Beware of dodgy vehicles

The equivalent of around three vehicles a day were seized by Police Scotland in Tayside in just nine months, recently- released figures have revealed.

Drivers being unlicensed or uninsured, or vehicles being unfit for the road, saw officers take preventative action 639 times.

And locally-based Police Scotland officers have also warned of a new trend of unroadworthy vehicles hitting Perth and Kinross’s routes, as well as elsewhere in Tayside, because they have been sold at low prices through social media.

Police Constable Chris McElwee, who is leading the action plan, said: “Officers in Tayside have seized 639 vehicles in relation to documentation offences in the first nine months of this year alone.

“An unsettling trend has emerged where individuals are buying cheap unroadworthy vehicles via social media and then driving them on Tayside’s roads.

“Many of these vehicles have a number of dangerous defects.

“Two recently- seized uninsured and non-MOT’d vehicles show an example of this - tyres with tread below the minimum can result in loss of control of the vehicle and greatly increase stopping distances.

“Poorly maintained suspension can do likewise.” Monzievaird and Strowan Hall committee is hosting a Burns Supper Ceilidh in Monzievaird Hall on Friday, January 27.

The traditional event begins at 7pm with dancing after the supper to Dinraisin. Tickets cost £10 and include entry into the raffle. They are available from Comrie Butchers and Jim Copland 01764 683327.