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Having a reliable company as a partner pays off especially in a situation where everything does not go according to plan. We don't have to go into an extreme situation - an unwanted traffic accident, in which the insurance company will reduce your insurance premium, but we can also start with a normal police road check, from where you will no longer be able to continue.
Due to the fact that any transport of people to 9 cities for a fee is a taxi service according to Slovak law, in the event of an unwanted accident, the insurance company will reduce the insurance payment for all participants. In addition, he can claim a penalty against the policyholder for the wrong purpose of using the vehicle.
The reason why transport companies do not register their vehicles in their concessions is mainly the price of the insurance premium. For taxi purposes, this is usually increased by 50-100% compared to normal insurance.
Not so long ago, the Vienna airport was inspected by the police together with the "zoll" aimed primarily at Slovak taxi drivers and chauffeurs. Some of them managed to inform each other and left the airport via a different exit, but others were not missed by this check. In addition to high fines, the impounded vehicles remained after this check.
The reason for these checks is mainly that the Slovak entity can only take the client away in the case of cross-border transport - it cannot pick him up on the territory of Austria, but only in Slovakia. Only an Austrian entity with a concession, or a Slovak entity with a permit from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, can pick up a client in Austria.
One of the documents that a taxi driver must have with him is a document of medical fitness, as well as a document of mental fitness. If he does not have it with him, the driver's license is invalid and the policeman is entitled to detain him and prohibit further driving, which he will be informed about, that it will be returned to him after proof of competence.
The taxi service vehicle must also be subject to a technical inspection within one year after its first registration and then periodically at one-year intervals, the same also applies to emission control. In the event of failure to carry out such an inspection within the specified period, the police officer is entitled to withhold the registration certificate and/or plate with the registration number.
You can verify your future personal transport partner for free on the portals jscd . After entering the business name or identification number of the company, the number, validity of the concession and the number of vehicles with which the company operates a taxi service will be displayed. In addition to the license, you can also verify the driver or taxi service vehicle.
The main reason is, of course, cost savings. Annual savings of approximately €1,500 are made on one vehicle only on insurance. This amount applies to the E class model, for a V class minivan or an S class limousine, this amount can be from €3,000 to €10,000, if the company has more such vehicles, it is already quite worthwhile. Such a company can further save on emission and technical control and various other fees, which, however, do not reach the amount, as is the case with insurance.
They mainly rely on the fact that unless the vehicles are marked as taxi service vehicles, no one will check them. However, illegal taxi service in connection with the above can have much worse consequences than just the detention of the EČV plates or driver's license.
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