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Mon 28 Jan 2002 14:43
Local fun... - ian (cape town)
This is what we have to share the road with ....

"When traffic officer Paul Dimeo pulled a minibus taxi off the M1 highway because it was billowing excessive smoke, he had no idea he would find almost 30 other defects on the vehicle.
The taxi was on its third trip carrying passengers between central Johannesburg and Soweto during peak-hour traffic on Friday morning and had been driven in this condition for at least three weeks.
As Dimeo pulled the taxi over, he noticed that the left sliding door was hanging loose and the front passenger door was jammed and couldn't be opened from inside or outside.
He then discovered that three tyres were totally smooth and all four wheels had nuts missing. Before ordering the driver to drop the passengers off at the nearest taxi rank, in Westgate, and then go on to the Langlaagte testing ground, he discovered that the vehicle also had a massive oil leak.
The inspector at the testing grounds found 29 violations, including:
*the headlights were skew
*there were no dim lights
*the number-plate lights did not work
*one windscreen wiper was missing
*the other wiper was held together with wire
*the window winders were missing
*one wheel had a broken stud
*wiring was loose in the front panel
*the hooter wasn't working
*the number plate was illegible
*the brakes were faulty
*there were no panels on the inside of the taxi
*brake boosters were leaking
*the windscreen was cracked
*several windows were broken
*passenger seats were loose
*the driver struggled to sit because his seat was so damaged and loose
*the left front door was jammed
*the sliding door was hanging loose
*the exhaust was smoking excessively
*there was a massive oil leak
*tyres were smooth
*wheel nuts were missing on all the wheels.
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Mon 28 Jan 2002 14:50
Re: Local fun... - THe Growler
...in other words, good for another 100,000k....
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Mon 28 Jan 2002 14:53
Re: Local fun... - Andy
Sounds like everyday life on our local council estate.
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