With the introduction of CCTV camera enforcement and the armies of Civil Enforcement Officers patrolling London's streets and roads it is not rare to hear that plenty of London Taxi-cab drivers receive parking tickets for just doing their job.
Well here at the RMT specialist transport union and the London taxi branch we intend to look into the actions of councils and their treatment of Taxi-cab drivers when compared to other road users. It is fast becoming a regular complaint by members that they are ticketed and that private hire/mini-cab drivers who are not only parked but ranking illegally are ignored by the local councils and then by the Metropolitan Police.
On the 1st of Feb 2010 members of the fastest growing Taxi branch in the UK will be meeting in Victoria and no doubt this will be a topic of debate where self employed London Taxi-cab drivers will decide on a campaign and course of action to redress the imbalance created by greedy local councils who seem hell bent on damaging your wealth/profit margin.
In the meantime we urge all members to appeal all tickets that you believe are issued unfairly or incorrectly. Please note even if the council reject your appeal you have the right to appeal to the Parking and Traffic Appeal Service, you can find the link to the website in the green bar on the right hand side of this blog.
Join the RMT specialist transport union at http://www.rmt.org.uk/
