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Limo bosses want seized vehicles back

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Owners of a West Wales limousine firm which had two of its vehicles seized after police allegedly found a "shocking" catalogue of faults in one of the vehicles are appealing for their return.

A limo which had taken sixteen 11-year-old pupils from Five Roads Primary School to Parc Trostre as part of their leaving celebrations had doors which allegedly weren't shutting properly, said police.

An investigation by the police and Vosa, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, discovered that the limo had no MOT, defective brakes, no tachograph records, no operator's licence, no speed limiter, and wheel nuts were missing.

Now the firm, The Full Stretch, is appealing to have its limos back.

Daniel Rosemeyer, who runs the business, said: "They are my vehicles, I suppose they should come back to me. I have spent half a million pounds on these cars. I can't afford for them to be on the yard and not run.

"These vehicles, in Vosa's own words, are safe and insured."

"They are safe to carry them — it's just the MOTs, and everything else is OK, as long as you do it for free."

"But if you charge one pound for the vehicles, it's a death-trap."

"We are just legitimate business people trying to make a living."

He said the new rules governing limos was "trying to fit a square peg into a round hole."

Mr Rosemeyer said three of his vehicles would not comply with the licences available.

Asked about missing wheel nuts and defective brakes, he said there was only one wheel nut missing and the brake problem was down to an ABS sensor which wasn't working.

Five Roads councillor Jim Jones, a governor of the village school, said he was concerned about defects allegedly found by the police.

He said: "When you are taking children you must make sure the vehicles are roadworthy and fit for the children to go in. Until they prove that they can do it they shouldn't have the cars back."

The hearing had been due to take place on Friday before Traffic Commissioner Beverley Dahl, but has since been adjourned to a later date.

A Government spokesman said: "It's not a criminal hearing. It is quasi-judicial. The Traffic Commissioner is the regulator and has the power to revoke licences where companies are not complying with licence requirements."

PC Adrian Hughes, the Roads Policing Unit's intelligence officer, said at the time: "The whole purpose of this legislation is to make our roads safer."

"And this vehicle had quite a shocking range of defects," he added.

Source; http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/ ... ticle.html

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Brummie Cabbie.

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I think Daniel needs some of this for his neck

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My heart is heavy, but my consience clear,
I voted Yes, without any fear.

Clearly you don't know the law of the land.

If you think you can run for free without a license, then you are very wrong.

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IDFIMH

Remind me how you can do that without charging?

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IDFIMH

I think that Dan Rosemayer and his wife were appealing for help from the rest of the limo industry a couple of years ago. There were some meetings in various parts of the country to gain support. I think a lot of legit operators saw them for what they were from the start. I don't need to tell you that they got no support from me.

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Grandad,

Here is a link to the story in the Chauffeur magazine.

http://www.thechauffeur.com/2010/09/com ... imos-fate/

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Grandad,

This is a strange story of an unwillingness to accept legislationary change and then cry hard done by when they get caught.

Tough $hit I say, and undeserving of any publicity never mind help.

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TF pi$$ed on his chips.

Some of the faults were shocking. Doors not shutting and wheel nuts missing.

If my kids had been out in that I would have been round their office for a 'little chat'

I bet there are still loads out there just the same as this lot.

Many of them are desperatly trying to get out though.

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Grandad,

Did I hear someone shout FIRE

Not yet, at the moment company's like Midlands limos and Hummer Hummer are up for sale.

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Grandad,

Well best they hurry up.

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