SWOOP CENTRAL
THREE IN NINE REDDITCH TAXIS DEEMED DANGEROUS AND GIVEN PROHIBITION NOTICES
An operation to clamp down on unroadworthy taxis and private hire vehicles found a third of them to be ‘dangerous’. Tests were carried out on vehicles in Redditch on the night of Saturday 1 July, by officers from Worcestershire Operational Patrol Unit and the county’s Regulatory Services (Trading Standards). A total of nine cars were inspected and, police say, three were found to have ‘dangerous defects’.
offences. All three cars were handed prohibition notices meaning they cannot be driven until the defects are corrected. One other driver had to remove his illegal window tints as they were deemed too
Among them was a fuel leak and two drivers were reported for tyre
dark, impinging on the motorist’s visibility.
DOZENS OF TAXIS STOPPED AND CHECKED AS PART OF NEW DEWSBURY ROAD SAFETY OPERATION
The Dewsbury Neighbourhood Policing Team conducted a multi- agency day of action with partners in the Ravensthorpe area on Friday July 21, in which dozens of vehicles including taxis were checked. Colleagues from the force’s Roads Policing Team, Kirklees Taxi
Licencing, DVLA and DVSA also took part in the operation. A total of 40 taxis and PHVs were checked by Kirklees Taxi Licensing with ten given rectification notices for offences such as failure to maintain lights, failure to have a fire extinguisher and needing new
door signs. Inspector Liz Lockwood, Dewsbury NPT, said: “We do of course carry out road safety activity day in and day out on our roads in Kirklees but days like these are an excellent opportunity for us to focus resources on the issue.”
HALF OF TAXIS/PHVS TESTED TAKEN OFF THE ROAD DURING OLDHAM ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
A cabbie was arrested for drug driving during a recent enforce- ment operation aimed at making sure taxis and drivers operating in Oldham are safe. Lcensing officers from Oldham Council, joined colleagues from the GM Police Traffic unit, DVSA and DWP on the night of action. Officers from the City of Wolverhampton Council (CWC) also took part because a number of PHVs licensed in the Midlands
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are known to trade in Oldham, and surrounding towns. In total, 26 PH and HC vehicles were pulled over and taken to the council’s Moorhey Street depot to be checked over by
trained
mechanics to see if they were safe and roadworthy. Of the vehicles stopped, 13 were immediately taken off the road for a variety of reasons, including cracked windscreens, balding tyres and faulty lights. Of the 17 vehicles
checked that had Oldham plates, five were taken off the road. Eight of the nine CWC licenced vehicles were found to have faults. The cars cannot be used until the faults have been fixed. Licensing staff also carried out checks on the drivers to ensure all their paperwork was in order. The arrested cabbie, whose HC driver licence had expired days before, now faces losing his licence and gaining a criminal record.
AUGUST 2023 PHTM
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