Oh dear again.
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Councillors agreed a request by taxi drivers to delay the date of vehicles’ first safety inspections by 12 months.
All black cab and private hire vehicles had faced mandatory checks at five years old. That will now be six.
Black cabs were then tested yearly up to eight years and from then twice-yearly. Now, the cabs will be tested annually between six and nine years old, followed by twice-yearly inspections until they are 15, when they cannot have a licence.
Private hire taxis must have twice-yearly tests from the age of six and are no longer licensed beyond nine years.
Presumably this doesn't show the full picture as regards the testing regime, but it seems strange that it's being made less onerous given the failure rates.
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