Taxi and private hire rule-breaking drivers, have been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in fines over the last month on Merseyside. Liverpool City Council are continuing their tough stance on drivers breaking the law with the promise “If you break the law, you will get caught.”
No Excuses For Breaking The Law
In partnership with Merseyside Police the council has taken action against six drivers, five from Liverpool and one from St Helens. The offences listed vary from driving without insurance and driving without a licence. The message from the council is clear – there can be no excuses.
Chair of the Liverpool City Council’s Licensing Committee, Councillor Christine Banks, told the Liverpool Echo: “Our priority is the safety of people in our city, which is why we take any incident of taxi drivers breaking the rules extremely seriously”.
In partnership with Merseyside Police the council has taken action against six drivers, five from Liverpool and one from St Helens.
Cllr Banks was keen to point out that this was very much the minority of drivers: “The vast majority of taxi and private hire drivers in our city do a great job and abide by the rules. Our officers are working hard to target those who don’t.”
Joint Police & Council Operation
These figures come days after a private hire driver was ordered to pay more than £500 by a court for illegally picking up two undercover officers. This was part of Operation Inman, a joint police and council operation which set out to detect private hire cars who pick up passengers without a prior booking. The tough measures will go some way of protecting customers and also the vast majority of law-abiding members of the trade.