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rogerdraig · 18-07-2009, 13:11

the only thing about this one is that its the inability of the law to change to accommodate and provide proper licensing and construction use rules for these vehicles which leads to this

some are still classed as cars some as mini buses and some can fall under the coach rules

and as you get lots of people with no experiance setting up by just bying second hand or imported ones its hardly surprising that this happens

i do think its daft if there were suspected serious and i emphasise serious problems and just not technical breaches of rules then they should have acted before they were used !

however i expect that its mostly just going to be technical breaches in the main that the lawyers will have fun with trying to prove and disprove what ones apply to what

see some of these

http://www.bigandlong.co.uk/NLAUK.html

this one most probably is illegal

http://www.hirelimolondon.co.uk/

this one should be ok

http://www.dv8limousines.co.uk/limo-liner-hire.html

simple you would think

so going on above the middle one could just betaken out of buisness by a visit from VOSA and the plod

but !

i and most of you can legaly drive all of those middle links vehicles and put up to 45 yes i said 45 people in them and drive around all day and there is not one law to stop you or me AS long as none of them are paying for the journey

but all of them could have paid to hire the vehicle

confused ?

so is the law lol

what is needed is for the legislation to issue certificates to limos so they can be properly licensed checked and made safe rather than occasional headline grabbing stuff like this

18-07-2009, 13:11	#8
rogerdraig Inactive Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 2,509	Re: For all those who hire Limo's or are thinking about hiring one. the only thing about this one is that its the inability of the law to change to accommodate and provide proper licensing and construction use rules for these vehicles which leads to this some are still classed as cars some as mini buses and some can fall under the coach rules and as you get lots of people with no experiance setting up by just bying second hand or imported ones its hardly surprising that this happens i do think its daft if there were suspected serious and i emphasise serious problems and just not technical breaches of rules then they should have acted before they were used ! however i expect that its mostly just going to be technical breaches in the main that the lawyers will have fun with trying to prove and disprove what ones apply to what see some of these http://www.bigandlong.co.uk/NLAUK.html this one most probably is illegal http://www.hirelimolondon.co.uk/ this one should be ok http://www.dv8limousines.co.uk/limo-liner-hire.html simple you would think so going on above the middle one could just betaken out of buisness by a visit from VOSA and the plod but ! i and most of you can legaly drive all of those middle links vehicles and put up to 45 yes i said 45 people in them and drive around all day and there is not one law to stop you or me AS long as none of them are paying for the journey but all of them could have paid to hire the vehicle confused ? so is the law lol what is needed is for the legislation to issue certificates to limos so they can be properly licensed checked and made safe rather than occasional headline grabbing stuff like this