Police clampdown on illegally parked taxis

by Lisa Reeves

Tuesday 2^nd June 2015

Tue 2^nd Jun 2015

Police are trying to educate taxi drivers that continue to park their cabs inconsiderately in the evenings, mainly on London Road, West Street and other side roads.

Inspector Alan Fairclough said "This topic has been on the agenda for a while now and police are currently running an pperation in the village to try and solve the problems the taxi drivers are causing."

The operation is being run on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm until 3am.

Inspector Fairclough added "The last two weeks have gone well but more patrols will be carried out over the next few weeks."

Tags:: Taxis

Comments

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Terry Bowes

Tuesday 2^nd June 2015 at 2:54 pm

It's all very well whinging about the taxis at night,they are a law unto themselves!
What about the Police having a go at the daytime parkers,they are even worse! they are a law un.... oh sorry already said that!!

David Carey

Wednesday 3^rd June 2015 at 8:00 am

Terry, fair point both are as bad. What I would say is late one night a few months back as we were in our car going through the village, an ambulance with it's sirens on had to negotiate a myriad of taxis parked across all the pavements at the top end of the village waiting for people to come out of bars/restaurants. All were parked dangerously blocking the road in places, and if it stops emergency services then something is drastically wrong.