FIT AND PROPER
FINE AND POINTS FOR COUNTY DURHAM MAN WHO OPERATED UNLAWFUL SCHOOL TAXI SERVICE
A County Durham man has been ordered to pay over £300 after operat- ing an unlicensed hackney carriage and driving without insurance. The Northern Echo reports that Durham County Council took legal action against John Armstrong, of Newton Aycliffe, after he was found operating a school taxi service despite his car failing to meet the criteria for a hackney carriage licence.
Peterlee Magistrates' Court heard how the council's licensing enforcement team was notified that Armstrong was using his vehicle as a hackney carriage even though it had recently been sus- pended for failing the council fitness test. Investigations showed Armstrong had a home-to-school contract and was using his vehicle to transport a child to and from school.
Checks were then made on Arm- strong's vehicle, which showed it did not have a valid MoT certificate. Armstrong, 67, pleaded guilty by post to driving a hackney carriage without a hackney carriage vehicle licence and driving without insurance. He was ordered to pay a £180 fine, £34 victim surcharge and £100 costs. He also received six penalty points on his driving licence.
WAKEFIELD PHV DRIVER LOSES LICENCE FOR TEN YEARS AFTER UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON TWO MEN
A private hire driver had his licence revoked after he assaulted two men in a pub in an apparently “unprovoked and sustained attack”, a council report has revealed. The Wakefield Express reports that the driver injured two men in a bar in Pon- tefract, where the victims were enjoying an evening out with their wives, Councillor Maureen Cummings said in the report. Councillor Cummings, who is Wakefield Council’s Cabinet member for commu- nities, said the man would now be barred from the trade for ten years.
In the report, which was due to go before a full council meeting, Cllr Cummings said: “A private hire driver had his licence revoked after it was discovered he had beaten two men in a Pontefract pub causing actual bod- ily harm injuries. “He was arrested and cautioned by West Yorkshire Police. “The driver has failed the suitability policy and will now be barred from taxi and private hire licensing for ten years.” Councillor Cummings also reported that in a separate incident, another
cabbie lost his licence after he had caused a “road rage incident in Normanton”. She wrote: “It was discovered that he had carried out an act of dangerous driving together with abusing a local female driver. “Enquires quickly revealed that he had seven previous warnings from the licensing department including a final written warning issued by the licensing committee. “He had therefore been deemed as no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence.”
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A taxi driver has been reported for driving without due care in Bradford. The Telegraph and Argus reports that at 5.29pm on Friday Friday 14 January, Steerside Enforcement Team tweeted: “In queuing traffic today a taxi ahead of us pulls to the right, over- takes three vehicles then cuts back left across the flow of traffic, causing another driver to slam on. “Stopped, reported for driving without due care and report- ed to Taxi Licensing for consideration. #OpSteerside” West Yorkshire Police’s Operation Steerside is dedicated to tackling dangerous and anti-social driving in Bradford.
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