The Malaysian Taxi Drivers, Limousine and Car Rental Operators Association (Petekma) is calling for a ban on ride-sharing apps in a memorandum submitted to the Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
President of the association, Mohd Syahrir Abdul Aziz, stated that passengers using these ride-sharing services, including Uber and GrabCar, put themselves at risk because such services operate like taxis but are not regulated by the authorities.
Speaking to The Star, he said, “out of nowhere, they are doing the same business as us, but they remain unregulated without having to pay for insurance or any extra processing fees and inspection from Puspakom. What if anything happens? Who will take the blame?”
He added that drivers who would want to partake in these ride-sharing services should go through processes similar as those done by regular taxi drivers, and obtain certification from the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD). In the proposal, the association also requested the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to consider banning the applications as well.
Currently, ride-sharing apps installed on smartphones are deemed legal as they are regarded as a service matching business. However, the act of using unlicensed vehicles to ferry passengers is deemed illegal, as is the driver’s lack of a Public Service Vehicle Licence (PSV).
The memorandum was submitted to the Government’s socio-cultural adviser and Petekma’s advisor, Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim. Three other proposals were also submitted, including delaying the price increase of NGV fuel, a further postponement in increasing toll prices and lowering Goods and Service Tax (GST) charges for the public transport industry.
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What about carpooling? Is carpooling illegal?
Carpooling not necessary need to pay. You can take turn with your pals.
Propose your donation then.
It is just donation. There’s no paying. And the app is just suggesting the amount to donate.
Better than SPAD that rent RM500 car by charging RM1500 to poor taxi drivers.
yesterday – i took a premier taxi from KLIA2 to KL. The driver told me that syed botak sad chairman company owned 1,500 taxi license and earn RM,500 per taxi license per month – rafida azis owned 3,000 taxi license – you think umno care about taxi drivers
Ask the real taxi drivers and they will tell you who is the bad guy. They all know its SPAD and their stupid Teks1M, corrupted taxi license issuance, failed planning of public transportation, among others.
The ones complaining about Uber and Grabcar are the rent-seeking taxi gangster who are so eager to protect their fixed-rate services and monopoly of areas incl KLCC, KL Sentral, many KTM, LRT so they can fleece the consumers as they have been doing for decades. Wake up, everyone!
The truth is clear, we don’t even need to defend Uber, Grabcar; the only ones who are to be blamed and jailed for mismanagement is SPAD! Get the head, Syed Hamid Albar to be accountable and jail him for corrupted mismanagement!
Bravo!
at least passenger can rate Uber drivers and cars, if unsatisfy can put 0 stars. while in Taxi we cannot rate the,.
if the condition of the car is bad, unsafe, just rate lowly, simple.
you are so right..even if we ride on a taxi and let say had an accident, do you think the claiming process etc will go smoothly? i dont think so..
There is NO INSURANCCE cover for passangers when you ride taxis. Just go to their websites and see the terms and condition!
rate the what?! the suspense is killing me!
you want to know what is the best win-win situation? Make all the local taxis be rate-able like in the Uber app. Win-Win for all.
Taxi companies are owned by umno. Umno likes to create chaos. So now taxis are chaotic against uber.
you confused this with Taxi1M…. they are different
Uber and Grabcar drivers don’t enjoy fuel subsidies and yet none complain.
So how is these association gonna explain?