Taxi Driver Online

Have read some pretty pointless 'crackdown' articles over the years, and this is maybe one of them.

Perhaps interesting enough for the general public in South Wales, but for trade anoraks it's largely a waste of time.


Gwent Police target Newport taxi drivers in safety crackdown

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/ ... crackdown/


Image: Gwent Police

THREE Newport taxi drivers are in trouble this week after being caught in a recent crackdown on safety standards.

Police officers and Newport City Council inspectors carried out vehicle checks in Queensway in the city centre.

Some 53 taxis were stopped during the road safety operation, which primarily targeted cab drivers who had breached their licensing terms.

"This operation aims to tackle irresponsible taxi drivers who endanger others by not adhering to road safety regulations," Gwent Police constable Miles Anderson said.

In Newport, taxi drivers and firms must pay the council licensing fees to operate in the city.

The Gwent force said the recent crackdown was aimed at identifying and tackling those taxi drivers putting other motorists and passengers at risk.

During the operation, three taxis were suspended from operating and reported for offences such as failing to meet the safety standards expected.

"I would like to thank Newport City Council for their support on this operation, to support us to make the roads in our communities as safe as possible," PC Anderson added, at the conclusion of the taxi licensing operation.

To be fair to the South Wales Argus, they've just rehashed the Gwent Police press release, and I suspect whoever wrote that was just asked to write something without having much information to go on, so just ended up waffling a bit.

And whoever wrote the press release presumably isn't a journalism professional, because they would have known that numbers under 10 are written as a word rather than a number

The fact that the alleged offences/breaches of licensing conditions haven't been listed means to me they are very minor ones.

Otherwise they would be headline news. So bulbs not working and not wearing your badge.

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how often in this day and age do you see a driver wearing their badge ?

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