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WORST PLACE EVER TO GET STUCK FOR IRRESPONSIBLE DERBYSHIRE TAXI DRIVER


A taxi driver with bald tyres was left cursing his luck after getting stuck in snow outside a Derbyshire police station. StaffordshireLive reports that officers in Swadlincote were gritting outside the police station, in Civic Way, Swadlincote, when the unlucky taxi driver got into a spot of bother due to the snow on Saturday, 2 January. The good Samaritan cops went over to help the driver, but noticed the car had illegal bald tyres and the cabbie was given a ticket and points on his licence while stuck outside the police station. Heavy snow arrived in the area late on Saturday afternoon making some roads difficult to navigate. The driver was unable to move due to the snow as the wheels of the taxi kept spinning forward, said a spokesman. The taxi driver has now been given three points for each bald tyre on the vehicle, he said. A spokesman for the South Derbyshire Response Unit said: “Whilst gritting the outside of the police station in the heavy saw that a taxi has got stuck and was unable to move forward with its wheels constantly spinning.


“Why? Because it had bald tyres. “Ticket issued, three points per tyre. Should know better.”


PASSENGERS MUST WEAR SEAT BELTS - WARNING


Do you know the specific rules and laws that apply to wear- ing seatbelts in licensed vehicles and who is responsible? The Sun reports that Two Doors Down star Doon Mackichan has revealed she split her head open in a London black cab when the driver slammed on the brakes when the cabbie “hit traffic lights at speed” before halting. Doon, 58, was left with a scar above her eyebrow and bruised ribs as she was hurled against the taxi’s central divide and smashed her face on the card machine. Stephen McCaffrey from Taxi Defence Barristers explains: “Taxi and private hire drivers are exempt from wearing seat- belts under the following circumstances (reg. 6 The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations 1993):


Taxi / PH Drivers:  A licensed taxi while it is being used for seeking hire, or answering a call for hire, or carrying a passenger for hire, or


 A PHV while it is being used to carry a passenger for hire. Passengers: The exemption does not apply to passengers however who


are required to wear seatbelts.  Any person over the age of 14 must wear a seat belt to avoid committing a criminal offence.


 Note however that, unlike adults, it is the responsibility of JANUARY 2021


the vehicle propri- etors or licensed driver to ensure chil- dren (anyone under the age of 14) wear the appropriate restraint for their age and length.


 There is often uncer- tainty with regards to the rules when children do not have the correct restraint with them at the time they take a hackney carriage or private hire vehicle. Under regulation 10 of the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations 1993[1] provides an exemption for hackney carriage and PHVs:


 A small child aged under three years who is riding in a licensed taxi or licensed hire car, if no appropriate seat belt is available for him in the front or rear of the vehicle;


 A small child aged three years or more who is riding in a licensed taxi, a licensed hire car or a small bus and wearing an adult belt if an appropriate seat belt is not available for him in the front or rear of the vehicle.


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