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One in five Sheffield taxi/PH fail tests.
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Author:  Sussex [ Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:59 pm ]
Post subject:  One in five Sheffield taxi/PH fail tests.
Oh dear. :sad:

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/business/ ... _1_3811462
Author:  Doom [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: One in five Sheffield taxi/PH fail tests.
Sussex wrote:
Oh dear. :sad:

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/business/ ... _1_3811462


The way I heard it is there is one non Asian plate holder in Sheffield, ironic that one of the last ships the RN bore and lost was the name of this city, and he won't sell it to them so they don't have all the plates.
Author:  Dusty Bin [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: One in five Sheffield taxi/PH fail tests.
Oh dear again.

Quote:
Councillors agreed a request by taxi drivers to delay the date of vehicles’ first safety inspections by 12 months.

All black cab and private hire vehicles had faced mandatory checks at five years old. That will now be six.

Black cabs were then tested yearly up to eight years and from then twice-yearly. Now, the cabs will be tested annually between six and nine years old, followed by twice-yearly inspections until they are 15, when they cannot have a licence.

Private hire taxis must have twice-yearly tests from the age of six and are no longer licensed beyond nine years.


Presumably this doesn't show the full picture as regards the testing regime, but it seems strange that it's being made less onerous given the failure rates.
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