Minister Addresses Oversize Vehicle Issue
Minister of Tourism Development and Transport, Shawn Crockwell today [Nov 25] advised that the Transport Control Department [TCD] is working with a local vehicle importer to resolve an issue concerning oversize private cars that have been imported into Bermuda and licensed for use on public roads.
A spokesperson said, “The model in question is the 2014 Jeep Compass, of which approximately 30 vehicles were imported, and at 176 inches long, slightly exceeds the statutory limit of 175 inches and slightly wider than the statutory limit of 71 inches at 71 7/16 inches.
“The Jeep Compass 2014 model arrived with a bumper fascia that is different than the 2011/12/13 models. There was no indication from the manufacturer that the 2014 model would be longer.”
Minister Crockwell said: “Some of the vehicle owners have raised concerns that they may face enforcement action against their vehicles which are larger than currently permitted on Bermuda roads. However, I can assure these owners that we are working with the importer to rectify the situation.”
Minister Crockwell explained that it has been standard practice at TCD that dealers submit brochures for the current models of a vehicle that was previously imported. The last brochure received for this vehicle was in 2011.
The Minister added: “Although typically the specifications were the same for models previously imported, we have learned from this experience, subsequent models can now differ enough from prior year models that they no longer comply with Bermuda’s licensing requirements.
“This practice of allowing previously approved vehicles to be imported will now cease and every application for vehicle importation will be assessed based on the particular model.”
we dont need these types on our roads anyway!
Nothing new here folks the business that brought in the vehicles appears to be a strong supporter of the Old Boys Alliance Club.
The obaC will only send the vehicles back if they display affiliation with the pLpBiU Club.
Oh come on. The last time this happened the PLP were in power, It’s a minor mistake. It happens.
@ Keep Calm. Your comments are desperate, silly and childish. Send the vehicles back , over 1″???? Are you suggesting that the PLP would have!? I don’t think so!
Send the cars back – we already have way too many big cars.
they should also have a look at all the construction toys
i agree, you know someone isnt lugging cement bags and cement blocks around in their shiny black hummer!
Yea, you would pick on the only black man, what about mike dunkley ?!!! He has a new over sized truck too !!!!
Mistakes happen, but there is a simple fix. TCD just creates a new class I for the cars in question and the owners pay the required fee.
Simple as that? Huh?
WHAT ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES!
Well what are our options?
They won’t be sent back
Already licenced so bumpers wont be cut
Make em pay, they are on the roads now as we all argue
I don’t think a new class should be made up just put the Jeep Compass under the class it should be under class C with the other light trucks & while at it put all other vehicles close to these dimensions under the same class. Once thats done lower the amount of inches a private car should be since at the moment it’s length not exceeding 175 inches & width overall not exceeding 71 inches same as light trucks. After thats all done then make those who want to drive these vehicles take a light truck driving test not a car driving test.
the owners bought the cars in good faith from the dealer
I was behind one of these cars in traffic this morning on Harbour Road – and was thinking “this car is waay to big for Bermuda”.
Amazing eyesight. You noticed 7/16ths from a moving vehicle, of a moving vehicle, on one of the most unstraight roads in Bermuda. And you happened to notice it was a new model not the old ones…
It’s 7/16th of an inch larger than the MAXIMUM size. Not the size of the average car or even the average SUV. So is it possible that someone noticed a car that was bigger than any other private car on the road? I’d say there’s a good chance.
I think you missed the point. You can’t eyeball 7/16th of an inch on a moving car. Let me put it into perspective for you, a dime is about 11/16th of inch. Thats like looking at a car passing you on South Shore and saying that they are speeding because it looked like it was going 35.43kmh. So to asnwer your question, no… its not possible.
The PLP let rules and regulations go,just look at those trailor dumpsters putting small trucks out of business.
While PLP was in they amended the laws. I’m sure that if you took your comment & related it to the amended size laws & PLP ministers you would figure out the correlation with the law change.
And the OBA continues to allow the dumpsters to operate!
