A report in the local papers caught my eye. As reported in the Star today:
“Starting next year, taxi drivers who fail to issue receipts to their passengers will face stern action by the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board.
CVLB chairman Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique said the action would include withdrawing their permits.
To date, 90% of the taxi drivers nationwide have calibrated their meters according to the new fare and installed a printer to issue receipts.
The CVLB has set Dec 31 as the deadline to comply with the new regulation, failing which the taxi drivers will not be allowed to operate.
However, 1,260 taxi drivers in Penang have been given until June 30 next year to calibrate their meters and to install the fare printer as the gadget can cost as much as RM350.”
I would like to make a prediction here. I predict that it will not happen. Well, it would happen for a while, maybe a few months, and then it will die a natural death.
In the meantime some cronies would have made a few quick bucks.
Lets just say a printer cost much less, like RM200. Multiply that by the 31,000 taxis in the country. That’s a cool 6.2 million bucks. How long will it last? I predict about 6 months.
I can picture the various excuses that will come out.
