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Shock of city’s unroadworthy taxis


A SNAP inspection of Cardiff’s taxi fleet has revealed a staggering 42% were unroadworthy.

South Wales Police has expressed concern at the high percentage of failures uncovered in the random check.

The operation was set up in conjunction with Cardiff Council’s licensing team and the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency to establish the roadworthiness of public service vehicles.

Out of 52 vehicles checked, 38 of which were licensed by Cardiff Council, 22 failed and their drivers were served with prohibitions to get the fault repaired. All bar one of the 52 vehicles were used to carry members of the public.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Your surprised?

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Mick Hildreth (07814 032002)
GMB PDB P39 Southern Region Branch Secretary
mick.hildreth@gmbtaxis.org.uk
www.gmbpdb.org.uk

I'm not.....but the paper obviously was.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

That's only 42% of those that were checked. What % weren't checked. You'd need to check all of them to get a true assessment of the problem. Perhaps drivers are spending more time driving and less time fixing and repairing.

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!