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Calderdale Council takes 10-year-old taxis off the road


TAXIS older than 10 years have been refused a licence.

Calderdale Council this week rejected applications from three private hire vehicles.

The council told the taxi drivers they need to ensure that their vehicles are maintained “to the highest standard” if they want to continue running them beyond 10 years old.

Members of Calderdale Council’s Licensing and Regulatory Committee said none of the vehicles were deemed to be in a suitable condition and all of the applications to renew licences were refused.


Clr Pat Allen, chairman of Calderdale’s Licensing and Regulatory Committee, said: “The whole committee wants to make it clear that the safety of the public is absolutely paramount and we expect very high standards.

“These are difficult times for all businesses and the council recognised this when it changed its policy so that private hire vehicle proprietors did not need to change their vehicles once the cars reached 10 years old.

“But our main priority is the safety and the comfort of the public and we will only allow proprietors to extend their licences beyond the vehicle’s 10th anniversary if they are in the very best condition.”

In 2008 the Licensing and Regulatory Committee changed its policy so that a vehicle could continue to be licensed beyond the maximum age of 10 years, provided the vehicle was able to pass the Council’s mechanical test.

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Interesting.

Few months ago the vehicles would have been deemed 'fit and proper', now because of a change in policy, not standards, they aren't deemed 'fit and proper'.

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IDFIMH

I thought it was drivers who had to be deemed "fit and proper" not vehicles.

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Grandad,

Ok then, deemed 'suitable, safe and comfortable'.

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IDFIMH

And they weren't.

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Grandad,

Come jan 31st my 55 plate Mondeo is too old


UNLESS i pay £75 every 4 months, then its NOT too old.....

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Agreed, a vehicle is either safe and fit or it isn't (regardless of age), payments to a LA do not change this. If the brakes are shot giving £75 to the council doesn't fix them, a garage does.

even better yet, our LA have just altered the "age exemption" checks whereby the examining garage had to:-

"confirm brakes, tyres, exhaust and battery would last 5000 miles"


how f*****g stupid.....

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Mystic garages....kwik fit have been doing that for years

CC

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