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It's nice to have "customers" that are forced by government/law to be your customers. Why do any effort?...
 
I'm messing around with the calculators on ya'll site and I have an epiphany.

Why don't ya'll register ya'll cars as public transport vehicles and not pay for this schit?
 
YingYang said:
I'm messing around with the calculators on ya'll site and I have an epiphany.

Why don't ya'll register ya'll cars as public transport vehicles and not pay for this schit?
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Wait till you see what you insurance charge will be on your car :(
 
YingYang said:
Why don't ya'll register ya'll cars as public transport vehicles and not pay for this schit?
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Your admin costs, roadworthies, and insurance costs would outweigh any savings from e-tolling.
You see in order to be a public transport vehicle, you actually have to provide public transport.
 
Michaelbro said:
How does one do this.
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I don't know how it works in gauteng, but around these here parts all you need to do is go to the Operating License Board and complete the form. Furnish them with the vehicle's registration certificate and your tax clearance certificate.

After that your application will get advertised in the Government Gazette. A couple of weeks later you'll get contacted so they can inspect the vehicle.

If they're happy, you get your permit.

Jladan said:
Wait till you see what you insurance charge will be on your car :(
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My wife and I own 3 Quantums and insurance on each is R700 - and that includes the Tracker subscription.

Note: apply for a charter permit, not taxi!!! :)
 
Garyvdh said:
Your admin costs, roadworthies, and insurance costs would outweigh any savings from e-tolling.
You see in order to be a public transport vehicle, you actually have to provide public transport.
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As I stated in my previous post, a charter service also falls under public transport. In fact you can even apply for a school or staff transport permit
 
YingYang said:
As I stated in my previous post, a charter service also falls under public transport. In fact you can even apply for a school or staff transport permit
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I have a company registered. I will buy a car through the company (or sell my car to the company), register it as a charter service / public transport, get a PrDP and drive one person a day to work and back. (Close to my work). I will make a loss (think tax), I will drive on the road everyday and also pay no etolls. So, I will pay less tax and also no etolls.

Regarding the costs, I will go and investigate it. The tax saving + no etolls might justify it.
 
creeper said:
I have a company registered. I will buy a car through the company (or sell my car to the company), register it as a charter service / public transport, get a PrDP and drive one person a day to work and back. (Close to my work). I will make a loss (think tax), I will drive on the road everyday and also pay no etolls. So, I will pay less tax and also no etolls.

Regarding the costs, I will go and investigate it. The tax saving + no etolls might justify it.
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The costs are negligible.

PrDP goes for 50 bucks (IIRC), I'm not sure if you have to pay that again when you renew.
The admin fee payable upon submitting your application for a permit is R300 (once off) and a permit is valid for five years.
I'm not sure what roadworthy is for a normal car nowadays but we paid around R400 per vehicle last year.

Oh, and you need to remember that if your vehicle is registered for public transport you have to have a yearly roadworthy test done, else the traffic department do no issue you with your disk.
 
YingYang said:
I'm messing around with the calculators on ya'll site and I have an epiphany.

Why don't ya'll register ya'll cars as public transport vehicles and not pay for this schit?
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Because in order to qualify for the benefit you have to be associated with an officially recognised taxi association/body. I looked into this a while back - there's a thread about it somewhere...
 
YingYang said:
My wife and I own 3 Quantums and insurance on each is R700 - and that includes the Tracker subscription.

Note: apply for a charter permit, not taxi!!! :)
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If you are operating a vehicle on a public road for gain, AFAIK you and your passengers will not be able to claim under the Road Accident Fund. Haven't looked at this in yonks.
 
DJ... said:
Because in order to qualify for the benefit you have to be associated with an officially recognised taxi association/body. I looked into this a while back - there's a thread about it somewhere...
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According to this, specifically this section:

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...if you provide any public transport service and you've registered you should be exempt. Sorry, its the first time I'm actually read up on e-tolls. Maybe I'm missing something.

IzZzy said:
If you are operating a vehicle on a public road for gain, AFAIK you and your passengers will not be able to claim under the Road Accident Fund. Haven't looked at this in yonks.
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What I forgot to mention is that companies insuring public transport vehicles usually includes Passenger Liability Insurance.
 
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YingYang said:
According to this, specifically this section:

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1 - minibus taxis - no-go unless everyone sells their vehicles and purchases HI-Aces.
2 - contracted services - no go
3 - regular, scheduled, daily, and last I checked requires association to a taxi body - no go
4 - dedicated scholar service - no go

None of those allow for the provision of ordinary vehicles and drivers as taxis...
 
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