Private hire drivers hit out at plan to bring back seven-year age limit on cars in Glasgow

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Councillors are meeting today to decide to put the rule, which was in place before the pandemic, back into force.

Re-imposing a seven-year age limit on private hire cars in Glasgow will force drivers off the road, the

Eddie Grice, of the SPHA, said: “Private hire drivers are facing a cost-of-living crisis. We are dealing with a cost-of-fuel crisis. We are experiencing ever-increasing vehicle purchase prices. It said the oldest vehicle an operator could buy would be a 2021 car which would cost £24,498 or £476 per month.

And it said drivers have reported that a new vehicle, which costs more, has a waiting time of up to one year.have a limit of more than seven years.

 

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