The Sheffield Wednesday defence failed their spot check against the mighty Rams on Saturday also.
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:42 am ] |
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Third of Sheffield taxis failed spot check http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Third-of- ... 5702935.jp MORE than a third of Sheffield taxi and private hire drivers failed spot checks during a four-month crackdown over the summer. Sheffield Council enforcement staff were out checking conditions of vehicles and ensuring they were properly licensed and insured between May and August. A total of 273 checks took place on 162 drivers and 111 vehicles - and 102 had breached the rules, Sheffield Council has revealed. Seventy-seven offenders were issued with notices to improve for minor problems, 19 were given formal warnings and three received police cautions. Three of the most serious breaches resulted in prosecutions. But Hafeas Rehman, chairman of Sheffield Taxi Trade Association, said: "I don't think the situation is as bad as the statistics make out. "Most of the notices and warnings were for minor things like taxis waiting for passengers when they were not at taxi ranks or involved drivers who had forgotten their official badges. "Unfortunately, the recession has led to a decline in customers, so some drivers have been waiting where they shouldn't, to try to collect more fares. "But this could be avoided by designating more taxi ranks closer to where customers are. In Hillsborough, for example, the rank is in Bradfield Road but there are customers wanting taxis from the old Deep End, on Langsett Road." Two private hire drivers were prosecuted for plying for hire without hackney carriage licences, which means they are not insured to collect passengers who have not booked in advance. One received six penalty points on his licence and was fined £100, ordered to pay £75 costs and a £15 surcharge. The other also received six penalty points, a £50 fine and had to pay £45 costs. The third prosecution involved a private hire vehicle found to be in poor condition. All three most serious offenders, who were from Sheffield, were caught in the summer's biggest taxi enforcement operation on August 13 and 14. The exercise was run jointly by Sheffield Council, North East Derbyshire Council, South Yorkshire Police and the Government's Vehicle Inspectorate. Frances Woodhead, director of legal services at Sheffield Council, said: "Over 25 vehicles were thoroughly checked for roadworthiness and council officers checked the drivers." |
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| Author: | Derby Ram [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:09 pm ] |
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The Sheffield Wednesday defence failed their spot check against the mighty Rams on Saturday also.
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:17 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: A total of 273 checks took place on 162 drivers and 111 vehicles - and 102 had breached the rules, Sheffield Council has revealed.
We can debate forever if the actual faults are that major or not, but we really must take our hats off at the amount of vehicles checked. They have checked more in those two days than most councils have done since 1847. 
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:51 pm ] |
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Derby Ram, Once your yellow peril come to the end of there working life please scrap them, we have 2 of your ex yellow skodas up here now HTF they got them though the test is beyond me it must have cost a small fortune and one needed a new gearbox mind you the person who bought them must be desperate |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:59 pm ] |
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skippy41 wrote: Derby Ram, Once your yellow peril come to the end of there working life please scrap them, we have 2 of your ex yellow skodas up here now HTF they got them though the test is beyond me it must have cost a small fortune and one needed a new gearbox mind you the person who bought them must be desperate
I think Derby only license WAV's as HC skip......Hartlepool do yellow saloons. CC |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:02 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: skippy41 wrote: Derby Ram, Once your yellow peril come to the end of there working life please scrap them, we have 2 of your ex yellow skodas up here now HTF they got them though the test is beyond me it must have cost a small fortune and one needed a new gearbox mind you the person who bought them must be desperate I think Derby only license WAV's as HC skip......Hartlepool do yellow saloons. CC I was close then  
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:04 pm ] |
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skippy41 wrote: I was close then Right country which aint bad for you
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:07 pm ] |
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They also have a white Vito bus i wonder where they got that from, mind you the boys have christened it the duck due to the inside trim being held together with duck tape
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| Author: | Derby Ram [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:32 pm ] |
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Quick quiz question, Hartlepool....Derby.What's the connection? Maybe it's what confused you Skippy!
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:43 pm ] |
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Derby Ram wrote: Hartlepool....Derby.
Place where Stig lives? 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:46 pm ] |
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Sussex wrote: Derby Ram wrote: Hartlepool....Derby. Place where Stig lives? Naaaa thats the Scottish Borders
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:12 pm ] |
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Derby Ram wrote: Quick quiz question,
Hartlepool....Derby.What's the connection? the railway |
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| Author: | Fae Fife [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:02 pm ] |
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skippy41 wrote: Derby Ram, Once your yellow peril come to the end of there working life please scrap them, we have 2 of your ex yellow skodas up here now HTF they got them though the test is beyond me it must have cost a small fortune and one needed a new gearbox mind you the person who bought them must be desperate
There was a bit of a yellow taxi gimmick in Dundee for a while so they might have come from there; I don't think there were that many and I haven't seen any for a couple of years, but they were Octavias. There's now a yellow Octavia in the East Neuk of Fife, but apparenty it's been having mega problems and has been off the road a lot, so expect it in the Borders soon
Do the rego numbers give any indication as to where they are from, Skippy? |
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| Author: | Derby Ram [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:11 pm ] |
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The railway? LOL. Good effort Wannabe... it was of course Brian Clough.He managed Hartlepool before the super Rams. Regards Steve |
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| Author: | Nigel [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:35 am ] |
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What gets me about these Sheffield Taxi drivers is they are earning the money so why don't they spend some on their motors? If they are running a motor why don't they put away £40 a week for repairs, every 10th week or 10,000 miles book it in for a service, 10 weeks saving £40 a week gives you £400, even a service at the main LTI dealership won't cost you that much. How much do Giaconi's charge in Nottingham Derby Ram? I know you've used them before and I remember you saying that they were well good on price, A few of the lads in our manor use them and they rate them well up there with the best. |
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