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Coimbatore: The use of private vehicles for commercial purposes continues unabated in the district, despite the regional transport office’s drive to curb the same. In the latest incident, two private cars that were used for rentals were caught on Wednesday.It is to be noted that private vehicles are available for rentals at 30% cheaper than commercial taxis. So, our prices are high,” said R Rangarajan, deputy secretary, All India Tourist Vehicle Drivers’ Welfare Association.“The private vehicles also needn’t pay permit cost of 350 to enter Kerala and tax of 1,200- 1,500 when driving into Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. When they do not pay these costs, it is a loss of revenue for the government,” he said. As such, they are more attractive to the price conscious customers.To bring the violators to book, members of All India Tourist Vehicle Drivers’ Welfare Association on Wednesday posed as people looking to rent cars and booked two vehicles..