Can't be bothered looking back, but I think North Ayrshire is all over the place with the fit and proper thing.
Couldn't see this guy getting a badge from the vast majority of councils, particularly down south - doubt this is consistent with the Institute of Licensing's guidelines (although that doesn't apply up here).
Anyway, a lot of this is about the punishment stuff, which I don't think is really that relevant to the fit and proper bit - that should be about the speed per se, in my opinion at least
And particularly surprising his badge was granted, since it happened earlier this year, and he's just three weeks or so out of court over it
Taxi driver's licence granted to man despite police advicehttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/ ... n-36039796He was caught driving at 76mph in a 50mph zone.A taxi driver’s licence was given to a man despite his conviction for driving at 50 per cent above the speed limit.
Scott Craig appeared before the North Ayrshire Licensing Committee on Wednesday.
The committee heard that Police Scotland had put in an objection to the application.
Police Scotland revealed that on September 15 at Glasgow City Justice of the Peace Court, he was charged with speeding.
On February 19 he drove a motor vehicle at speed, namely 76mph in a 50mph zone at junction 1A of the M74 southbound in Glasgow.
He was convicted and fined £155, had his licence endorsed and given a surcharge of £10.
Mr Craig was offered a conditional offer of a fixed penalty at the time but failed to comply and was reported to the Procurator Fiscal for the consideration of a summons.
Police Scotland said they felt he was “not a fit and proper person” to be considered for a taxi driver’s licence.
Mr Craig said he went to pay the fine but was two days’ late and couldn’t pay but was told he would have another chance to pay the fine.
However, he said, the letter from the Procurator Fiscal never appeared.
He was then given a court date and was going to France that day and wrote to the court to admit the offence.
Cllr Christina Larsen asked why he did not pay within the four weeks and he said it was the way his finances worked out.
Cllr John Bell said 76mph in a 50mph zone was “quite excessive”.
He admitted on the day of the offence he was driving a heavy goods vehicle and going from the M8 to the M74 as he was working in Edinburgh and was running a bit late and his speed crept up, however there was no excuse for that.
Cllr Ronnie Stalker moved to grant the licence and cllr Cameron Inglis seconded and this was unanimously agreed.
The committee agreed to grant the licence for a year.
Chair Eleanor Collier said: “If there were any further endorsements, we would need to know as it could result in further action, so do not speed and drive safely because we are putting our trust in you with the people of North Ayrshire.”
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