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From our Editor

Touting Fines Road Worthy Certificates

It's great to see that the NSW Point to Point In June 2019 edition of DRIVE A2B we reported
Transport Commissioner is on the ball and is on the non-professional vehicle inspection
catching and fining those touting at Sydney undertaken by Red Book Inspections on a
Airport. They prosecuted 5 offenders last prospective commercial passenger vehicle,
month. But what about Melbourne Airport and how its inspectors missed faulty brakes
touters? and worn windscreen wipers. This was
reported to the Victorian regulator, CPVV,
Despite the fact that it became law in 2019 that but it doesn't appear to have done anything
touting is illegal in Victoria, to date, no-one has about this. It hasn't reprimanded Red Book
been fined. There are just as many operators and it still allows RedBook to perform safety
touting for the transportation of passengers in inspections on new and ongoing commercial
the arrival areas at Melbourne Airport, as there passenger vehicles.
were before the new regulations were put in
place. We have been advised that CPVV thinks
that RedBook is great because RedBook
How can this be? Commercial Passenger provides information about the inspections
Vehicles Victoria (CPVV) is tasked with electronically to CPVV.
enforcing the legislation regarding the
Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry, so Well, we also know that all Road Worthy
why isn't it enforcing? Certificate inspections undertaken by a

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