The dealer imported cars that were not eligible for licensing in Bermuda. The dealer has to be prohibited from selling any further illegal cars.
The dealer also sold some of them to people and advised them that they were able to license them under a certain class. This is false and is a material misstatement. The cars can not be licensed and the purchasers should be allowed to return the cars to the dealer for a full refund.
This is what would happen in a law abiding country with an honest government.
In Bermuda the government says, “Yeah, I know they’re too big to be licensed, but these guys are friends. The didn’t mean to break the law and if we make them follow the law, it’ll cost them a lot of money, so we’ll pretend it didn’t happen and they promised not to do it again.”
Does anybody see any hope of an investigation into past abuses?
Nothing new. Happened with the CRV’s and BMW station wagon.
You do realize the same happened under the PLP watch!
Sometimes it is very hard to tell that there’s been a change in government isn’t it?
Integrity, backbone, leadership … missing in action.
Are you guys missing the fact that the dealer were not made aware of the size difference by the supplier. Must of these if not all of them were pre sold before geeting to Bermuda.
LOL
LOL original: If you believe that then I have a bridge to sell you. The dealer had to know. It is the only thing he would check befor bringing it in. Absolutely everyone knows this and alwasy has. If the dealer told you he didn’t know and you believe him then you are the most gullible person on the planet.
Didn’t we have this business about ‘almost legal’ vehicles under the old administration? They were permitted to stay. In fact more were allowed in. The Minister at the time simply overruled TCD rules.
Oh well, looks like an honest mistake this time. Let them stay but do not permit any more.
The amendments of the size restriction laws under the PLP should be tabled for reversal. Its ridiculous that a vehicle with the same dimensions as a light truck can be considered a J class private car. There are lots of people who own these vehicles who cannot properly drive them because they do not know how to drive what is in reality a light truck not a car. I see these drivers constantly going over the yellow line & having near misses with pedestrians & other vehicles on the road. They need to be either taken off the road or the driver should have a more critical test of their driving skills if they want to drive one of these vehicles.
Size has nothing to do with it. Plenty of people on bikes are over the centre line all the time and have no idea how to drive properly.
Just as I stated we have many bad drivers we also have many bad riders & I believe this should be addressed as well. Take those foolish riders & put them behind the wheel of one of these oversized vehicles & you would have up the chances of them killing someone 10 times more. The danger is not the vehicle its the danger of those operating it not having the proper training to do so. Take that insufficient knowledge & compound it with our small roads & you have a menace to society.
A few years back I had a car that was 64.25 inches wide and it was too wide for Bermuda since the width limit was 64. I had to take the door bumpers off for TCD. Now the width limit is 71 a full 7 inches more. You ever wonder why cars don’t go in parking spaces any more?
As far as this case goes, it is just plain embarrassing. It is simply not possible that nobody knew. Who ever it was chose to keep quiet. The importer should be fined. TCD should be outsourced since they are clearly useless.
the dealer of these cars seem like nice people they can only go by the information they get from the oversees dealer
simple solution the minister in his wisdom will create a new class H2 OR J at the same time helping the other dealers
and the government makes some much needed money
how do you think we got to G and H class
Your all jealous because you can’t afford one!
Compensating for inadequacies elsewhere perhaps?
Why would I be jealous when my Eos turns more heads because it’s sooooo sexy. Besides I bet most people who own one of those jeeps has a loan for it & can’t really afford it but have one for compensation of id or other. There’s really no other purpose to having an off road vehicle that you never go off road with. No wonder all those I’ve seen drive one seem to be in road rage 24/7 trying to cut in front everywhere they go. Maybe the motocross club will allow all the owners a weekend in the park to burn off their stress & actually use their vehicles for what they were built for.
Most of these people who own these jeeps have a loan for it? Smh what an ignorant comment.
Why is it an ignorant comment when most vehicle owners in Bermuda have to take a loan out for their vehicles. Even second hand vehicles don’t come cheap in Bermuda. It’s a reality of the islands economic situation. The only reason I singled out the jeep owners was in regard to Just sayin’s comment of jealousy which is far more of an assumption than mine.
how many people actually pay cash for a brand new car, whether they have the money or not? I assume your comment was more along the lines of ppl getting loans for cars knowing they will struggle to make the payments.
