Importing vehicles from Japan heightening derelict vehicles problem- Neville Allen
- said issue is 'breaking down' beauty of territory
The Department of Waste Management is currently stepping up efforts to remove derelict vehicles and other scrap metals from across the Virgin Islands. Photo: GIS
Acting Manager of the Department of Waste Management, Mr Neville Allen said many persons who bring vehicles from Japan and other places tend to leave their vehicles at the side of roads or parking lots when they are unable to get parts for them. Photo: Facebook
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- “Many persons bring vehicles from Japan and so forth and it is very difficult to get parts when it starts giving problems and they would take these vehicles and put them on the side of the road and in public parking lots. It is a nightmare, a safety issue and it breaks down the beauty of our Territory.”
This is according to Acting Manager of the Department of Waste Management, Mr Neville Allen, who said the Government of the Virgin Islands will be looking to put more pressure on the owners of the vehicles to invest money to get the vehicles off the islands once their shelf life has been completed.
“If people bring in these vehicles, they need to be more responsible and do not put them on the side of the road for the government to deal with,” Mr Allen stressed.
The Department of Waste Management is currently stepping up efforts to remove derelict vehicles and other scrap metals from across the Virgin Islands.
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61 Responses to “Importing vehicles from Japan heightening derelict vehicles problem- Neville Allen”
vehicles are a fixable problem. vin numbers...easy trace at dmv. or / also, put the owner details o the annual licence sticker.
heavy fines if vehicle left u attended for over 2 weeks.
In the future you should comment
Be selective with your opinions/words
He didn’t say the Japanese vehicles are the problem, he said they are making matters worse. They are making matters worse because they cost a fraction of what a similar car from the US costs. So they are being bought dime a dozen. Getting parts for them is sometimes a problem too, as it is with any older car.
Fine them for abandoning these vehicles
With your name at the port, if your vehicle is there for more than 9 mibths it is destroyed, simple.
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Who made Suzuki? Japan
Madza. Japan
Mitsubishi. Japan
Subaru. Japan
Toyota.japan
And not forgetting Nissan. Japan
I knew some car dealership and rentals are complaining because they are losing business because of these cars. I am sorry for them. However, not everyone can afford a $30,000.00 vehicle to take them around
This problem is just a symptom of bigger problems. Every modern county has to battle this problem. Country’s enact laws and regulations to thwart the problem. The laws are then enforced, fines are collected, revenue is generated, the revenue helps pay for the cost of enforcement. It’s already been mentioned numerous times here that each vehicle has a unique identifier a VIN. These numbers are located in multiple places on every vehicle. It should take no time to determine who first imported the vehicle and who every registered owner was. Govt simply needs to provide the resources to the relevant departments to enforce the law then hold those departments accountable. I’m other words do your %$£&* job. But like so many other similar problems here this will never happen.
The answer is obviously to include disposal costs in vehicle import duties. That means that there needs to be a Territory wide plan for how to dispose of these vehicles as well as an infrastructure for collection of fees and administration of vehicle disposal, and a means of tracking vehicles and enforcing owner obligations. These should be BMV functions. The govt could also consider limiting the age of vehicles imported into the Territory just as Japan only allows buying new vehicles that need to be disposed of when they reach a certain age. Hence sites like Japanese Vehicles. When we import their used cars as good as they may be, we are essentiallty solving a vehicle disposal issue in Japan.
$30 from town to west ferry dock seriously some tourist though they were getting scammed I told them that is what they charge locals.
"issue is 'breaking down' beauty of territory"
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