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Joint operation to check Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles



A JOINT operation, aimed at maintaining high standards among the town’s licensed Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles, was carried out by Worcestershire Regulatory Services licensing officers, West Mercia Police and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) recently.

The exercise, which was carried out following a previous operation in December 2011, held public safety as its primary concern and a total of 41 Vehicles were stopped and checked.

An immediate prohibition was issued by VOSA to a driver with a bald tyre. They were given a fixed penalty fine of £60 and three points placed on their DVLA driver’s licence. Two other vehicles were also suspended, one because their taxi meter was not working and the other had out of date road tax.

Sue Garratt, Worcestershire Regulatory Services licensing manager, said: “There were plenty of licensing faults, such as roof signs not working, plates in the back window and no tariff cards, but overall there was a big improvement in the vehicle mechanical standards following the December 2011 operation.

"The results show that mechanically two tests a year is working to drive standards up.

"All drivers will now be written to, informing them that we expect only the highest standards in Redditch.”

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George Carlin

Are any of these councils going to take responsibility at all, they fail to mention names, they fail to say who exactly doesn't maintain the car properly, they readily accept licence applications from all and sundry, then wonder why the guy from a Stan country doesn't understand that in the UK a tyre needs a tread pattern, in one of the Stan's you use it until it shreds and nothing is said.


And if anyone is reaching for that race card again, remember this, it was a Stan country that takes our charity but harboured a terrorist for 10 years knowing we were looking for him after he murdered 3000 American CIVILIAN'S!!!! got the message yet, you defend something untrustworthy.