Exactly, & there’s many who do & the banks will not caution them on this they will just let them sign on the line. The kicker comes when these people put it on their mortgage, move to a smaller apartment or starve themselves to maintain appearances. This is why I would never be jealous over someone owning something I don’t because I know not all is what it seems & being as debt free as possible is better than saying, “Don’t I make you jealous?”
I know you know little about cars this is not a car this is a sports utility vehicle (SUV)it gives you better visibility of the traffic in front of you and comes with a lot of safety features that you will not get in a car
It Is a matter of safety not jealousy IJS. If your car was to get hit by another car because it’s too big or what not you’d be vexed so your comment is ridiculous.
The problem will always be that suv & some car models will always get bigger and bigger. SUV’s are not meant to be small, so either you prohibit them all together or you will have to keep increasing the size limit with new models, because the manufactures will increase the size. There isn’t a huge market for small cars around the world so naturally cars/SUV’s will be bigger. I for one have a jeep which is of legal size and I luv not having to squeeze in a tiny a** car with a 1600cc engine.
just sayin. I am jealous that I can and you can’t. Your is You’re sheesh
WOW! the minister is willing to comment on the oversized cars but will say noting about the TRACTOR TRAILER DUMPSTERS that are operating ILLEGALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!
After this happened with the Honda CRV you’d think that someone would actually pay attention. But no. What do they do down at TCD and why are we paying them good money? All they have to do with a new model is check the size of the body and engine. They can’t even do that. Total & complete incompetence.
Just sayin: Yes I can afford one – and that’s not the point. This is government inefficiency at its best!
welcome to the last 14 years of government under the PLP!
many years ago the then HWP bought in a line of station wagon by 100′s at a time had them stashed all over Bermuda paid tcd licence fee up front they went in class f but they should have been place in class g
Well I guess no one has anything to do.
1″?
I gotta start doing coke.
And don’t come back and say it creeps up every year.
They are there. Deal with it or stop being negative because you don’t have one.
What about busses………
Make mine a double.
What about busses?
Do you think it’s alright for TCD to start passing busses off as private cars also?
Its not about jealousy its about safety.
It would be a waste for you to start doing coke since there’s nothing above you nose for it to bind onto.
And you will never get it Tommy.
Never.
Don’t be so sure of that. I may one day if someone invents a translator for your typographical rubbish.
You mean, like Spell-Check?
No I mean a translator as in something that translates Terry’s garble. I can live with misspellings & can usually figure them out & I’m not that anal to be a spelling nazi. What I need is a translator to translate comments like Terry’s that mention a, “Condom Act 1834” in an article about vehicle size. Only thing I can assume from comments like that is that Terry uses 71 inches to compensate for 71 millimetres & thats why the condom reference was made.
Busses never if rarely go over the line, ordinary people cannot be driving around cars that are too big for our roads because thats what causes accidents to go up. Bus drivers are certified to drive a bus, ordinary people aren’t. Take them off the road not because other people are jealous of they’re car but because it poses a danger to everyone!
Poses danger? Are you speaking from facts or your opinion? I don’t recall seeing much large vehicles like Jeeps being in accident photos.
Not all collisions get reported & not all collisions reported mention the vehicle type involved. It’s not the size of the vehicle it’s the inability of drivers to operate a vehicle that size which gets worse when intoxicated by drugs or distracted by handheld device use. In a perfect world with wide open roads this wouldn’t be an issue but we live in a narrow & winding world.
http://bernews.com/2013/01/two-drivers-arrested-for-dui-after-accidents
http://bernews.com/2013/08/witness-appeal-rider-injured-in-hit-and-run
http://bernews.com/2012/12/accident-causes-traffic-delays-on-palmetto-rd
http://bernews.com/2012/11/collision-results-in-suv-partially-lodged-on-wall
http://bernews.com/2012/07/13-year-old-injured-in-three-vehicle-accident
http://bernews.com/2012/05/two-people-injured-in-motorcycle-accidents/
http://bernews.com/2012/02/accident-at-hamilton-intersection
http://bernews.com/2012/01/suv-bike-collide-in-devonshire
http://bernews.com/2012/03/46-yr-old-man-in-icu-after-accident
This proves nothing.
