Well this is interesting in two respects. Out of 150 cars, only two found with issues serious enough to warrant mentioning
Even more strange, the two cars suspended were both Wolves cars, out of 34 of them checked. So of the 116 other cars checked (Preston, South Ribble and Sefton, presumably) nothing found that was worthy of a particular mention, and no suspensions.
Which is odd, because Wolves did their own post on Twitter (the one below is on Preston Police's Facebook page) mentioning the suspensions, and normally Wolves don't post that sort of stuff, and simply give the impression they won't mention faults, unless it's actually no faults found
(Maybe Wolves felt duty bound to mention the two cars because they knew another agency would publicise the operation
)On the other hand, Preston Police don't say that it was specifically Wolves cars that didn't meet the grade, which is very charitable of them
)https://www.facebook.com/PrestonPolice/ ... VXWiL6dPCl
This weekend, we’ve been working alongside our partners to help keep Preston moving safely this festive season.
On Friday, we joined forces with Preston City Council, South Ribble Borough Council, Sefton Council, and Wolverhampton Council for Operation Parkin – a multi-agency taxi safety operation tackling unlicensed taxis and checking the compliance of those with a license.
Here’s what we did:
- Inspected around 150 licensed vehicles
Dealt with numerous low-level standards and taxi licence compliance issues
Suspended one vehicle as a taxi (who had a passenger on board) and gave a ticket for having illegal tyre tread depth
Engaged with dozens of passengers, providing personal safety advice.
We carry out operations like this regularly because you safety is our priority….not just at Christmas, but all year round.
