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SEVEN PRIVATE HIRE DRIVERS CAUGHT PLYING FOR HIRE IN NOTTINGHAM
An operation to crack down on PHV drivers illegally accepting passengers in Nottingham city centre without taking a booking caught seven drivers. Following complaints that illegally plying for hire was becoming a problem and unlicensed vehicles were operating in the city centre, the Nottingham City Council, in partnership with Nottingham- shire Police and Rushcliffe BC, carried out an operation on the evening of 28 July.
Council staff acted as customers, approached private hire vehicles parked in the city and asked the drivers if they were free. If they said they were, and the driver moved off after being asked to drive to a location outside the city, the licensing officers identified themselves. The vehicles were checked for compliance and the drivers reported for the offences of illegally plying for hire and no insurance – as they covered to
are not pick up without
bookings through their operators. Four drivers licensed by Nottingham City Council and three drivers licensed by Rushcliffe Borough Council were caught. At courts, they can be fined and penalty points put on their DVLA driver’s licence. After conviction, their private hire licences will be reviewed by their respective licensing authorities and their licences could be suspended or revoked.
PHV SEIZED BY BRADFORD POLICE AND COUNCIL CRACKDOWN IN GREAT HORTON
A private hire vehicle was seized in Bradford over the weekend by West Yorkshire Police’s Steerside Enforcement team. Police said the driver was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt in Idle, on Saturday August 12. They said they then discovered the vehicle was not registered to any keeper and had not been taxed since April. The Steerside Enforcement Team tweeted: “A private hire vehicle was stopped as the driver was not wearing a seatbelt with no passenger. The vehicle was not registered to any keeper and had no VEL since April 2023. “Despite protests from the owner, the vehicle was seized on behalf of the DVLA.”
PHTM SEPTEMBER 2023 On Thursday 15 August, a
number of taxi licences were suspended as part of a driving crackdown in Great Horton, Bradford. Bradford South police teamed up with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, taxi licensing and Bradford Council for a day of action on driving offences. The day of action saw 43 traffic offence reports issued by police for a number of offences includ- ing using a mobile phone while driving, failing to wear a seatbelt and driving with no insurance. Taxi licensing also suspended four taxi licences for varying reasons as part of the crackdown. West Yorkshire Police – Bradford South posted details of the event on its Facebook page.
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