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BRISTOL DRIVER FINED AFTER STOPPING FOR A MINUTE TO HELP ELDERLY WOMAN WITH SHOPPING
A taxi driver says he was fined after stop- ping for a minute to help an elderly woman with her shopping. Mohsin Perveaz said he was parked along Wells Road in Knowle on June 18 waiting for a job to come in when he saw an elderly lady he recognised limp- ing and struggling to carry some bags. The taxi driver said he knew it wouldn’t be a long trip so offered to give her a lift. BristolLive reports that Mr Perveaz stopped outside her house - also along Wells Road - as
there were two cars parked on the drive already. He helped unload her bags, and made sure she was OK. However, by the time he got back to his car, he had been given a parking ticket. “I am not going to park around the cor- ner, everyone has a door-to-door ser- vice - that is why they get a taxi,” he said. “If you look at the ticket, it says first time observed 5.18pm and time issued 5.19pm. It is given within a min- ute, which is crazy.” Mr Perveaz - who has been a taxi driv- er for three years -
said he appealed the fine to the coun- cil but this was unsuccessful as the vehicle was in an area where waiting and loading/unload- ing restrictions were in force. “I am confused and upset - does this mean a taxi can not
stop for 60 sec- onds? It is not right - I am a taxi driver, we stop everywhere and anywhere. It is part of my job,” he added. “We have all been impacted heavily by this crisis and I can not afford to pay the fine,” he continued.
“I do not think any- one should be given a ticket within a minute, especially not a taxi driver. It does not make sense.” Amar Hafeez is the son of the elderly woman Mr Perveaz gave the lift to and said he was shocked when he found out the taxi driver had been fined. He said he found it odd he had given a ticket so quickly. “He was doing a nice gesture,” he continued. “It is a bit of a concern to me that they would enforce this so strongly and I dis- agree with what the
council is doing. I feel bad he was given a ticket for this.” Bristol City Council said it had consid- ered the appeal made on this occa- sion and has upheld the issue of the PCN. The spokeswoman said: “We have how- ever extended the discount period for payment by an additional 14 days. “If the driver still considers that the PCN should not have been issued, theycan appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal, for their case to be heard by an independent Adjudicator.’’
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14 SEPTEMBER 2020
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