Friday, April 4, 2008
License and Insurance
Any reputable limousine company will have a license and therefore a commercial insurance. Not all limousines need to have a license though. In some areas within the city limits, no license is required. That in itself leaves the customer without any standard to know whether or not the busniess is run by trustworthy persons. for to get a license the owner needs to be registered and the car is up to date and inspected. Now most limousine cars are very well maintained since the essence of the business, so that is not too great a worry. Having no license though, might also mean that the owners/drivers have no commercial insurance, and that is a bigger worry. Especially for the customer. So be always aware whether or not the limousine you are hiring has a license. You can see this by looking at the stickers on the car window. And be certainly aware whether or not a limousine has an insurance that covers you as a passenger!
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Questions of having license and insurance are very important. Many companies are advertised as being capable of carrying more than 8 passengers, however, unless they are being offered on a self-drive hire basis, they cannot carry more than 8 passengers unless they have a Certificate of Initial Fitness (possible, but rare) and the limo hire company must have a Bus Operators License. Some companies are getting around this problem by registering the limousine as a private minibus, using a self-drive hire contract and a ‘contracted in’ chauffeur employed by the hirer. Again, some of these limos are more popular than others.
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