Chris Fisher said, "Since the last operation in November, again it was appalling - bald tyres, defective brakes and serious safety defects on seat belts and airbags. Out of 18 vehicles brought in by the police over 50% were deemed unsafe, including one minibus which was prohibited from use by police traffic officers due to a serious brake defect."
Cllr Fisher commented further "It's a shocking statistic, and we are clamping down very, very hard on these vehicles and operators with more operations planned in the very near future. If operators can't maintain their vehicles to be clean, safe, and signed up as per their licensing conditions, it won't happen on my watch, I'm out to get them and I have a zero tolerance in the interest of public safely, simple as, we'll revoke licenses. It stands to reason and was apparent on the night, that the older the car the worse the defects."
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