DRIVE A2B July 2018

fitted with a safety camera while
every unbooked vehicle (ie taxi) is.
TfV continued on to state,
“Transport for Victoria concluded
that the costs of compliance
will likely outweigh the benefits.
Transport for Victoria does not
recommend requiring security
cameras to be installed in all
commercial passenger vehicles
due to the costs of compliance.”
Currently prebooked CPVs (ie
rideshare/on demand/hire cars)
outnumber unbooked CPVs (ie
taxis) 7 to 2 in Victoria.
Child Safety
CPVAA also believes that all CPVs
must be able to provide child seats
/ booster seats / capsules to the
travelling public as requested,
if they are under 7 years of age!
Safety is paramount!”
Yet we read in the response
from the TfV that, “TfV is
recommending that the unbooked
service providers (taxis) will
continue to be able to transport
children under 7 years without a
child restraint”.
We find it incomprehensible,
that in 2018 when Victoria has
a taxi fleet in excess of 10,000
vehicles, and most likely the
largest in Australia, that the public
cannot prebook a taxi with a child
restraint! This should be available,
pre booked and at a cost.
In most other States and
Territories around the country, the
travelling public are able to prebook
child restraints.
Rod Barton
President, CPVAA
CPVAA recommended that
Victoria aligns itself with other
States and set responsible safety
conditions for our travelling
children. Safety first – always! Yet
the government did not follow this
direction.
Vehicle Safety
In Australia we have Australian
Design Rules (ADR) and these are
the national standards for vehicle
safety, anti-theft and emissions of
all new and used vehicles entering
the Australian market for the first
time. These rules were brought
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