SWOOP CENTRAL UNROADWORTHY BURTON TAXIS BANNED
Taxis have been taken off the road after a crackdown by East Staffordshire Borough Council, the police, HM Customs and VOSA.
They have been carry- ing out checks in Burton over the last month.
The Burton Mail reports that in one
operation 14 taxis were checked and two immediate bans served, because of the seriousness of the defects.
BOGUS NEWCASTLE CABBIES OFF THE STREETS
Dangerous taxis and bogus cabbies were the targets of a recent operation. Police in Newcastle stopped more than 40 taxis and conducted on-the-spot checks to ensure they were fully
complying with motor- ing and safety laws. The operation, run jointly between North- umbria Police and Newcastle City Coun- cil’s Taxi Licensing Department, focused on both PHVs and
hackney carriages from in and out of the city. A total of 44 drivers were stopped and 25 defects detected which included light- ing faults, tyre defects and displaying incor- rect signage.
ROAD CHECK SUCCESS IN SOLIHULL
More than 150 cars were stopped and checked during a major operation. Solihull Council teamed up with police officers, the fire service and other agencies to
check 152 taxis, vans and other vehicles at the NEC West car park. Drivers were tackled for vehicle defects, using mobile phones while driving and hav- ing no insurance.
Cllr Len Cresswell, cab- inet member for safer communities, told the Solihull News: “We have removed a num- ber of vehicles from the road which were in a dangerous condition.”
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Spot checks on some of Tameside’s taxis resulted in almost all of those vehicles test- ed being taken off the road.
The safety inspections were carried out by licensing officers from Tameside Council along with police, VOSA and the Depart- ment for Work and Pensions.
Of the 21 private hire vehicles assessed, only four passed the test and the rest were taken into a garage for further inspection. Ten lost their licence plates and seven were in such a poor state of repair that they were taken off the road
completely. Problems included faulty brakes, tyres and steering. Similar recent spot checks resulted in eight hackney car- riages and two private hire vehicles losing their licence plates due to defects such as cor- rosion, faulty brakes and suspension, ex- cessive exhaust smoke and steering box fail- ure.
Those targeted in the crackdown were older and potentially run- down cars.
Environment chief, Councillor Catherine Piddington, told the Tameside Advertiser: “This type of operation highlights the impor-
tance of maintaining vehicles between tests - if vehicle owners improved in this area we might not see so many failures.
“It also provides a reminder for taxi and private hire vehicle owners that we will act on, deal with and not tolerate poorly main- tained vehicles. “This result was not representative of the whole fleet however. We particularly target- ed vehicles which may have been reported to us for being in bad repair or condition or which are older and therefore more likely to develop faults between tests.”
CLAMPDOWN ON ILLEGAL WOKING TAXI DRIVERS
A cab driver had his plates confiscated by Surrey Police after offi- cers discovered he was an illegal immi- grant. Twenty-seven taxis were stopped in Wok- ing in July as part of a joint operation to ensure that drivers and their vehicles are com- plying with the law. Seven drivers were also found to be claiming benefits while working and each will be subject to
a review by the bor- ough council’s benefits investig- ation team. The initia- tive involved 12 officers from Surrey Police, Woking Bor- ough Council and the immigration services. The clampdown comes following complaints about the operation of taxis in the borough made by members of the public to the vari- ous agencies.
Neighbourhood Ser- geant Dave Griffiths
told the Woking Review: “This opera- tion was a huge success and a fine example of the differ- ent agencies working together and sharing information.
“This type of operation will be carried out in the future in a bid to ensure that taxis oper- ating in the town are doing so safely and legally so that resi- dents can feel confident in using them.”
FAULTY LIMO SEIZED IN LLANELLI
A limousine carrying children from a Llanelli primary school on an outing has been seized after police allegedly found a catalogue of faults.
The limo had taken sixteen 11-year-old pupils to Parc Trostre as part of their leaving celebrations.
But an eagle-eyed member of the public noticed that the limo’s doors weren’t shutting properly and notified the police and VOSA. Following an investiga- tion, the limo was
discovered to have no COIF, no MOT, defective brakes, no tachograph records, no operator’s licence, no speed lim- iter, and wheel nuts were missing.
The offences have made the limo the first one to have been seized in the UK for operating illegally under new legislation relating to public serv- ice vehicles. Police constable and roads policing unit intelligence officer Adri- an Hughes told the Llanelli Star: “The
whole purpose of this legislation is to make our roads safer. This vehicle had quite a shocking range of defects.”
Andrew Rustage, VOSA senior vehicle examiner, said: “VOSA has worked hard with the limousine industry to bring them into a safe operating regime. “The hardcore few who insist on operat- ing illegally and with little regard for pas- senger safety can expect to lose their vehicles indefinitely.”
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