POLICE found a car where wallpaper and brown parcel tape had been used to cover crash damage during a Bradford police operation.
The silver Toyota Yarris had sustained damage to one of its passenger doors the previous day.
The Driving Standards Agency (DVSA) prohibited the vehicle from being driven.
The Operation Steerside Team were working with Bradford Council’s Taxi Licensing and Enforcement Department along with the DVSA on Saturday night.
Tonight we’ve been working with our partners from the Council’s Taxi Licencing and Enforcemebt Department and @DVSAEnforcement checking that vehicles were safe and roadworthy. Various Private Hire Taxis and other vehicles were taken off the road after being inspected (1/3)
A post on the Operation Steerside Team’s X account added: “Tonight (Saturday, February 3) we’ve been working with our partners from the Council’s Taxi Licensing and Enforcement Department and @DVSAEnforcement checking that vehicles were safe and roadworthy.
“Various Private Hire Taxis and other vehicles were taken off the road after being inspected and defects being found.
“Other drivers were dealt with for traffic offences such as failing to wear seatbelts, using mobile phones while driving and driving without insurance.”
West Yorkshire Police’s Operation Steerside Team has been dedicated to tackling dangerous and anti-social driving in Bradford since 2016.
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