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New Taxi Policy Planned For Scarborough

Taxi drivers in Scarborough borough look set to be forced to have their MOT tests done at a council depot.

The proposals are included in a new taxi policy, which a final decision will be made on in the new year.

In a recent public consultation, 75% of people said they disagreed with the idea.

Councillor Bill Chatt said:

"We have noticed there has been some serious issues lately, such as bald tyres, one car had a really bad brake pipe. Some of these vehicles were just two days, three days or a week through a test and they were found to have substantial faults. We're saying in other councils we've looked round, they do manage their own taxi MOT tests."

source: http://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news ... arborough/

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

If the mot is combined with the yearly test and if it saves drivers a few quid I can't see an issue.

If i was a gambling man which I'm not i would think it was a safe bet that the costs to the drivers will be going UP as you can bet your bottom dollar the council testing station will be costlier to run than an mot garage

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

And ??

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

why and ? it's just a comment not a critique

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

I was trying to encourage you to expand on your reasoning and to see if it was right or wrong. They have a number of factors coming into play, councils having to shave off millions of pounds from their budgets within the council. Department managers/directors having to reduce staff from their departments and if possible, turn a department from a loss to a profit thus maintaining their position on the totem pole rather than being discarded to make the figures work.

Red tape is a name for when officials create positions that don't really need to exist, but each time such a position is created the man at the top is re-evaluated as to his pay grade. The more responsibility the more money, so in times of cutbacks these people are on very shaky ground. In fact they are making sure they are not one of the ones to go.

The rule of chaos is to create a situation that appears to need urgent or drastic attention, justifying the steps that are taken by that department in what appears to be the best interests of the public.

The council garage does not generate any revenue into the council, it more than likely runs at loss. If they make it so that the ph and hackney have to be tested at this station the MOT station then begins to make money. It will make even more money from the retests it will make from the stringent testing it intends to put in place. I wouldn't be surprised if somebody has not already worked out how many they would need to break even. Seen it all before and will see it again in the future, but the truth is that no hackney or ph vehicle is ever issued a licence without having passed the appropriate test, no matter where it is issued.

I take it this is what you were about to say.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!