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The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency sometimes carries out spot checks on taxis, unfortunately, these can sometimes raise worrying questions, such as whether flouting safety rules may lead to situations where injury to a passenger becomes an inevitability.
For example, in 2010 VOSA carried out spot checks on taxis and private hire vehicles operating in Peterborough.
Around 30 vehicles were inspected and, worryingly, four were found to have potentially dangerous mechanical faults. These included, steering faults, unroadworthy tyres and defective hand brakes.
Numerous other breaches were also recorded, including the absence of fire extinguishers (their presence is a legal requirement). In one case a driver was found to be operating despite having had his license revoked.
News of these failures led councillor Peter Hiller, Peterborough City Council cabinet member for Housing, Neighbourhoods and Planning to comment, "We will not tolerate illegal vehicles on the streets of Peterborough.
"They are potentially putting lives at risk. We have to ensure that members of the public can travel safely and we will continue to carry out these spot checks to ensure taxi drivers are keeping their vehicles up to standard, as well as working to regulations."
While Peterborough's Taxi enforcement officer warned that he would not tolerate companies risking injury to a passenger. "These operations are staged regularly without warning," he said.
"We found a number of vehicles with serious mechanical faults that put the drivers and public at risk.
"Public safety is our first concern and these operations send out a strong message to drivers that we will not tolerate regulations being flouted."
No win, no fee claims following injury to a passenger
Claiming compensation for injury to a passenger is a relatively straightforward process, as, usually, aside from rare cases where the passenger is found to have contributed to the accident, the only issue that needs to be settled is one of driver or management liability.
Whether you have suffered injury as a bus passenger, car passenger, taxi passenger, plane passenger or indeed as a passenger in any other form of transport, we can help you establish whether you have strong grounds for mounting a claim for compensation.
Win or lose, our service in this type of claim is free of all possible costs, fees and disbursements. It is also cuts-free, which means 100 percent compensation goes directly to you in the event of a payout.
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