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C OMPLIANCE

$50,000 fines
have been

issued to drivers

VICTORIA
NEWS The Victorian regulator, Commercial Passenger Vehicles
Victoria (CPVV) ran a blitz on drivers during December
2019 on commercial passenger vehicle signage.
By law, drivers of booked commercial passenger vehicle
services (aka hire cars and ride share vehicles) must
display a sign, symbol, notice or label identifying it as
a Commercial Passenger Vehicle (CPV) when it is in
service. This signage must be positioned so it cannot be
removed by someone sitting in the driver’s seat.
A total of 26 infringement notices were issued.
• 20 were for failing to indicate the vehicle was a CPV
(each offence carrying a fine of $1,983)
• 2 were for positioning the CPV signage where it
could be removed ($413)
• 3 were for providing a CPV service without driver
accreditation ($1,983)
• 1 was for failing to carry a certificate of
accreditation while driving ($207)
While this is fantastic that the CPVV Compliance Officers
are out and about on the job and checking vehicles, it
beggars belief that they only found 26 vehicles that did
not comply with the CPV signage requirements.
We have been advised that nearly every day within the
CBD there are vehicles just cruising around, looking for
work, and they don't have correct signage. Also, there
are always a great percentage of vehicles waiting at
Melbourne Airport Ride Share Holding Area that are not
correctly signed.
Whilst the CPVV is applauding themselves for the
amount of dollars they have fined offenders - it really
should be about how many Booked commercial
passenger vehicles they have checked.
It would be interesting to learn how many vehicles
the officers actually inspected, compared to the 26
infringements issued.
18 DRIVE A2B magazine · February 2020