Taxi operators call for scrapping of regulation on mandatory devices

By Thai PBS

 

 

After the Department of Land Transport (DLT) launched the “Taxi OK” and “Taxi VIP” schemes from Nov 9 under a ministerial regulation, taxi operators have called for the department to scrap the regulation, reasoning that they do not have enough money to install all the required devices.

 

Under the regulation, all newly-registered taxis for up to seven passengers are required to be equipped with devices for GPS tracking, taxi trip recording, driver’s identification, a snap-shot security camera, a fare meter and an emergency button — all for passenger’s safety and behavioural control of taxi drivers.

 

After less than a month of the regulation taking effect, representatives of taxi associations submitted a letter to the DLT, seeking the revocation of it.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/taxi-operators-call-scrapping-regulation-mandatory-devices/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-11-29

Keeping taxi drivers honest? Sounds like another one of those blue eye concepts.

I'm thinking this guy voted no.

Revocation of the regulation, why bother, just do the norm, ignore it.

To scrap the regulation on mandatory devices ?....right !...soon they will be asking to scrap the taxi meter as most of the taxi cowboys get shy to turn it on !!

3 hours ago, webfact said:

taxi operators have called for the department to scrap the regulation,

watch the old west usa cowboy movies ( A Lot of parallels to today's thailand); All the regulated folks, not regulated before, resisted

Just more regulations for many taxi parasites to ignore.  Have you notice all the regulations those mafia boys waiting outside the hotels ignore?

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Taxi operators call for scrapping of regulation on mandatory devices

...like baseball bats, machetes, swords, and guns?

19 hours ago, webfact said:

After less than a month of the regulation taking effect, representatives of taxi associations submitted a letter to the DLT, seeking the revocation of it.

Says everything there is to say.

 

Now the question is: will the DLT do what it is paid to do, and tell the taxi reps to b_____r off? Or do what it is predicted to do, and capitulate?

20 hours ago, webfact said:

reasoning that they do not have enough money to install all the required devices.

Not ''reasoning'', but whining like a bunch of babies.