Najib must go beyond tired national enmities must solve Disgruntled taxi drivers problem or resign
Why have we become defeatists just because Najib has done such a brilliant job
It was a crime that offended humanity, going beyond long-standing national rivalries alongside Prime Minister Could it possibly be true? Has Najib begun to believe what some admirers have started to suggest with incremental passion, that he is Malaysia's best-ever Prime Minister? The answer must be no. He is clearly not self-delusional.Pemimpin Umno cawangan Syed Rosli Syed Harman Jamalullail berkata, Datuk Seri Najib Razak perlu berundur dari kedudukannya dalam parti serta sebagai perdana menteri agar ruang itu dapat diberikan kepada timbalannya, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
"Saya cadang timbalan perdana menteri ambil alih kedudukan Najib. Beliau lebih layak dan ini supaya dapat memberi nafas baru kepada parti,
The government has to ensure the security of the passengers. If the local taxi operator is safe enough, most passengers may not even seek out a radio cab. Or alternatively, every local cabbie can download a radio cab application on his or her mobile and can become a part of the large radio cab pool.
The scenario out there is pretty much that: any unemployed man out on the streets with a decent car can become a radio cabbie. Now, only the government, with its monopoly over violence, can vouch for the security of the passengers. The cab service providers should not even attempt to take over this function because they do not even probably know the driver or his antecedents. In a society where any document can be forged and any certificate produced, the passenger security ought to be a contract between the customer, the cabbie and the government.
Two taxi drivers associations have handed over a memorandum to the Federal Territory Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today, demanding an investigation into the Land Transport Development Authority (Spad) and applications company Uber
A radio cab is no luxury in Delhi. All it is supposed to offer is security, and the outrage over the rape of a young executive by a Uber cabbie is about the violation of this contract between the customer and the cabbie and by extension, the cab service provider.
Even as a lynch mob prepares itself to slap, prosecute and hang service providers who offer transport solutions, let us pause and ponder over public transport in our metros, particularly Delhi.
Every time we book a cab, we do it because there is no other mode of transport at that place, at that hour. And the primary option is to dial the local cab operator, who has encroached public space near the local market and has an illegal landline connection and has turned car cleaners into drivers without ever teaching them how to drive or to conduct themselves. No one, not even the man who runs this perfectly illegal “taxi service”, often with privately registered cars, can vouch for the driver’s behaviour.
Unfortunately, the government is listening to the taxi industry and ignoring the rakyat who are pleading for a safe and more reliable choice. This week, the Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (SPAD) threatened to impound Uber’s transportation partners’ vehicles even though they are fully compliant with the law. SPAD’s actions contradict their acknowledgement that “…many users are satisfied and happy with services provided by Uber”.
Malaysians have made their opinion clear. In the media, on Facebook and Twitterconsumers have been outspoken in their support for Uber. Prominent citizens, including Wan Saiful Wan Jan, CEO of Independent think tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) have spoken up as well, explicitly stating ‘Uber benefits consumers. Reform taxi services instead.
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