taxis

chav1 · 20-03-2006, 12:43

i thought that taxis had more strict rules when it came to been road worthy with a M.O.T every 3 months for instance yet quite a lot of taxis i have seen recently are driving around with various malfunctions like headlights out , brake lights out etc and the police dont even stop them

it seems a little one sided that pilkingtons buses got shut down for the sake of passenger safety yet taxis can drive around in it would seem any condition and comit any road offence they like and still be allowed to transport the public around

now if i should have a defect with my car that i cant be bothered fixing i dont know wether to fix it of write taxi on my car doors

to be honest it seems the only traffic offence you can get done for these days is speeding and thats because it is regulated by cameras and not the police

they had a clamp down on the blackburn road area because it is the worst place in hyndburn for taffic offences regarding parking on yellow lines and at traffic lights causing obstructions etc but rather than actualy fine somone or give them points on their licence the answer to solve the problem was to give up and pretend the problem isnt there . i think it was the observer that covered the story

fines and points should have been handed out until they either learned their lesson or lost their licence's

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the worst one that gets on my nerves teh most is when at 5pm rush hour two taxis traveling oposit directions stop dead in teh road causing road blocks while they have a conversation shouting across at each other only been interupted to answer their mobile phones

garinda · 20-03-2006, 12:48

Unless mistaken, the Observer said that because the clamp down on people parking on the yellow lines on Blackburn Road had failed, it has more or less been given the green light for them to do whatever they want.

folly · 20-03-2006, 16:42

the last that i know of was that a taxi has a mot every six months.now and then the police would have spells were they would pull the taxis's and send them to blackburn bus garage to be checked over.

mani · 20-03-2006, 16:58

i was shocked yesterday at the state of a police car!

it had one headlight out adn a brake light out too!!!

chav1 · 20-03-2006, 17:06

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Originally Posted by mani

i was shocked yesterday at the state of a police car!

it had one headlight out adn a brake light out too!!!

funny you shoudl mention that because the other night i was behind a police van with a rear side light out and he either had an indicator out or just couldnt be bothered indicating to turn into asda

Neil · 20-03-2006, 18:10

I was very pleased on Saturday that the Police car that passed me on the motorway had his blue lights on. Otherwise he might have stopped me for being about 400KG overloaded towing a car on a trailer. I was about 1900kg and have a max towing weight of 1500kg. It's good to know our Police can't be bothered to stop you