Vanowanikwa mumigwagwa yeBritain - uye vazhinji vanogona kunge vachimhanya zvisiri pamutemo. Asi sezvo kuparara kuri kuda kuitika, vashandi vari pamutemo vanotya kuti vachadzingwa mubhizinesi.
Ndiwo mabhehemoth ekubhejera: masimbi emhando yezviratidzo zvakashongedzwa zvine kubwinya, akazadzwa nemwenje unopenya, neon bars, heavy bass beats uye vanopururudza vanopururudza vanogona zvino kusvika mumhando yesitaera yaimbowanikwa chete kuHollywood nyeredzi uye vakapfuma.
Kunyangwe iri chrome-yakafukidzwa Hummers yehip-hop lore inotora yako fancy kana gaudy pink yakatambanudzwa Chryslers, limousine chinhu chakanyanya chepakati peBritish guta repakati neChishanu manheru semhomho yevanoenda kumapati vanoramba vachisarudza kufamba mairi. .
Nguva inogona kunge iri kupera, zvakadaro, kune zviuru zvezvinhambwe zvinofamba nemumataundi akazara kusvika kune matanda, mhembwe, huku uye pwere dzinonakidzwa nemari shoma se £200 husiku. Madzishe ekanzuru ari kugadzirira chirongwa chekurwisa hofori dzemotokari idzi vachityirwa kuti vakawanda havasi kutevedza mitemo yekuchengetedzwa kwemigwagwa. Sangano reLocal Government Association (LGA) rinofungidzira kuti zvikamu makumi mana kubva muzana zve40 limousine mumigwagwa yeBritain, kunyanya idzo mota dzakavakwa kuti dzibate vanhu vanopfuura vasere, hadzina rezinesi uye dzinoshanda zvisiri pamutemo.
Nezuro zvinonzi nemamwe makambani emoto achakanganisa budiriro, LGA yakazivisa nezuro kuti makanzuru achabatana nemapurisa kuti awedzere macheki emumigwagwa pamwe nekubvisa motokari dzemotokari kunze kwemugwagwa - izvo zvawedzera tarisiro yekuti vamwe vanofurwa nedoro vacharambwa. pavement chinhambwe kubva pagomba ravo rekudiridza rinotevera.
Vanoshanda zviri pamutemo vanoyambira kuti ruzhinji rwema limousine anozopedzisira aonekwa seasiri pamutemo nekuti mutemo unoita zvese asi zvisingaite kuti mota zhinji dzitevedzere.
Vatsidza kuti vachatanga kuratidzira vachipokana nekwavanoti kusabatwa zvakanaka kweindasitiri iri kusimukira. KuAscot nemusi weChina, mushure mekutakura zviuru zvevamhanyi kuenda kuLadies Day, vatyairi velimo vanodarika mazana mashanu vachatora zororo pfupi kubva pakuchaira kuti vaite musangano kunze kwenhandare ine mukurumbira yekukurukura kuti vangakurudzira sei Hurumende. Pane hurongwa huchangotanga hwekuita kuratidzira "kuenda zvishoma" nekutyaira vanhu vakawanda muLondon, zvakafanana nekuratidzira kwakaitwa nevatyairi vemarori mwedzi wapera.
Kuwedzera kunoshamisa kwekukurumbira kwehofori yeAmerican-style stretch limos mumakore gumi apfuura kwakonzera kushushikana muhurumende kuti indasitiri isina kurongeka yaparara, nemakambani mazhinji achibvumidza vafambi vakawanda kupinda mumotokari dzavo kupfuura zviri pamutemo uye zvakachengeteka.
Mapurisa akayambira nezvengozi yevechidiki vari kurembera nepamahwindo emotokari. Kune kutyirwa zvakare kuti nhamba diki asi iri kuramba ichikura yemakambani anofambiswa zvisiri pamutemo nezvikwata zvematsotsi izvo zvinongofuratira mutemo wekuchengetedza, kutadza kubhadhara inishuwarenzi uye mune zvimwe zviitiko zvinongobatanidza mota dzakambovharwa kushandura mota dzisina kuchengetedzeka kuita "dzeumbozha" vanhu vatakuri.
Nekusvika ku11,000 limos yakatambanudzwa inoshanda muBritain mukurumbira wavo unoratidza
hapana zviratidzo zvekuderera uye nezve 5,000 motokari itsva dzinotarisirwa kupinda muchikwata chenyika mukupera kwegore rinouya.
