Hat tip to Taxi Point for this one on the Road Policing Scotland Twitter account.
Road Policing Scotland wrote:
#EdinburghRP reported the driver of a private hire vehicle to the Procurator Fiscal for driving with a defective tyre with cord/ply exposed earlier today. The vehicle was presented at the Edinburgh taxi examination centre as part of its annual testing when the defect was noted
[The Procurator Fiscal is the Scottish equivalent to the CPS/Crown Prosecution Service]
Image: Road Policing Scotland/Twitter