Take one in the middle of your list.
http://bernews.com/2012/07/13-year-old-injured-in-three-vehicle-accident
What has the size of the vehicle to do with the specific accident?
Buses rarely go over the line? Are you kidding? Less than two weeks ago I had to slam on the brakes because a bus, overtaking a parked vehicle, was coming straight at me on the wrong side of South Shore Road. If I hadn’t come to a complete stop we would have collided head on. Another one of our unionised pros at work that day.
Bye I need a Rum Terry!
There are a few wider-issue considerations here that perhaps should enter the argument. The first is the freedom of choice versus the greater good. If you want a large, luxury car and can finance it, then why not? You feel good about owning and driving it, the dealer makes a profit and keeps his retail and servicing staff in work. The government coffers benefits in the form of import duty and re-licensing fees, everyone’s happy…..
…But what about the other side of the argument – I, like other posters here, have seen some (not all) SUVs being driven, quite frankly, badly. Crossing the centre line, hitting the kerb, and otherwise endangering other road users. I would encourage a change in the drivers’ test. Can it be right that you can take a driving test in a Class A car – say a Chevvy Aveo – and then legally drive a Class H? The drivers test – parallel parking, reversing round a short pre-set course, and then driving around a couple of blocks, is woefully inadequate.
I am not sure when this test was devised, but I would assume that it pre-dates the advent of SUVs. The driving test proves you can handle the car in a basic way. In does not test roadcraft, positioning, braking in an emergency, hill-starts and stops, cornering, wet-weather and darkness considerations…the list goes on.
My solution – allow those who want these to have them, to exercise their freedom of choice like anyone else in a free country, but have the driving test amended to show they can adequately operate their car to the required standard.
Safer roads and roadsides play a significant role in either preventing crashes or minimizing the trauma associated with casualty crashes. Bermuda Road infrastructure unfortunately doesn’t’ recognized standards widths and in the past Government didn’t follow best practices in planning, design and construction, so many of our roads doesn’t have safety standards widths .
In Bermuda overtake lanes reducing the likelihood of impatient or frustrated drivers attempting to overtake slower vehicles in dangerous locations, but this doesn’t giving them the opportunity to pass safely. Bermuda standard width is approximately 9 feet or less. (NOTE: Overseas studies indicate that crashes can be reduced by up to 25% by providing overtaking lanes on existing two-lane highways Overtaking lanes are provided on some rural highways, something that is impossible to provide here in Bermuda).
When we talk about Continuing improvements in vehicle design and the incorporation of new technologies have increased the level of protection for occupants and other road users when vehicles are involved in crashes. (Example: better side impact protection, frontal crash protection, padded head areas, seatbelt reminders, intelligent air bags and pedestrian protection.) We talking about car that could reach speed higher than 120 km/hr. on highways that connect different cities and may take hours for reach the destination. Here in Bermuda the maximum speed is 35km/hr. and the maximum time to move from one point to other is no more than 30 minutes.
For common sense and safety reason, bigger cars will not give safe protections to the occupancies as we cannot wide the roads for give the necessary space for them to travel along or offer safety overtake in narrows lanes.
Truck driver
If the OBA do not get those illegal dumpsters off the road I think there will be widespread protest,as then shadow Minister Crockwell said the PLP were wrong in letting them on the road.He told we truckers they were illegal.Many small truckers were/are being put out of business.One other trucker told me he might amend the legislation to allow dumpsters.That will allow them to put more small guys out of business,and in these struggling times we do not need govt screwing us,we had that under the other govt.If the OBA does not help the small guy as they say they do,they will definitely lose the next election.Many small business truckers are at wits end.
The oba could care less about we small people.
