We are over governed in my opinion, but I also fall on the side of the government on this one. A commercial operator goes through a great many hoops and great expense to set-up, insure, market and grow a compliant, safe and viable company. I wouldn't have the foggiest what the profit margins are like but wouldn't imagine they'd be massive and they do not need competition that doesn't have the same overheads, compliance or even safety level doing it for less and taking valuable customers from them. This isn't about someone taking their nephew/son/daughter/kid next door to their formal for nothing and out of the goodness of your heart.
The issues of the levels of maintenance of these "backyarders" is a very good one and I'm sure some of them will say "Nah mate, it's good enough"... It might be good enough if the person looking after it is a qualified mechanic or even a fairly switched-on amateur, but then again who is liable if (when) a bodgied-up backyard steering/suspension/brake repair goes really wrong and someone gets really hurt or even worse? The person who
did the work and the person who
authorised the work are the ones the law and insurance companies will chase.
I'm not sure if it is still going (just googled it and it is) but there are some companies that do this sort of vehicle hire anyway and have gone to extraordinary lengths (and spent really big money) to get these cars to an industry standard and try to earn a living with them. These type of operations are the ones that loose out the most when back yarders get involved:
http://www.classicchevyhirecars.com.au/
Originally Posted by Taily
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