gusmac wrote:
These labour members should not be using this serious situation for political point scoring.
Well they have F**K all else to use.
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Labour Call On Boris To Reconsider Twice Yearly Tests |
Labour Calls On Mayor To Reconsider Cab Safety Check Plans 19th September 2008 Labour members on the London Assembly are calling on Mayor Boris Johnson to scrap plans to abandon the current twice-yearly safety checks for taxis after a number of TX4-type cabs have caught fire. As a result of the incidents Transport for London has withdrawn the licences for all LTI TX4 cabs with a 56 licence plate. Earlier this year Mayor Johnson announced a new safety regime for taxis which would see the scrapping of half yearly inspections, requiring cabs to undergo a yearly check and increasing the number of on-street taxi inspections by TfL’s vehicle compliance team. Proposals would also see the introduction of a charge for any taxi requiring a re-test after failing the annual vehicle inspection or an on-street inspection. The proposals are currently subject to a consultation process which ends next month. Valerie Shawcross, Labour’s transport spokesperson on the London Assembly, yesterday renewed criticisms of the plans, commenting: “The vehicles involved in these incidents are around two years old but Boris is proposing to restrict inspections only to vehicles over ten years old.” Shawcross warned that the fires “serve to illustrate the need for regular testing as reducing their frequency could put passengers at risk. It’s pure chance that so far neither a passenger nor driver has been seriously injured.” A Spokesperson for the Mayor told this publication: “Whilst the Mayor made a manifesto commitment to consult on the abolition of the mid-year taxi inspection, safety has always remained the number one priority.” “The annual taxi inspection will remain, and Val Shawcross fails to mention that the changes being consulted upon would only be made in conjunction with a range of other measures to ensure that standards are safeguarded and imoproved. These include a huge expansion of random on-street safety checks and the introduction of a fee for those vehicles that don’t pass the annual inspection the first time round.” “We have shown our commitment to safety, and the PCO have suspended the licences of all LTI TX4s with a 56 licence plate with immediate effect. The Public carriage Office is contacting all drivers, owners and dealers to inform them of this suspension.” Source; MajorWatch |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:44 pm ] |
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And if Boris does a U-turn, you will have LTI to thank for that!! |
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| Author: | Capt Taxi [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:57 pm ] |
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As ever Labour in local government is out of touch and gets it wrong. It is only the 56 plate TX4 that has the problem . That's 600 out of 21,600 licensed taxis. |
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| Author: | thomasthetaxi [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:17 pm ] |
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Why are we not suprised at this statement. All the taxi's that have burst into flames have had twice yearly checks for the last two years, what difference has it made to them. Perhaps these Labour Assembly members should be made to go on a course to learn more about the cab trade they have so much say about. They could use the million pounds that J K Rowling gave em to fund these course. |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:31 pm ] |
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thomasthetaxi wrote: They could use the million pounds that J K Rowling gave em to fund these course.
I'll never buy another Harry Potter book, ever, again!! |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:15 pm ] |
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As nobody is sure what causes these spontanious fires, you could inspect them every week and it wouldn't make any difference. These labour members should not be using this serious situation for political point scoring. |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:34 pm ] |
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gusmac wrote: These labour members should not be using this serious situation for political point scoring. Well they have F**K all else to use.
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