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Inspectors ordered dangerous taxis off Oldham roads
16/ 9/2004
ONE-in-six cabbies stopped in spot checks in Oldham were driving
vehicles so dangerous they are facing prosecution.
Council vehicle inspectors launched random checks one Friday
evening stopping 33 taxis and private hire cars.
They found at least one defect in 28 of the vehicles.
All but five of the taxis were ordered off the road immediately.
Six of them were judged to be in a dangerous state with steering,
break and tyre faults.
Inspectors reported that some driver became abusive towards them
claiming the checks were ruining business on a busy night.
Head of licencing for Oldham, Tony Allen said the results were
"wholly unacceptable".
He added: "Drivers can take it from us that, until the condition
checks on vehicles substantially improve, they can expect even more
checks at even more frequent intervals."
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