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A total of 34 taxis – private hire and black cabs – were checked, including 27 from Coventry and seven from Nuneaton and Bedworth.
A taxi driver will be prosecuted after all four tyres were found to be illegal during night-time checks by road safety bosses in Coventry city centre.
The driver, snared in Foleshill Road, was immediately taken off the road and now faces court action.
Police were joined by staff from Coventry City Council and inspectors from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) in the operation carried out last Friday evening.
I'd like to see far more of this, and spot checks on insurance being carried out. A few years back, I had a friend work as a Taxi driver; the tales he told about un-licenced drivers, faulty vehicles and the like put me right off using Taxis.
