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Quarter of taxi cabs would have failed MOT


MORE than a quarter of taxi cabs stopped and checked by Bolton Council in just one day would have failed an MOT, it has emerged.

And 25 cab drivers out of 37 stopped had their licences suspended when licensing enforcement officers carried out detailed “spot checks” on private hire and hackney carriage vehicles.

The checks were carried out on October 8 by police officers and vehicle examiners from the council’s garage.

A breakdown revealed 27 per cent of those vehicles had major faults or would fail an MOT, while 32 per cent failed to maintain the vehicle.

The day before, 55 vehicles were tested, and 25 drivers had their vehicle licences suspended.

Nine per cent had major faults or would fail an MOT and 33 per cent had failed to maintained the vehicle, which covers lights, tyres and minor damage.

Problems with brakes, corrosion and other serious faults can lead to failing the MOT. A Bolton Council spokesman said: “Spot checks are carried out periodically at various times of the week and year — each one would be classed a separate operation rather than one ongoing one.

“One of the main objectives of the licensing system is to ensure all licensed vehicles are, amongst other things, mechanically sound and safe.

“Operators and owners of taxis are required to ensure vehicles are properly maintained.”

Legislation gives Licensing Enforcement Officers (LEOs) the power to inspect and test any taxi and they can suspend the licence of any vehicle where the authorised officer is not satisfied as to its fitness via spot checks.

Charles Oakes, chairman of Bolton and Bury Hackney Drivers Association (BBHDA), said: “The figures are always of concern, the safety of passengers is an absolute priority, but the figures are getting better.

“The trouble with reports is we do not get to know how far between the six month tests the vehicles are and what they have actually failed on.”

He added: “The public need to be reminded the percentage relates to the numbers checked and not to the overall number of vehicles, and there are a lot of vehicles.”

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/947 ... ailed_MOT/

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

I'll say this again because i don't think this is entirely clear a lot more than 37 vehicles would have been checked BUT they only inspect those who have a bulb out or slight damage or other visible sign of a fault those are the vehicles that are vosa inspected probably another 70 or more were given a quick inspection and with little or no sign of fault allowed to continue.

When they did our area over 80 vehicles were inspected but officially the figure was only about 20 as these were the vehicles sent to the garage for a full inspection

as a famous prime minister once said there are liars damned liars and stisticians

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I don't think any prime minister ever said that.

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Grandad,

so you are saying Benjamin Disraeli was never PM then !

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

He's probably saying that nobody in history ever said "stisticians" at a guess!

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics" (Abraham Lincoln.)

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Former taxi driver

Also atributted to Disraeli, Mark Twain, and Bob Dylan.....

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Former taxi driver