www.Parctel.com: Bosses at Manchester Airport have banned car park attendants from giving motorists a push start if they break down.
Officials at the airport - which aims to provide `outstanding customer service' - introduced the rule to prevent staff accidentally damaging vehicles when they are trying to help owners.
But the policy has been condemned by motoring groups, with one critic saying the airport had `thrown common sense out of the window'. A spokesman for the Association of British Drivers said: "It would be a matter of normal humanity to decide to help someone who is experiencing difficulty. The employer should just keep out of it and allow people to make their own personal judgement."
Sean Corker, who campaigns for motorists' rights in the north west, said: "It's incredible and I'm afraid it's more political correctness gone mad.
"You always come across the odd jobsworth but you don't often get people ordered by their bosses not to help customers. Their customer service obviously doesn't extend to those who drive to the airport."
Holidaymaker Paul Ross fell foul of the ruling when he returned to the Terminal 2 car park after a trip to Menorca and found the battery had gone flat on his Volkswagen Golf.
He approached staff at the car park for help but they said they couldn't assist him on the orders of their superiors.
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