New local council laws believe reduced the amount of time an ice-cream van can wait by the kerbside. But it’s not the only rule to which mobile 99 and Fab vendors are subject …Some people say that the first sign of spring is daffodils,others that it’s this Sunday’s vernal equinox. For most, it’s the annual tightening of the regulations regarding what the law calls “vehicles used to communicate and sell perishable commodities”. That’s ice-cream vans toyou or me.
So it has proved this week in Worcester, or where the council has reduced the amount of time ice-cream vans can wait by any kerb from 20 to 15 minutes,prompting grumbles from pensioners who fear they won’t be able to walk over in time.
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Source: theguardian.com