By Mishkah Anthony
21 September 2008
The City of Cape Town Traffic Services has clamped down on illegal taxi operators.
In just one day, the City of Cape Town detained 29 illegal taxi operators and issued a total of 114 fines. This included fines for 12 taxi drivers who did not have professional driving permits, 35 who were not carrying their driving licences in the vehicle, and 22 who were driving unlicensed motor vehicles.
A minibus taxi with defective brakes, smooth tyres and no number plate was one of several unroadworthy vehicles to be pulled off the road during a series of road safety checks conducted in Mfuleni and Khayelitsha by Cape Town Traffic Services.
“These are death traps, not only for the driver and the passengers, but also for other road users," says Merle Lourens, spokesperson for Cape Town Traffic Services.
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