The OBA cares about everybody. To call yourself small indicates that you don’t place much value in yourself. Of course you may just be 3 feet tall and talking about something completely different.
What, another “widespread protest” if the OBA doesn’t sort out another mess created by the previous government?
Sandy bottom, we get it that you hate the PLP with a passion, you must really have no life, cause all you do is complain about them. Even when your beloved OBA pisses and poops on you, you find a way to blame it on the PLP. Now I am starting to feel sorry for you.
$2 billion in debt and we have to waste Minister’s/Govt time with 1 inch.
BORE MY F&*%ING LIFE! Only in Bda..only in Bda.
Guess you’ve never heard the idiom, “give them an inch 7 they’ll take a mile”?
Bigger vehicles are a danger on our small roads & also increase the cost of road repairs & insurance premiums.
Bull, that’s why they charge the larger vehicles a larger registration fee….go figure. A BMW car’s insurance fee is higher than this dang jeep
Forget about the SUVs, and if you want to focus on a “real” problem deal with these lunatics flying around in very large trucks and busses thinking they are still in their little Toyotas. They know you will be forced to swerve out of their way so they barrel on through not giving a damn. They are the real danger.
Exactly!! Solve the murders that after years are still unsolved
Sorta reminds me of the Condom Act 1834.
Section 3 as read with section 4.(5).
An Inch is good as a mile section(as above) read with Section 4.(50-a)
If it fits you must aquit.
Empty heads needs a top up…..
Trucker.
You are right,the OBA cannot go back on any more promises,the opposition will eat them alive!
I am disgusted…sold my car, put a deposit down and was expecting this to arrive first week of December. These 2014 models have been here for a few months now. Yes, the dealer should have submitted dimensions to TCD and known the changes to the model but why in God’s green earth did TCD take months to discover this? Given the dealer and manufacturer were almost finished the process, they should allow this shipment to come in, make any alterations here just like they did the Honda CRVs years ago.
Before yuo know it, there will not be many vehicles to import. The cars are getting larger…where’s the replacement Mazda 2, the KIA Sportage?
SMH
And before I get the negative commentors, YES, I can afford it, and I didn’t buy my license!!!
Now on to car shopping….which is going to be hell as the Compass was a lovely vehicle to drive, unlike some of the other monsters on the road. it also felt secure.
Car I’m driving make you feel some type of way?
Personally, I’d be happy driving something even smaller than what I have now, a Class B. I’d be happy with something even smaller than a Class A.
We only drive at, should drive at, 20-30mph. What do we need cars that can barely get into top gear for? I’d be happy with a 4 seat, street legal, ATV, or even a gas golf cart. The catch is I’d want to be able to have 2 of them. One, a 2 seater with a tray for carrying stuff in the back & a 4 seater. Give up the regular car for that combo.
Those vehicles work well in some of the islands to the south as well as large gated communities & campgrounds in the US.
Imagine how much more room there would be on the road & for parking with small vehicles.
We need to decriminalize large vehicles… oh look we already did so people just took the next step up…
Next we will decriminalize weed… and people will just move up a step…
I’d rather be hit by a pound of ganja smoke than a two ton vehicle any day. I guess that’s why most of Netherlands’ city streets are no goes for any vehicles besides pedal bikes. Then again it may have nothing to do with cannabis use & all to do with them liking their 1.6 billion euro tourist industry & not wanting to affect it by one of their visitors dying in a traffic accident. Well hey! We don’t have to worry here cause tourist are sooooo safe riding on our roads there’s never a fatality.
Look at all the haters who are hating on big cars just because their driving a damn toaster. The cars an inche longer OMG!! its the end of the world.
Why worry about an inch on a car,when the govt is allowing illegal dumpsters carrying, 60,000ibs and 3 times longer than the car everyone is moaning about.?
How about Minister Crockwell giving us a ministerial statement about that!
How about the oversized vehicles that are driven by MP’s and the BPS or are they still above the law
yes thanks for bringing that up remember those big toyota’s
Our roads are not suitable to large SUV’s and mega trucks. We are not America or Australia or South Africa with large highways and vast lands.
