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Monday, October 5, 2015

SPAD to nab Uber drivers with app, says report

The Uber service is banned in Malaysia, and authorities now say they will track down those using their vehicles for the service using the Uber app. – Reuters file pic, October 5, 2015.The Uber service is banned in Malaysia, and authorities now say they will track down those using their vehicles for the service using the Uber app. – Reuters file pic, October 5, 2015.The transport authority has found a way to clamp down on Uber services – by using the mobile phone app to trace private car owners who use their vehicles for the service and blocking renewal of their road tax, theSun reported today.
The report said the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) sees this as a way to apprehend private car owners who offered the taxi services, which authorities have declared illegal, without using undercover operations.
"For example, after a certain private car has been identified from the digital log in the Uber app alongside solid evidence of video and photo of their operations, the authority will then send out a notice to the car owner to attend an 'interview' with the SPAD enforcement division," a government source told the English daily.
The source was also reported as saying that these cars may be seized for violating Section 16 of the Land Public Transport Act 2010.
Should the car owner fail to adhere to the first notice to attend an interview and bring the said car, the source said SPAD would then issue one more notice before "utilising all available channels to locate the private vehicle".
The source told The Sun that though it was a lose-lose situation for Uber drivers, it was only a matter of time before their cars are seized, adding that there was cooperation with the Road Transport Department (RTD) to blacklist the vehicle so that the owner would not be able to renew its road tax.
That is until the owner of the car surrenders his vehicle to the authorities.
"SPAD is using the same method that police employed to get traffic offenders to settle outstanding summonses," the source was quoted as saying.
A SPAD senior official, in confirming this, said, "we are using this method to weed out Uber drivers because of the limitation in using credit cards for the Uber service.
"Once a driver is nabbed, Uber will immediately blacklist the credit card of the passenger. This hampers our operations to nab more Uber drivers. We will also apply this method for GrabCar soon.”
Since October last year, SPAD has seized 145 private cars, including 44 Uber and 97 GrabCar vehicles, for offering illegal taxi services.
Drivers guilty of unlicensed ferrying face fines of up to RM10,000 or a maximum of one year’s jail, or both. Car companies could be fined up to RM100,000.
- TMI

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