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Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
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Author:  captain cab [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:29 am ]
Post subject:  Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis



Pendle Council’s Executive will be asked to increase the age limit of hackney and private hire vehicles to 12 years at its meeting on Tuesday.

The recommendation has been made by the council’s Taxi Licensing Committee following a request from the trade due to financial pressure s and lack of business.

The current age limit for licensed vehicles is up to seven years when first licensed and can continue to be licensed until they reach nine years of age and for wheelchair accessible vehicles seven through to 12 years of age.

Taxi tests are carried out once a year for vehicles one to three years old, twice a year for vehicles over three years old and for a vehicle failing on serious faults three times a year until it has passed three consecutive tests with no faults.

This age limit was introduced in 2009 due to the high number of vehicles failing spot checks. The previous limit was eight years when first licensed through to 10 years.

Since the age limit was introduced in 2009, 13 spot checks have been carried out resulting in 229 vehicles being tested with 118 being taken off the road with mechanical faults. This equates to a failure rate of 52%.

Consideration to extending the age limit has been considered many times by the Taxi Licensing Committee and the Executive on numerous occasions, with the last one being in May, 2012 when it was agreed that no change be made.

A petition from the Hackney Carriage Driver’s Association was considered at a meeting of the Taxi Licensing Committee on February 13th.

The petition had 58 signatures in favour of increasing the age limit due to increasing financial pressures and lack of business, meaning them having to work longer hours to make the same wages, affecting them and their families.

source: http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/local ... -1-6511764
Author:  roythebus [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
That's a higher failure rate than that of "white vans" at MoT, currently about 46% according to VOSA.
Author:  captain cab [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
The age of a vehicle has nothing to do with failure rates - failure rates are purely down to maintenance.
Author:  sasha [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
I was wondering the other day why a three year old vehicle requires more testing than one less than three years old?

After three years do the brake pads/discs start to wear out quicker, bulbs blow more often, track rod ends fail within six months rather than twelve ? Do dents and scratches suddenly start to appear in the bodywork, the interior trim magically disintegrate ? Does the lifespan of a tyre shrink from 20k miles to 5k ?
Author:  Sussex [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
Exactly how much difference in price will a 10 year old Mondeo be compared to a 12 year old version?

£5, £10??
Author:  charles007 [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:00 pm ]
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captain cab wrote:
The age of a vehicle has nothing to do with failure rates - failure rates are purely down to maintenance.


been telling them that for 12months
Author:  charles007 [ Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
Sussex wrote:
Exactly how much difference in price will a 10 year old Mondeo be compared to a 12 year old version?

£5, £10??



Not the point
Author:  Nidge2 [ Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:42 am ]
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captain cab wrote:
The age of a vehicle has nothing to do with failure rates - failure rates are purely down to maintenance.



I wish there was a like button on here.
Author:  Sussex [ Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
charles007 wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Exactly how much difference in price will a 10 year old Mondeo be compared to a 12 year old version?

£5, £10??



Not the point

It is because they are using that as an excuse to gain a longer age limit.

Why not just be honest and point to DfT Best Practise and say age has no bearing on the fitness of vehicles.
Author:  roythebus [ Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
Seems like I'm about to have a repeat of last year's battle with Shepway about the age of my Voyager; 9 years old and still in VERY GOOD condition according to the testing station. 156000 miles on the clock, so barely run in!
Author:  blackpool [ Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
The age limit thing is a strange one,as in here you can keep a older vehicle if it passes the council's "exceptional condition" at the test.Three times a year ! But should all vehicles not be up to standard,cause yours is a few years different it can be just ok.Anyway if they don't get there way with age,they will with emissions !
Author:  charles007 [ Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
Sussex wrote:
charles007 wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Exactly how much difference in price will a 10 year old Mondeo be compared to a 12 year old version?

£5, £10??



Not the point

It is because they are using that as an excuse to gain a longer age limit.

Why not just be honest and point to DfT Best Practise and say age has no bearing on the fitness of vehicles.


We have again and again
Author:  charles007 [ Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Executive to consider rise in age of Pendle taxis
blackpool wrote:
The age limit thing is a strange one,as in here you can keep a older vehicle if it passes the council's "exceptional condition" at the test.Three times a year ! But should all vehicles not be up to standard,cause yours is a few years different it can be just ok.Anyway if they don't get there way with age,they will with emissions !


I am going to try and get other members in Blackpool I have got one.
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