I FULLY support Bolton Council with regard to back cabs having their six monthly MOT carried out by non-biased council employees.

Safety and the public should come first and foremost.

This would not be the case if any MOT stations were to carry out MOTs of hackney carriages.

The vast majority of these cabs are over 10 years old, and therefore subject to more faults than newer cabs. Some look as though they should not be in use for the public.

So Bolton Council needs to keep to their guns and not be held to ransom by the Hackney Carriage Association.

Adrian Hoyals

Plodder Lane

Farnworth