It is learned that Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has found a formula to nab private car owners or drivers offering the illegal taxi services via the mobile app Uber, without having to resort to undercover special 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 theSun.
When asked for an explanation as to why this method is specifically used against Uber drivers, he said: “This is due to the limitation in using the credit cards for Uber. Once a driver is nabbed, Uber will immediately blacklist the credit card of the passenger. This hampers our operations to nab more Uber drivers. But we will also apply this method for GrabCar soon.”
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