Pasi pemutemo wazvino weBritain chero mota inotakura vanhu vasingasviki vasere, kusanganisira limousine, inogona kupihwa rezinesi nekanzuru yeko setekisi. Asi matambudziko anotanga nemota dzakakura kwazvo dzemhando yekuAmerica dzinowanzo kutakurwa kubva kunze uye dzave nzira inofarirwa kwazvo yerimoziini mumigwagwa, kunyanya kune vechidiki.
Sezvo aya ma limousine akakura achikwanisa kutakura vanhu vanopfuura vasere - mamwe makuru ane nzvimbo yevatambi makumi matatu - Vehicle & Operator Services Agency yeHurumende (Vosa) inovatora semotokari dzinotakura vanhu uye, sebhazi, vanoda yakakosha. rezinesi nechitupa chinoratidza kuti vakachengeteka. Maitiro ekuongorora anosanganisira akakwana ekutendeuka madenderedzwa uye headroom, pamwe nekusvika kwekupukunyuka kwemoto uye zvekudzimisa moto, izvo chete nhamba shoma yemhando dzemazuva ano dzinosanganisira.
"Bato rapera kune limos dzakatambanudzwa zvisiri pamutemo," akadaro David Sparks, mutauriri wezvekutakurwa kweLGA, nezuro. “Kunyangwe vazhinji vanoita bhizinesi remamozini vachiita bhizinesi ravo zvakachengeteka, isu ticharwisa vashoma vasina hanya vanoisa vafambi nevanofamba netsoka munjodzi huru.
"Mharidzo yedu kuvabereki ndeiyi: musachinjane maitiro kuti muchengetedze kana iwe ukabhuya limo inoyevedza yeprom yemwanakomana wako kana mwanasikana." Mumakore maviri apfuura vaongorori veVosa vatanga kuita zvekuongorora nzvimbo kuti vaone kuti mitemo irikutevedzwa, ukuwo huwandu hwekumhan'ara kune vanoita zve limousine huri kuwedzera.
Vanobatwa vanobhadhariswa faindi huru. Muna Nyamavhuvhu gore rapfuura, muzvinabhizimusi weBradford, Muhammad Saleem Nawaz, akabhadhariswa faindi ye£14,200 ndokupihwa mapoinzi makumi matatu nerimwe parezenisi rake. Vatyairi vakawanikwa vachityaira vasina inishuwarenzi, vachishandisa marata ehutsotsi ekunyoresa, mazhinji acho akange asina chitupa chakakodzera chekushandisa se limousine.
Kuongorora nekukurumidza kwemakambani e limousine pamhepo kunoratidza nzira iyo ruzhinji inoshambadza pachena mota dzakakura.
Imwe kambani yepamhepo limousine, Style Limos, inoshambadza pakati pezvikepe zvayo zviviri 16-vatasvi Hummer H2 limousine uye hombe-inogara 18-anogara Hummerzine, modhi iri kuongororwa kuti ione kana ichikwanisa kunyorera chitupa chinodiwa chekuchengetedza.
Vaya makambani ari pamutemo vanofunga kuti vari kuoneswa ndondo neHurumende vane hasha dzekuti motokari dzavakashandisa kupinza munyika zviri pamutemo dzinogona kunzi hadzisi pamutemo dzovharirwa. Vanoti vashandi vakaita saVaNawaz ndivo vashoma uye makambani mazhinji ari kuyedza kutsvaga nzira yekutevedzera mutemo wekuchengetedza pasina kuita zvekutengesa ma limousine makuru ekuAmerica.
Dan Rosemeyer, limo opareta kubva kuSouth Wales, ashandisa mari inodarika £500,000 mumakore maviri pamotokari dzake nomwe, dzose dzinogona kutakura vanhu vanopfuura vasere. Anotenda kuti Hurumende yaisambofanira kuvabvumira kutenga motokari idzi kunze kwenyika.
“Zvinhu zvese zvabva pakuenzana,” anodaro. “Pandakapinza mota dzangu kubva kunze kwenyika DVLA yakanyoresa mota idzi padzakapinda munyika, dzakatora VAT neimport duty ini ndikabhadhara MOT. Iye zvino vave kuda kuvabvisa mumugwagwa zvachose, hazvina musoro. "
Akawedzera kuti: "Tese takasvibiswa nebhurashi rimwe chete - kuti tese tiri vatengesi vezvinodhaka uye matsotsi. Handisi kuti hakuna vashoma vanoita zvehutsotsi kunze uko asi vazhinji isu tinongoda kurarama zviri pamutemo. Tinoda kudzorwa uye kupihwa marezinesi asi tinongoramba tichiudzwa kuti mota dzedu hadziite. Tikasatanga kurwira indasitiri iyi inopera zvachose.
