Following Grab Malaysia’s statement on the preparedness of agencies to regulate the e-hailing industry, Puspakom has now provided its assurance that it’s prepared to inspect e-hailing vehicles nationwide.
The vehicle inspection company said its existing inspection capacity, infrastructure and network of inspection facilities would allow it to meet the challenge. Currently, it has 56 permanent inspection centres, 30 vehicle inspection visiting sites and a fleet of mobile inspection units.
Puspakom also corrected Grab’s estimation that it would take up to 20 months to inspect every vehicle on its platform, saying that not all e-hailing vehicles were required to undergo the routine inspection.
“Some reports quoted say there are hundreds of thousands e-hailing drivers in the market, but not all e-hailing vehicles must undergo routine inspection – only those vehicles more than three years old are required to perform a routine inspection once every 12 months,” said Puspakom chief executive officer Shukor Ismail.
“In other words, the total number of vehicles that need to perform the required inspection could be less than the total number of the vehicles in the market,” he said in a statement,” he added, as reported by The Star.
Shukor said Puspakom would also organise briefing sessions with e-hailing operators and drivers, so to better assist them in understanding the inspection issue better.
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Call Puspakom runner so no problem
Even runners cannot cut short the waiting time if inspection slots are full.
i believe, the number of drivers will drop drastically once this starts.
Not if it’s still profitable.
I’ll say even if you hike the price to match taxi fares, there will still be a market of people who just wanna catch a ride in a car with a working air-con, through an app that monitors accountability, and not worry about getting rerouted or swindled or even yelled at.
definitely will take ehailing….taxi are just way too dirty…etc..-VE -ve
“…only those vehicles more than three years old are required to perform a routine inspection once every 12 months…”
Which doesn’t say a lot. Most Grab drivers used cars which are more than 3 years old. I mean, who would buy a brand a new car just to do Grab? In the end, majority of Grab cars would likely needs inspection. The waiting period may not be to their estimated 20 months, but even a reduction to 15 months is unbearable for most Grab drivers. Pushing the responsibility is not the solution.
Puspakom must operate round the clock 24/7
I did. Bought the cheapest Saga and kept my commitments low. It helps that your car is new and trouble free.
I find it strange you would buy a brand new car purposely to do a part-time job. Have you done an ROI?
this whole exercise sucks and it will fail!!!
if so inconvenient, better stop driving Grab la…. just work in McD or call centre will do just fine.