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Limo - Need Licenses…
By Limo Guru | April 17, 2008
Limousine News - COLUMBIA - Most limousine passengers do not think about safety, but it is important to make sure your next limo ride is a safe one.
State law says if a limousine carries more than five people it must have a license. But, there may be some unlicensed operators out there this prom season. Prom dresses and shoes may be the biggest concerns of some prom-goers, but do people make sure a ride is safe before they get in? “We really didn’t think about it. We thought it was just pretty straightforward. We just got a limo, we didn’t think you needed a license necessarily to carry more people or any safety precautions,” said Zac Bassuener, a Rock Bridge senior.One owner says you need to make sure.“It could create quite a problem if you got an unlicensed carrier who is running around and there is an accident and something like that would happen and there would be no coverage,” said Ted Littell, co-owner of White Knights.
It can be as easy as checking the windshield for the proper tags. Besides checking a stretch hummer for its tags and US-DOT number, you can also ask the company for a copy of its Missouri license.
Littell says it’s financially hard to compete with unlicensed operators.
“It’s frustrating at best, you know on our limousines we pay an excess of $5,800 a month just to insure one vehicle,” said Littell.
And that could give some competitors an unfair advantage. Littell claims there are least a dozen limos in mid-Missouri rolling around without an operator’s license.
Edited by: Charlie Hart
Posted by: Kathryn Lucchesi
Topics: Limousine News |
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