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WALES TRANSPOR T ALLIANCE AUS TRALIA (T AA )
NEWS
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Since the industry regulator This may have been great CPVV has lost control of this
has permitted taxi owners in the first instance, but section of the commercial
to operate independently now that we have so many passenger vehicle industry.
from the big Booking Service independent operators
Providers, the quality of unaccounted for, it is time for The regulator could take on
vehicles, safety aspects, and the regulator to take back the the responsibility of keeping
cleanliness of the vehicle and reins. track of these independent
driver have all gone downhill. operators, and regularly view
Currently owners who have 1 their records, roadworthy
CPVV states that it is holding or 2 vehicles are not required information, safety issues
the BSPs responsible for to be registered as a Booking and handle any passenger
maintaining records of Service Provider. Come 1 July complaints against them. But
roadworthiness of the vehicle 2020 CPVV wants all of these they probably won't do this.
and keeping a register of owners to register as Booking
complaints by both passengers Service Providers - but the Time has come for all CPVs to
and drivers. Great! catch is that the CPVV does be once again affiliated with
not know who these people an approved, operational BSP.
But if the vehicle is are! And this should be a BSP that
independent of the large BSPs, has 10 or more vehicles.
doesn't have any signage on Having a taxi owner of one,
it, and the passenger wishes to two or even five taxis being The wheel is still round. Who
make a complaint about the their own Booking Service would have thought that the
driver, who does he contact? Provider just doesn't cut it. revolution back to the past
Which company does he would be so quick. A lot of
complain to? No decals, no CPVV does not know which what we had in place for this
livery, so where does he go? BSP, if any, the accredited industry, as broken as it all
Unbooked CPVs belong to. was, was there for a reason.
CPVV has removed itself from It doesn't have any records,
their past responsibilities, no real way of finding out, The government needs
stating that they are allowing because it is not asking the to reclaim control of this
the industry to self-regulate. information of the owners. industry.

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