toots wrote:
Why should it be that just because you restrict plates they should be traded in, that's a load of bollox just because it's been allowed so far, it is, I am told illegal. I don't know why you lot don't put as much effort in making sure the law is followed as you do trying to change it
Well plates can't be bought and sold legally in Dundee Toots, but there's a big black market in hired plates, which is illegal.
They've been trying to do something about it for years, but basically it's very difficult to enforce. As Over & Out said in another thread there's a list of about 160, which is about a third of the fleet.
Even if they could do that then there's nothing to stop them running a car legally and hiring out the car and plate, either way it's a charter for parasites.
And take no notice of what O&O is saying - the other day he was going on about the problem of hire plates and how to get rid of them. But now that I've pointed out that capping the town would only increase the problem he's trying to deny it's a major problem
You want to eradicate hired plates? Take the most obvious one's licence and when he appears in court to try to get it back, just get the councils solicitor to ask him to produce his last 3 years audited accounts from the taxman and if he can't produce accounts showing incoming and outgoing expenditure then his licence is gone for good.
Then you will either see lots of licences being returned or you will find when they're licence is confiscated they will no challenge in court.
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