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The recent PCO/SGS proposals for taxis to undergo two
inspections a year, the usual annual overhaul plus another
mid-term examination - which according to the PCO would help
to keep standards high - has according to the trade papers
been met with a big ‘no’ from fleet operators and most
drivers. So in order to gauge the feeling of our drivers, Call Sign went out on the streets of the capital to see if there was any sympathy for the PCO suggestions… |
TWO CAB INSPECTIONS A YEAR? Call Sign asks DaC drivers for their view… |
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 Francis Robinson (G18) I have not read enough about it to comment fully, but I would not be in favour. I think one inspection should suffice up to 5 years old, after which perhaps things tend to go wrong… |
 Bill Kibble (K86) Whatever way you say it, it’s just wrong! It will be a mid-year overhaul. The extensive yearly overhaul should be just that – an overhaul to last the year. Perhaps the authorities should scrap the overhaul and mid-term proposed test and just give us two MOTs a year instead? We’d be happy with that… |
 Glen Broadbent (K42) I will remain against it until such time as I see it working. I’m against any further changes because I believe it is better the Devil you know… |
 Mick Osborne (Y78) I’m against it, but as usual the authorities will do as they like! With test centres all over the show, it will be a half-day job to pass the cab for whoever takes the cab up. It’s just more lost time and money… |
 Simon Wallis (M11) The yearly overhaul is a joke as it is. £1200! The waiting times are bad, especially if you are unlucky enough to get a reject. And now they want to give us more of the same? Oh dear…! |
 Garry Townsend (O82) I’m against two inspections a year. I presume it will cost more money, which I am also against. It isn’t as though you don’t know if there’s a problem with your cab through driving it day in and out. If there is, then you just go and get it sorted right away. |
 Steve Stern (G34) It’s all a lot of testicles! It costs £26,000 a year to run the cab - tell that to the PCO. It’s just another way of making money out of the drivers… |
 John McNamara (P17) I’m very much against a mid-term check. It’s another way of generating money for the authorities from us. I think an excellent annual overhaul, together with the current random stop-checks, are enough… |
 George Christou (E14) I’m happy with that proposal, provided the authorities publicise our safety record so that the travelling public know we are best and that our cabs are the safest vehicles to travel in… © Call Sign Magazine MM7 |
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