lose their licence for that behaviour.”
SHEFFIELD PETROL STATION PUMP AND TAXI SET ON FIRE WHILE DRIVER FILLING UP
Police have launched a manhunt after a taxi was set on fire while its driver was refuelling at a petrol station in Sheffield. ExaminerLive reports that South Yorkshire Police said the driver pulled up at the Shell service station, in Netherthorpe Road, around 11.30pm on April 13. A man approached and asked him for a cigarette. According to police, the man then leaned over the fuel nozzle and “lit the fuel alight”, causing the car and pump
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to be engulfed by flames. The car and petrol pump were heavily damaged as a result of the blaze, which police are treating as arson. Staff were able to put the fire out and no one was hurt as a result of the blaze. The man fled the scene on foot. Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connec- tion with the arson attack. Anyone who recognises him should call 101, quoting crime reference 1086 of April 13.
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