DRIVE A2B February 2021
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Even before you include the State road taxes,<br />
these subsidies don’t do much to bring the<br />
entry-level pricing of EVs to a more affordable<br />
level.<br />
With regards to the cleaning of commercial<br />
passenger transport vehicles, most States<br />
recommend that the frequent touch points in<br />
the vehicles be cleaned at least daily. But in<br />
Victoria it is MANDATORY for the frequent touch<br />
points to be cleaned after every passenger has<br />
left the vehicle.<br />
NSW implemented the use of QR code recording<br />
for passengers travelling in taxis, hire cars and<br />
rideshare vehicles months ago — October 2020<br />
actually. Victoria is still thinking about how it<br />
will implement this safeguard, but apparently it<br />
will be happening soon, and the other Australian<br />
States don't see the need for this COVID-19<br />
tracking assistance.<br />
As far as industry terminology goes, Victoria<br />
and Western Australia stand out as the only two<br />
States that don't call a taxi "TAXI" and South<br />
Australia refers to Wheelchair Accessible Taxis as<br />
"ACCESS TAXIS" — see the table below for more<br />
variances.<br />
Just as there are no two snowflakes the same,<br />
no two Australian States (or Territories) approach<br />
the commercial passenger transport industry in<br />
the same manner — because that would be too<br />
easy, boring and give me nothing to compare!<br />
Mrs Toni Peters<br />
<strong>DRIVE</strong> <strong>A2B</strong> Editor<br />
Australian<br />
State /<br />
Territory<br />
Taxi<br />
Vehicles were previously known as....<br />
Luxury Hire Car<br />
/ Limo / Special<br />
Purpose Vehicle<br />
Rideshare<br />
Now known as...<br />
Wheelchair<br />
Accessible Taxi<br />
ACT Taxi Hire Car Rideshare Wheelchair<br />
Accessible Taxi<br />
NSW Taxi Hire Vehicle Hire Vehicle Wheelchair<br />
Accessible Taxi<br />
NT Taxi Private Hire Car/<br />
Limousine<br />
Rideshare<br />
Wheelchair<br />
Accessible Vehicle<br />
QLD Taxi Limousine Booked Hire Service Wheelchair<br />
Accessible Taxi<br />
SA Taxi Chauffeur Rideshare Access Taxi<br />
TAS Taxi Hire Car Ridesourcing Wheelchair<br />
Accessible Taxi<br />
VIC<br />
WA<br />
Unbooked<br />
Commercial<br />
Passenger Vehicle<br />
On-demand rank or<br />
hail (OD-RH) vehicle<br />
Booked Commercial<br />
Passenger Vehicle<br />
On-demand Charter<br />
(OD-C) vehicle<br />
Booked Commercial<br />
Passenger Vehicle<br />
On-demand Charter<br />
(OD-C) vehicle<br />
Wheelchair<br />
Accessible Vehicle<br />
Wheelchair<br />
Accessible Vehicle<br />
<strong>DRIVE</strong> <strong>A2B</strong> magazine · www.drivea2b.com.au · <strong>February</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
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