I often have to go to Peterborough train station to pick up/drop off Mrs L. The drop off point is almost always blocked by taxi drivers who just pull in to the entrance & stop to drop their fares off. If it's not at the entrance, it's at the exit. they just stop, no puling over or stopping where the pick up point is (which is usually full of empty taxis while the driver is off chatting to his mates.
As for parking up at the short stay car park, you can't - the entrance is blocked by taxis. They even stop on the roundabout, thus blocking both the short stay & long stay car park.
There's one main road I now refuse to drive down, not because of the taxis, but just general drivers who live in the area. Apparently, you don't need indicators, double parking is allowed (the nearer the Zebra crossing the better) and when pulling out of a side road, those on the main road are expected to give way. I've witnessed a car drive down the pavement as the traffic lights were red, mothers just push their children's pushchairs out into the road so the traffic will stop and one car stopping over a junction so the occupant could visit the cash point without having to walk too far.
The worst I've seen was a car puling out of a junction in front of a police car with flashing lights, then stop in front of it & the driver get out to confront the police. No idea why except possibly to stop them pursuing a car which went past moments before at a fair rate of knots.
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