FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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Cabbies call on government to be ‘fairer’

Cabbies call on government to be ‘fairer’

More than 500 taxi drivers and related personnel gathered outside Government House on Tuesday (September 8) to make six demands, namely:

• The authorities drop plans to consider the amendment to Vehicle Act 1979, which will allow personal automobiles to be hired by call-taxi services.
• The life of taxi cabs be extended to 12 years from nine years.
• The authorities reconsider the Department of Land Transport’s mandate that all taxi cabs be installed with the Taxi OK GPS system, because this system is “quite useless”.
• The price of Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) fuel be reduced, so it costs cabbies no more than Bt10 per kilometre.
• Annual interest on loans paid by cabbies should be fairer.
• Insurance policies for taxicabs should be same and as cheap as insurance for personal cars.

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