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Nine fault-ridden taxis taken off the roads in Burnley

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/n ... s-burnley/


(Image: Lancashire Telegraph)

TEN private hire vehicles were checked during an operation into the safety of taxis – and every vehicle was found to have a fault.

The operation, which was carried out by Burnley Council and Lancashire Police, saw 10 private hire vehicles checked at an approved garage.

All 10 were found to have some fault or another, some which were described as serious.

A police spokesman said: “One of the vehicles was fixed at the garage however the other nine were suspended pending the faults being rectified.

“If you would like any information or have any information regarding taxi licensing in Burnley please contact Burnley Council on licensing@burnley.gov.uk. Thank you. P.C.2934 Paul Marsden.”

Doesn't look good, but where to start, apart from the usual misuse of the t-word?

For a start, how were the cars selected for testing? If random, then to a degree the report is fine, if they were targetted for some reason then the report presumably makes the trade seem worse than it is.

Then there's the fact that it's a garage inspection, and not just roadside checks. How many vehicles picked randomly off the public roads would fail an MoT? Quite a lot, I suspect, but the public are rarely checked in that way.

But the worst aspect is the headline, which states nine of the PHVs were 'fault-ridden'. However, the text of the article doesn't support that in any way, in fact the text reads like they only had one fault each, or at least it could be construed that way.

So in the round I suspect the headline and article makes the trade look worse than it actually is. So there's a few predictably critical comments from members of the public on the website. Which is fair enough to a degree, particularly in view of how the information is presented. But couldn't help notice this in particular:


Funny how the public perceive things...

Good photo, though

Normally with these types of operation the police have a "target" list of vehicles supplied by the council of cars which repeatedly fail MOT's or have missed MOT's or have been reported as being unfit by members of the travelling public.

They are NEVER Random

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