..IN THE NEWS...IN THE NEWS NOTTINGHAM DRIVER GIVEN PARKING FINE CLAIMS


HE STOPPED TO HELP PASSENGER WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES


A taxi driver slapped with a £70 parking fine claims he had no choice but to stop illegally when a passenger


with


learning difficulties unexpectedly exited his car. Alan Taylor, who has been a Nottingham cabbie for more than 30 years, land- ed the PCN for leaving his cab on double red lines in Station Street while he escorted a dis- tressed passenger into her desired des- tination. The


63-year-old,


from Bulwell, told Nottinghamshire Live that he had been


waiting for a lorry to leave the drop-off zone to park cor- rectly when his passenger - a young woman with learn- ing difficulties - became anxious and opened the door and left the car. He said: “As she was already out of the vehicle and had no intention of getting back in, and with no way of making her, I had two options; leave her standing there and drive off or take her inside as quickly as possible so as not to cause an obstruction for any longer than nec- essary.”


to Nottingham City Council his fine would be over- turned. In a letter to the authority’s Parking Regulation


and Alan Taylor


Mr Taylor, a Central Cars driver, says escorting the pas- senger into Loxley House only took a minute or so and while he knew he would have ob- tained a fine he thought on appeal


Compliance depart- ment Mr Taylor explained the situa- tion but his appeal was rejected. Cllr Toby Neal, Port- folio Holder


for


Community Protec- tion at Nottingham City Council, told Not t inghamshi re Live: “We reviewed CCTV footage after Mr Taylor appealed his fine, and have lis- tened to his ex- planation of what happened. However,


there are designated bays along Station Street for drop-offs and pick-ups and it is the driver’s res- ponsibility to find one of these to safe- ly park.” This is not the first time Mr Taylor has appealed a parking fine. In October 2015 he contacted Not- tinghamshire Live about a penalty notice he received for staying 41 sec- onds longer than he should have when dropping off an elderly disabled pas- senger at Notting- ham Railway Station. It was eventually overturned.


Mmmm… We’ve run Jobsworths


items


such as this many times before; you’d think a degree of compassion


and


common sense would prevail. Recently there was a success- ful appeal by a driver in Essex, who was assisting a very elderly dementia patient from Boots to his taxi, and got a ticket for being away from the vehicle for 1


½minutes on double yellows; ultimately


after three appeals the fine was over- turned. It’s always worth having a go under these circum- stances – Ed.


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