Following news that the government was set to reveal new regulations for ride-sharing services, the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has chimed in to say that the process is not as easy as it seems.
According to The Sun Daily, SPAD is holding what it calls a “taxi lab,” in an attempt to study all applications of ride-sharing services such as Uber and GrabCar as a public passenger service. It is said that its findings will be presented to the Cabinet prior to a final decision being made. Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, SPAD’s chairman, said that legalising services such as Uber cannot be done plainly to please the public.
“I understand that the public have voiced their dissatisfaction with the quality of the taxi services. People are reluctant to use their service because there are some of them who don’t follow the rules and regulations set. There are also those who ignore the law,” he said.
The SPAD boss also revealed that one of his fears stems from there possibly being too many for-hire vehicles on the road. He stressed that, “once we legalise services such as Uber, there will be an overflow on public service vehicles. There will be too many taxis on the road.”
He believes that an oversupply of taxis threatens the livelihood of taxi drivers altogether, with business typically spread too thinly across the nation. “We must ensure that everyone involved can make a living, there is no use to simply giving in to the wishes of the public,” Syed Hamid said. The chairman also expressed his hope that regular taxi drivers will improve their services in an attempt to win back passenger confidence.
Should ride-sharing services like Uber and GrabCar be legalised, Syed Hamid explained that it will not be done overnight. There will be a stringent qualification process for each Uber/GrabCar driver and their vehicles in order to comply with SPAD’s laws.
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…the travelling public is always considered last.
He clearly says “there’s no use to to simply giving in to the wishes of the public”….
Good lo. No more cut-corners. Be an official taxi driver under SPAD
too many taxis on the road once legalize those app base services? No, i does not think this is a good reason. For consumer point of view, always better to have more choices and the none-monopoly type of services.
the thing as simple as cell phone market for example, when Samsung came out in the market after Apple, yes! Apple business affected, same to Samsung when China phone came out. They just have to keep moving on with more added values things and become more and more competitive!
this kind of positive competition would definitely bring the TAXI service to whole new next level that many consumers looking for so many years in this country!
If u one travel fast in to have’nt u must pay taxi and fasting .in months ramadan 30 days. Toyota vw mecedis crapcar not use la, drive proton irish green cobra head, u special one.
The “Ingerlis” in this one is too damn high…
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It’s an open secret that cronies has everything to lose as they’re given taxi licenses which in turn lease it out to the taxi drivers.
An oversupply of taxis threatens the livelihood of taxi drivers altogether? However reduce the costly monthly fee taxi drivers have to pay to increase their net income? More Ubers/Grabcars, less personal drivers, less parking problems. I don’t want to ride in gangster taxis pressured by monthly cost to drive taxis.
Ek eleh…. Overflown pulak… SPAD and Taxi itself is the culprit. SPAD selling the license oni to his own ppl n this taxis overcharge ppl without providing any safety passenger. Uber n Grabcar should remain like now and not supposed to go under SPAD control. SPAD of coz will take money. Its nasi lemak managed company. Wat else to expect…
Dei tambo Syed….. Are you freaking stupid. Uber and grabcar is legal…. Just you uneducated nasi lemak moron dont know anything abt law… So now you are trying to use your own law, to make them illegal…
Another rubbish feedback from rubbish, do you really care about consumer complaints, answer is “NO”, no feeling with this rubbish, is a simple rubbish inside the putrajaya.
that ‘meter on’ sticker…..hahahahahaa!
At least nobody will answer the phone when taxis call spad to complain
After so many donkey years, SPAD didn’t and couldn’t do anything, except makan gaji buta while the red/white taxis service became no.1 record holder for worst taxi in the world.
Like many another conflict of interest decision/policy.
SPAD should be renamed SPIT ( ptui).
Its highly shambolic after wayang,now study saying ing proposal to legalise UBER abd Grabcar.
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The more the merrier.You know what I mean.
This whole episode is WAYANG all the way,now LEGALISING PROCESS for the other botak to endorse it.
BRADDER,BOTAK PROPOSE,BIGGER BOTAK ENDORSE.
Lol, this guy really dunno what he want. He’s been putting his foot in and out for his own personnel issues since the 1st day uber/grabcar was in Malaysia.
Making Rakyat walking in circle without any sort of right direction.
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Sack this umno crony syed botak as SPAD Chairman & I guarantee our taxi service will improve by 50% without having to implement any improvement. This umno crony (through his sub-cronies) holds 1,500 taxi permit. There is no reason for him to kill his own goose that lays the golden egg
“there is no use to simply giving in to the wishes of the public”….
Damn idiot who is using the service? You? Its the public who is using the service stupid.
gengster dibiarkan berleluasa, orang yang buat baik dihina… inilah Malaysia
Why some people turndown taxi: From the end user perspective.
Why people travel: attending a call, go to work place, delivery of documents/goods, sending or fetching someone, etc.
Mode options: walk to the place, drive private vehicle, ask others to ride, sharing vehicles with others, take public transport, others.
Challenges: Time to travel, cost to travel, vehicle parking, high vehicle owning cost, law and regulations, competition and “keeping the taxi operators survive”.
Why taxi: regulated and governed service, covered by insurance, taxi presentation. That’s all?.
Why alternative taxi: vehicle look more decent and impressive, punctuality, cost effectiveness, efficient time management, professional service, mature driver, up to date booking system and friendly to IT savvier, personalized service.
Perception: bad reputation over driver honesty due to few bad incident such as over charge on taxi fare, questionable vehicle maintenance by the look of the taxi appearance, scary driver’s bad habit, witnessing taxis beating traffic lights, less courtesy, stop at and blocking the pedestrian crossing, taxi related crime, etc .
My suggestion: taxi should provide service as what the millennium customers wanted. Drivers should be able to guess what is the customer’s expectation and wants. Strive for best and no other better alternative passenger transportation service, don’t survive for forever protection and stand in front of competition, appear as a professional service provider. The choice is yours. If you couldn’t beat them, then you join them.
We can’t deny a possibly good option solely because livelihood of existing relatively minority is affected. Our living standard improves when there is a fair degree of competition. When digital imaging started to gain traction, why nobody cried foul of the livelihood of those conventional film processing business? Another typical example of who move my cheese scenario. Just move on when existing model is no longer applicable. Just keep up to the trend and don’t stick to your comfort zone.
Followers of jibby. Never concerned about citizens and country… Oni wann money, money and money… Corrupted nasi lemakrians!