We are a small island, our roads are more like a small european town with narrow roads. The cars that should be allowed should be small compact cars and out trucks should also be proportional to our streets. TCD and policies and regulations should reflect this. TCD and laws should enforce this.
I drive a Korean $***tbox Rustbucket,it’s got a motor like the pink rabbit battery and never fails to start.I could weewee in the tank and it would still start.
It even has a switch that says Auto Pilot.
(never had to use it).
Dumpsters are NO longer than a container that they pull all day long! They are no heavier than some of the containers that come off the docks! Dumpsters work all day long, unlike the lazy “small truckers”! 4 trucks on the road vs 1dumpster! Keep up with the times! Some Bermudians hate change. This island will never move forward.
well it is nice to hear from a dumpster driver
you talk a lot of trash because you can hide behind
this blog go in are local truck stops a talk the same trash
How about the trucks that have cranes attached to them? They are hurting the mobile crane companies!! Further more trucks with cranes should be licensed under CM not Ha, Hb, or Hc!
Just sayin, are you Zane or Allen?
Nicky Gurret …. what bull s…..t you talking about ?? Our roads not meant for SUV’s and Mega trucks …WTF ? There are no cars built just for BDA.
All parking bays in Hamilton are the same size, and all cars fit in them , most trucks do also !!
Bottom line is, what is the difference between a SUV and say a IN, HA ,HB , HC truck ……they all drive on the same roads ! And what safety issue is there ??. Lets be real about this .
Sounds like the new kids on the block are jealous
Vehicles are made for Bermuda that’s why the steering is on the right not left like it would be back in the countries they are made in. Vehicles used to also be cut down to size to fit our regulations but that has all been amended to suit certain wants.
Bottom line is, the difference between a SUV and say a HA ,HB , HC truck is SUV can be licensed by any one who has a CAR license as a private vehicle. Only one that’s different is the IN Truck but even that as a private vehicle requires a light truck licence to operate.
I do believe the sizes of the commercial trucks allowed should also be reduced as they do pose dangers on Bermuda’s roads & have caused many accidents. The big difference between commercial trucks is they don’t have the possibility of numbering into the tens of thousands like SUVs do.
Yours & others response of this all being over jealousy just goes to show that your need for a vehicle that size is to compensating for inadequacies wether real or perceived.
What a load of drivel….
You do know that they drive on the left hand side in Japan and the UK too? That’s where most of Bermuda’s vehicles are made.
For many years now much of the Japanese vehicle brands have been manufactured in other Asian or South American countries for lower production cost. These vehicles are massed produced for Asia, Europe & South & North America with right hand steering for these major consumers. You might be surprised to know how many automobile sellers here import these cars with an order to the manufacturers to change the steering at a cheaper cost than Japanese made ones. The Jeep we get is definitely not made in Japan or England & the only british made brands that I can think of that we get are MG & MINI.
Cranes,trains, bikes and planes.
1″.
Stick to the subject.
Wonder why the previous administration didn’t fuss about them, according to the manufacturer’s specs for the past model years, they’ve all been wider the the size restrictions.
Not sure where the extra inch in length is coming from, seems an issue with different methods of measuring the vehicles resulting in different values.
Who were the people in the previous administration & what was their livelihood other than being a minister made from. Answer that & all will be clear.
The 1 inch increase in size will lead to in the future even more inches. Our roads in Bermuda are not wide enough to accommodate these larger vehicles and some where we have to draw the line. We live on an island not in the US. We do not have the capability to widen the roads to accommodate such large vehicles. Just because the rest of the world is increasing in size, Bermuda does not have the capability to do so. That is the drawback of living on an island.
To prevent accidents and keep the public save, we should technically just have small low speed cars. Which would suffice. What is the sense of having a vehicle that can drive 100km/hr if the allowed speed limit is only 35 km/hr?
I really can’t believe people on the island think we can keep up with the newer model of larger vehicles on a small island. Some where the public has to sacrifice and just be content with living on an island versus a huge country.
