Check limo firms before booking

by **Admin** Fri 23 May 2008 - 1:04

Check limo firms before booking
http://archive.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/2008/3/20/273745.html
From the archive, first published Thursday 20th Mar 2008.

PARENTS and students booking limousines for their proms are being advised to check the company they choose is properly licensed.

PC Harry Sexton, a commercial transport investigator for Essex Police, has written to all schools offering to carry out checks for parents because customers using unlicensed operators cannot be sure that their driver is safe or if the vehicle meets UK legislation.

He said: "There are a large number of companies operating limousines that are unlicensed.

"Last year we did a three-week check over the prom season. We checked about 100-odd operators and vehicles and found that over 70 were unlicensed."

A large number of drivers also had criminal convictions that would prevent them from being licensed.