London taxi drivers say passenger duties and stopping rules increasingly clash — with PCNs and private parking charges for doing the job.
trade reporting Perry Richardson describes a Brompton Road app booking where zigzags and a no-U-turn left no clean kerb; waiting to contact a group opposite Boots still drew a PCN now under challenge. Separately Gary Taylor received a £60 private charge after helping an elderly passenger with a cane at Brentford Lock; Parking Collection Services rejected his appeal, saying taxi status is no exemption. MP Ruth Cadbury and LTDA’s Steve McNamara criticised enforcement that risks drivers refusing door-to-door drops. Highway boarding exemptions do not always apply on private land; accessibility duties still expect reasonable assistance.