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Charlotte PVH stakeholders push to change vehicle-age limits, testing and enforcement
Summary
At a Charlotte Public Safety Committee PVH stakeholder session, drivers and small operators urged updates to the passenger vehicle-for-hire ordinance, focusing on raising the vehicle-age limit, aligning drug-testing requirements with federal standards, tightening enforcement of payment and manifest rules, and basing policy on market data.
A parade of drivers and small for-hire operators told the Charlotte Public Safety Committee on a virtual input session that the city's passenger vehicle-for-hire (PVH) rules need updates to reflect market realities, reduce redundant costs and improve enforcement.
Chair Dante Anderson opened the meeting and said the committee designed the session to hear directly from stakeholders about proposed PVH changes. Attorney Jessica Battle ran the public-comment process and advised speakers they would each have two minutes and that there would be no Q&A.
The most frequent requests centered on vehicle-age limits and enforcement. "If safety is truly the goal, regulation must align with where public exposure actually occurs," said Sean Glasgow, owner of Peak Limousine, who…
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