Number to report unsafe vehicles to be withdrawn

By Constantinos Psillides

The ministry of Communications and Works has suspended the toll free number 1415, where people could call and identify vehicles that posed a possible safety threat, after it was repeatedly misused, according to minister Marios Demetriades.

Responding to a question posed by the Greens MP Yiorgos Perdikis, Demetriades said the ministry was forced to shut the service down after people anonymously made accusations that proved to be false.
“People who just wanted to get back at others called the line and made false accusations, just to make them go through the trouble of having their car checked,” the minister said, adding that the ministry is currently considering bringing the line back but with a few modifications.

The 24-hour line was set up in April 2008 with the goal of allowing people to anonymously alert authorities on vehicles that posed a safety hazard.

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