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Taxi drivers in Whitby have been given the thumbs up following a series of secret spot checks. A multi-agency in- spection to randomly check taxis was held in the town by North Yorkshire
along with North York- shire County Council
Police,
and Scarborough Bor- ough Council. Cllr Brian Watson, chairman of the licens- ing committee, said: “I am delighted that there has been an improvement in com- pliance.” Out of the 18 taxis and PHVs, eight vehicles were given a clean bill
of health. Of the oth- ers,
three received
verbal advisory notifi- cations, while four others had at least one defect. No immediate suspen- sions
for serious
defects were neces- sary and no fixed penalty notices were issued.
A third of
DANGEROUS AVON TAXIS SEIZED taxis
stopped during police safety checks are too dangerous to use. Avon and Somerset Constabulary said it was disappointed that the recent on-the-spot checks in Weston had shown eight out of 23 taxis were not road- worthy. They were all
seized by police. PC Marion Carrett, of the roads policing unit, told the Weston Mercury: “A similar check was conducted in June, and this was a follow-up to see if taxi drivers had improved the condition of their vehicles. “Our findings show that
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Taxi drivers and their vehicles underwent checks last month in Uttoxeter town centre in a scheme run in partnership between Staffordshire Police Specials and East Staffordshire Borough Council’s enforcement
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taxis in
Calderdale put in for a test have failed, a 24 per cent increase from the year before. And figures from April to September
revealed this number had risen
again. Between January 2011 and September 2011, 72 licensed private hire and hackney carriage vehicles were inspect- ed, which resulted in 11 per cent being issued with immediate prohibition notices, and 24 per cent were given delayed prohibi- tion notices. But members of the committee were asked to review the existing policy and conditions
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regarding the frequen- cy and location of MoT testing of PHVs and hackney carriages. Councillor Colin Stout said it was a major concern. He told the Brighouse Echo: “We have decided to leave the system alone for the next two years to see if there is a fall in the failures. If not, then we will
take
another look at it and see how we can reduce it.
A crackdown on taxis in Ellesmere Port has been hailed as “very successful”. Cheshire Police, Cheshire West, VOSA and HMRC all took part in Operation Gold. Targeting private hire and black cab drivers, officers checked li- censed vehicles for safety and compliance. HMRC road fuel test- ing unit inspected 27 taxis and found none was using rebated heavy oil as road fuel.
CRACKDOWN ON ELLESMERE PORT TAXIS ronment,
Vehicles were also checked for roadwor- thiness and to ensure compliance
with
licence conditions with council officers issuing ten defect notices and six suspension notices. VOSA issued another two taxis with immedi- ate prohibition notices preventing use on roads as they were deemed to have seri- ous defects. Cllr Lynn Riley, execu- tive member
community and envi-
told the for
Ellesmere Port Stan- dard: “Operation Gold highlighted vehicle defects that might well have gone unnoticed for days which could have resulted in seri- ous consequences. “It is also encouraging to know that our local drivers continue to act responsibly, when at a time of high fuel costs for all road users, some might have been tempted to avoid the requisite fuel duty.”
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