Taxi Driver Online

Not unlike the Wiltshire article at the weekend in many ways. This is another press article based mainly on a Tweet posted by police, but this one also contains a statement from the council. 'Safety is paramount', 'working closely with partners' or something like that

But, unlike other police forces, at least they managed to blank out the council plate number as well as the number plate. And they even blanked out the plate number on the roofsign


'Horror' police discovery during traffic stop leads to Cheltenham taxi being seized

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/n ... ic-8117891

The driver was pulled over for using his phone while behind the wheel.


Image: Glos Police Specialist Ops/Twitter

A taxi driver has had his vehicle seized after he was caught driving using his phone and driving without insurance. Gloucestershire Constabular seized the vehicle of the licensed Cheltenham taxi driver after discovering to their "horror" that the cabby was driving passengers around without insurance.

Specialist road police pulled over the Cheltenham cabby on Saturday night, February 4, after spotting him flouting road rules by using his phone while driving, but were shocked to find that the license-holding driver had no insurance on his vehicle. The driver was removed from his vehicle and a police seizure sticker slapped on the back of the cab, which had been stopped in central Cheltenham, on Promenade.

Drivers are required to notify Cheltenham Borough Council of any change in their insurance policy. In response to this finding, the borough council has said they will take "whatever action necessary to maintain public safety".

The arresting officers said: "[we] spotted this Cheltenham taxi using his mobile phone whilst driving. To our horror the vehicle also had no insurance. Vehicle seized."

Drivers that are caught behind the wheel of a car that they have no insurance for are handed a £300 fixed penalty notice and six points on their driving licence.

Cllr Martin Horwood, member for customer & regulatory services, said: ‘’We are aware that the police seized a licensed taxi over the weekend because the driver was not insured. We are working with the police and will complete our investigation as a matter of priority.

“The council has a clear and robust licensing policy. There is a clear requirement on licensed drivers to inform the council immediately of any change in their circumstances, insurance policy or provider.

‘’The council has powers to suspend or revoke a taxi or private hire driver’s licence with immediate effect. Following our investigation, we will not hesitate to take whatever action necessary to maintain public safety and confidence in the licensed trade.”

'To our horror'? You'd think the traffic police here had never come across an uninsured vehicle before


Like he's going to inform the council he's uninsured

I know it's no laughing matter, but reading the whole of what the councillor said in the main article, he makes it sound like a murder investigation or something

another idiot (ex) driver

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I may have jumped the gun a bit in saying that police had done as much as they can to conceal the identity of the HC.

Check out the high-res version of the pic with the blanked council plate, registration number and plate number on the roofsign, and there's a visible and readable number on the side of the roofsign - it's not that clear, but looks like 05 to me

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoKR57eWYAE ... name=large

Which is presumably also the plate number - this photo certainly suggests that the number on the side of the rooflight is the same as the one on the front and back of the rooflight, and that it's the HC plate number:

https://eu-assets.simpleview-europe.com ... erlay_2018

So close, but no cigar

Or mashed-up bodies following a RTA.

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