Mumwe muridzi we limousine anoshanda muBirmingham asi akasarudza kusazivikanwa akati: "Ndakashandisa £ 10,000 nguva pfupi yadarika pakuvandudza imwe yemotokari dzangu kuti ienderane nemutemo wese wekuchengetedza uye ichiri kudhonzwa ndokuudzwa kuti haina kuzadzisa zvinodiwa.
“Vafambisi vemombe vangadai vasina kana kumbonetsekana nekugadziridzwa kwakakosha uye zvakadaro vatyairi vakatendeseka seni vari kutora sando. Hapana kana mumwe wedu achachema chema kana Hurumende ikatevera makororo chaiwo asi ikasavhara mabhizinesi akavimbika ari kungoedza kuwana chouviri.”
Vashandi veLimousine vari kunetsekana nezveramangwana reindasitiri yavo zvekuti vatanga kuumba masangano ekukurudzira Hurumende kuti iwane nhungamiro dzakajeka.
Pakutanga gore rino chikumbiro chakasvitswa kuDowning Street chakasainwa nemakambani anodarika mazana maviri achidaidza Hurumende kuti ishande "neindasitiri iyi kwete kupokana" nayo. Zvichakadaro, nhengo yeNational Limousine uye Chauffeur Association, iyo yepamutemo kutengeserana bato, yakada kusvika katatu mumakore matatu apfuura.
Bill Bowling, mukuru wezvemarezenisi wesangano iri, akati: “Isu tinoita shuwa kuti vatyairi vedu vakatariswa neCriminal Record Bureau, mota dzine marezenisi akakodzera uye kuti limos inoongorora mavhiki gumi ega ega. Hakusati kwave nekufa kwevatyairi mu limousine muUK kusvika parizvino, zvisinei, izvo isu tese tinoshuvira kuwana zvakanyanya, zvirinani uye mutemo wakanangana nema limousine. "
Paul Gibson, muridzi weindastiri yekushambadzira, magazini yeChauffeur, anotenda kuti Hurumende inoda kupa mitemo yakajeka kuti itonge indasitiri ye limousine.
“Dambudziko nderekuti hapana mutemo unowirirana wevatema nechena wekutaura zviri pamutemo nezvisiri,” anodaro. “Takasangana nemhosva dzakawanda nguva pfupi yadarika apo motokari dzakabviswa mumugwagwa ndokuvharirwa uye mufambisi paakadzitora kuti dzitariswe kuti hadzina kudzivirirwa here. Tingatsigira chero kutyora kuri pamutemo kwekuita zvisiri pamutemo asi vatyairi vazhinji vanofara kutevedzera mitemo uye vanoda kuita kudaro. "
Kutora rwendo rurefu
Kune zviuru gumi nerimwe zvema limousine anoshanda muUK aine zviuru zvishanu zvinotarisirwa mumwedzi gumi nemiviri inotevera.
Hurumende inoti zvinosvika zvikamu makumi mana kubva muzana zvemotokari dzese dzemotokari hadzisi pamutemo, ruzhinji rwunenge rwuri dziya dzinotakura vanhu vanodarika vasere.
Iyo yakakura kwazvo yeAmerican stretch limos, kazhinji yakavakirwa paLincoln kana Cadillac, inotakura vanhu vanosvika gumi nevatanhatu. Chizvarwa chitsva chevatambi vakatambanuka senge Lincoln Navigators - uye Hummers - vanogona kutora vanosvika makumi matatu.
Kuongorora kweLondon limousine nemapurisa muna 2004 kwakawana kuti hafu yaityora mutemo.
Kuongorora kwakafanana kwakaitwa nemapurisa muSouthampton muna 2006 kwakamanikidza chikamu chechina cheguta rose remota limousine kubva mumugwagwa nepo 70 muzana yevatyairi vaiita imwe mhando yekutadza kwekutyaira.
Muna Gumiguru wegore rapfuura, anopfuura zana limousines akaungana muBlackpool kuti aise Guinness World Record yeakareba kwazvo limousine convoy.
Imwe limo yeAmerican Hummer H2 inodhura pakati pe£80,000 ne£100,000 kutenga, £20,000 kuunza kuUK uye ingangoita £6,000 pagore kuita inishuwarenzi.
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