stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed

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Wed 18 May 2011 11:39
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - injection doc

Two stretch limousines which were seized from the company which owns them have been crushed today because they were being operated illegally and do not meet UK safety laws.

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) confiscated the two vehicles last July in Carmarthenshire following safety checks, and discovered the owner had no Operator’s Licence. The vehicle will be the first to be crushed since VOSA was given powers to carry out this type of enforcement in 2009.

Companies running passenger service vehicles (PSV’s) with eight seats or more must have an Operator’s Licence to show that they meet strict rules on safety procedures and financial standing. In 2009 VOSA was given new powers to impound and, in some cases, destroy vehicles which were being used without a licence.

If a limousine company does not have an Operator’s Licence and is not registered for private hire with a local authority then there is a risk that the driver may not hold the correct licence, any insurance could be invalid and it might not be constructed or maintained to a safe standard.

Transport Minister Mike Penning said

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Wed 18 May 2011 12:12
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - gordonbennet

What a silly way of disposing of these vehicles when the country needs money, not as any of our politicians should be trusted with an empty piggy bank but thats another discussion.

After seizure they should have been transported to auction and sold with the thousands of vehicles that Customs seize, mainly in port areas.

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Wed 18 May 2011 12:26
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - Collos25
Surely its worth more as spare parts or scrap metal nobody would want to buy one I think its a proper way of disposal,these things should never ever been made for use in the UK.
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Wed 18 May 2011 14:06
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - unthrottled

What a fuss about nothing-typically public sectarites! I'm all for banning stretched limos on the grounds of bad taste, but safety??

Give me a break. The limos I've seen just plod around at maybe 30mph with a flock of WAGs in the back drinking Pinot Grigio and cackling raucously. Hardly an 'elf 'n' safety issue. Scrap useless council workers with nothing better to do than handwringing about other people's activities. I'd say auction them, but who'd want them?

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Wed 18 May 2011 16:12
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - injection doc

Dont forget unthrottled, that these limos normally need new suspension ball joints every year as they cannot take the strain so if they are not complying with any other law then may be they dont bother with the ball joints iether and they do shear ! Imagine limo doing 40 full of WAGs all unbelted and a ball joint breaks ! most of the rear end is only fibreglass inside so pretty weak ! but yeah on the whole the action was a little drastic and just adding to waste pile !

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Wed 18 May 2011 16:33
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - 12345oncei

You must live in a higher class neighbourhood than I.

Replace WAGS with CHAVS and Pinot Grigio with Lambrini. Also seeing some of they lasses round this way you'd only need a couple to break a ball joint.

:p

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Wed 18 May 2011 16:56
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - richardbettabus

In response to "unthrottled":

Yeah, scrap the council workers, but you suggesting to auction THEM???? I hope you're not going to suggest crushing them!! Gulp! This is getting scary!!!!

Edited by richardbettabus on 18/05/2011 at 17:07

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Wed 18 May 2011 17:15
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - unthrottled

Richard-What a good idea!

And, before anyone gets too upset, I do recognise that many people working for councils do sterling work for little pay. It's just that the very often ones with authority seem to be detached from reality.

2 WAGs to break a ball joint?! Perhaps we could compromise and settle for a "caution-Wide load" notice instead!

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Wed 18 May 2011 19:55
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - SteveLee

I remember when council workers were public servants not little Hitlers bossing you around looking for any excuse to fine you. What have the political "elite" done to our once wonderful country? There are more people working for a typical large council now than worked as civil serants nationally when Great Britain ran half the globe. Sack the lot of 'em.

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Wed 18 May 2011 21:36
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - injection doc

we have a council worker that could do with scrapping at the moment ! his salary is a whopping £189000.00 per year + 6K relocation allowance, says he is worth it as he has 15000 staff under him. Bet he hasnt even met most of them ! How I long for a job in the public sector ! massive salary + bonuses + big pay off when they want you to go.
he is so arrogant he is proud of having a pay rise and claims he's worth every penny when most have had pay frozen or laid off and many are paid a pittance! should of put him in the Limo! LOL

oh and his title "chief excecutive "

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Thu 19 May 2011 17:35
stretched Limo - 24-03-11 Illegal limo first vehicle to be crushed - Sofa Spud

Rather than scrap the limos, the authorities should have forced the owner to have them shortened back to a sensible length!

QUOTE:..."" How I long for a job in the public sector ! massive salary + bonuses + big pay off when they want you to go.""

That should read " How I long for a top job in the public sector" These people are feathering their nests at the expense of hard-working public employees further down the food chain - just the same as what's happening in the private sector.

And let's face it, £189,000 a year isn't exactly Bob Diamond, is it? Isn't he getting 7.7 million a year for running an under-performing bank?

Edited by Sofa Spud on 19/05/2011 at 17:39

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