Safer roads and roadsides play a significant role in either preventing crashes or minimizing the trauma associated with casualty crashes. Bermuda Road infrastructure unfortunately doesn’t’ recognized standards widths and in the past Government didn’t follow best practices in planning, design and construction, so many of our roads doesn’t have safety standards widths .
In Bermuda overtake lanes reducing the likelihood of impatient or frustrated drivers attempting to overtake slower vehicles in dangerous locations, but this doesn’t giving them the opportunity to pass safely. Bermuda standard width is approximately 9 feet or less. (NOTE: Overseas studies indicate that crashes can be reduced by up to 25% by providing overtaking lanes on existing two-lane highways Overtaking lanes are provided on some rural highways, something that is impossible to provide here in Bermuda).
When we talk about Continuing improvements in vehicle design and the incorporation of new technologies have increased the level of protection for occupants and other road users when vehicles are involved in crashes. (Example: better side impact protection, frontal crash protection, padded head areas, seatbelt reminders, intelligent air bags and pedestrian protection.) We talking about car that could reach speed higher than 120 km/hr. on highways that connect different cities and may take hours for reach the destination. Here in Bermuda the maximum speed is 35km/hr. and the maximum time to move from one point to other is no more than 30 minutes.
For common sense and safety reason, bigger cars will not give safe protections to the occupancies as we cannot wide the roads for give the necessary space for them to travel along or offer safety overtake in narrows lanes.
I personally feel that large cars ought not to be on the island. Most of Bermuda’s roads are narrow, that much space or show really isn’t necessary. Parking is an issue, etc. The less, the better.
The main issue here is that there is a rule and somebody deliberately tried to get around it. Now several people are stuck with these cars, and it is not their fault. The importer, who clearly knew about this (it is the very first thing he would have checked) should be fined. Perhaps he shjoudl be banned from bringing in any more cars of any size.
I’d like to have a decent sized motorcycle here. Perthaps a 500 or 750cc but I can’t because there is a rule. It is not fair that this importer was able to get by this rule, yet I can’t. The rule is there for a reason and we should all have to obey it. There is much blame to go around here. TCD is obviously incompetent to the point that they never checked the most obvious thing – the size. Pathetic – but typical of our inefficient government. PLP or OBA they are all the same. Lazy, ignorant, inefficient. SAGE people where are you?
I mean – its happened AGAIN!!!!! The CRV thing – now this. Is there anyone with a brain there at TCD?
While some of us actually do need, as opposed to want, a larger vehicle to haul children around, most of us could get away quite easily with nothing larger than a class C.
Any day of the week see how many single occupant cars are coming into town. Most of these folks could ride a bike or drive something much smaller. Toyota produces a car about the size of a Smart Car. For those who use a car to get to work & do the grocery shopping, what else is needed? How often is the back seat used? Why pay TCD $3 or $4 a day just to have a big, to Bermuda, car?
As already pointed out, where are we going? It is not like we are doing hundreds of miles & something more comfy sure would be nice. Been there, done that in an itty bitty motorised roller skate. No fun at all. Give me a big mush mobile anyday for a long distance trip but here I’d be happy with a golf cart for most trips.
Get those illegal Dumpsters off the road,as promised when in Opposition.
what about parking facilities for these giants, as it is the Honda CV’s and large/wide carss take up so much room in the parking bays – I think these cars should have their own parking lots – tired of finding my car dwarfed and having to squeeze to get into my car…
They’re here. They should get to stay here under ‘special circumstances’ but no more are allowed to come in.
It’s about time to cut back on the size of vehicles brought in on the island. What’s already here, gets to stay, but nothing new comes in.
There is absolutely no reason these larger vehicles are on the island. I’m afraid I don’t accept the notion that if someone can afford it they should be able to have it. Sorry, Bermuda’s roads are not wide enough for the bigger vehicles and are suffering because of them.
Not to mention people being unable to drive them appropriately. Daily, I’m seeing vehicles over the centre line, some people choosing to drive there when there is no traffic coming. Not to mention the scrapes seen to walls because someone has no clue how wide their vehicle is.