Taxis unfit for the road

SHIPSHAPE

SCO wrote: »

Must say i am surprised taxi driver dont have to wear one but delivery driver do past 50m.

It's for safety from attack, a nutter in the back could strangle the taxi driver with the belt.

SHIPSHAPE

Deleted_User wrote: »

I see it all the time in my area with taxis. Usually head lights out, brake lights out, both number plate lights out, etc.

You would think they never check their car before they start a shift.

Taxis are used a lot more than your average joe, hence, more likely for a bulb to blow, and we all know they can blow at any time.

In comparison to how many private cars drive with blown lights v taxis, when considering time on the road, I don't think this is an issue whatsoever.

mikey72

SCO wrote: »

You’ll need to tell your car insurer that you're travelling without a seat belt.

Never seen that in any t&c.
If it's not notifiable to the dvla as part of your licence, it's not notifiable to the insurer.

SteveJW

I work for a local authority, our workshops do the taxi tests for the licensing department a few years ago, when taxis were presented for their six month test some of them were in a horrendous state. That vehicle would have been carrying passengers possibly an hour earlier. There was no system to feed the condition as presented back to the licensing department
I must say that standards have improved, but still get the occasional rogue.

s_b

are we talking taxis which are pretty strict in what they can and cant do and the licence is strict
or
private hire?
up my way a lot of private hires are ex write off vehicles that are repaired to a very poor standard and maintained to a worse standard
i stopped using these people 6 years ago plus when i realised it was futile going to a party and paying to get taken home in a speeding deathtrap
i now prefer to walk but still cringe as they come by me at silly speeds
ive been in the motor trade too many years to think about and ive seen so many dangerous cars even owner drivers putting pads in the wrong way round taking shockers off because they make a noise tyres you wouldnt make a swing out of

up here i had my local police do a crackdown and it was successful, one company has now ceased trading because they put profit before safety

so complain if you have a local police community forum,they do work for you

SHIPSHAPE

s_b wrote: »

are we talking taxis which are pretty strict in what they can and cant do and the licence is strict
or
private hire?
up my way a lot of private hires are ex write off vehicles that are repaired to a very poor standard and maintained to a worse standard

Rubbish, both are tested to the same standard in each authority, where I live cars over 3 yrs of age are MOT'd every 6 months.

Hardly a death trap considering this.

Taxis can ply from the road, private hire cannot, that is the only diff.

SHIPSHAPE

s_b wrote: »

up my way a lot of private hires are ex write off vehicles that are repaired to a very poor standard and maintained to a worse standard

In that case, the cars you describe above would not get a licence in the first place.

First of all you say a car that is of very poor standard, which would have to be initially presented for testing. If it is how you describe then it would fail, simple as.

You then say the car is a worse standard than at first presented, which would have failed anyway in the first place, so how it is maintained as a PHV that somehow got a licence, only you know!

My guess is you were knocking back the sauce and hitched a lift on the back of a milk float on a regular basis.

Kilty_2

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

Rubbish, both are tested to the same standard in each authority, where I live cars over 3 yrs of age are MOT'd every 6 months.

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Private hire vehicles (at least in Scotland) are MOTed like any other private car - every 12 months after 3 years old.

celtus

The following exemption to wearing a seatbelt applies by virtue of the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seatbelts) Regulations 1993:

(i) a licensed taxi while it is being used for seeking hire, or answering a call for hire, or carrying a passenger for hire, or . .
(ii) a private hire vehicle while it is being used to carry a passenger for Hire;

( still not right in my opinion) :eek:

paddedjohn

the reason a private hire driver is exempt from wearing their belt whilst carrying passengers is for safety reasons, they dont know the person they are carrying in the back seat and it is easier to defend themselves from an attack if they are not restrained by the belt. Once the passengers have alighted then the driver must then buckle up