Hi guys,

I'm planning to create a new or join an existing (if there is any) WhatsApp Group for Grabcar or Grabtaxi drivers.

Of course the group would only be able to hold 100 participants at any one time.

We would be able to share any updates/news instantaneously.

What do you guys think?

Spad join how?

pls invite taxi unker oso

My plan is to invite only valid lowyat users.

We have to be careful tho not to have spad in as well or else everyone kena one time.

*facepalm*

maybe you want to share how you can eliminate the spad, before everyone in the group was targeted by spad.

your idea is good, but need to really take note on this. else, by helping the grabtaxy/grab car group, but indeed helping spad to collect the information.

Not only SPAD ya. MCMC also count.

you won't know if lowyat users are already a spad member as of now.

You can't escape SPAD.

I mean you can but then it'd be like, say a thief that managed to shoplift and escape from the cops. But how long can he keep doing that without being caught?

Not saying you're a thief, but just highlighting that you're going against the authorities.

Closed grop by gmail is a good suggestion...just using email rather than phone number

I need a private grabcar driver. from masjid negara to Jalan Puchong. every weekday. at 5pm.

any takers? nowadays almost no grabcar driver from masjid negara area.

how much your budget?

it's RM14 usually.

since the SPAD issue I seldom see grabcar anymore.

Those who are associating with uber/grabcar or any other similar service should just stay low for a while. Both SPAD and taxi drivers are currently targetting those uber/grabcar.

Just stay low as i read in the news uber/grabcar are actually on the talk with SPAD on how to make the service acceptable from law's point of view.

Yes, stay low and stay safe. I read just now that taxi drivers in KLCC are taking matter into their own hand. They catch Uber/Grabcar drivers and hand to police.

Very dangerous, if there is 1 SPAD in the group... the 99 ppl GG

KUALA LUMPUR: Fed up with what they say is a lack of action by the authorities, some 100 taxi drivers around the KLCC area will be on the hunt for ridesharing cars, Uber and GrabCar, for at least a month.

The “operation” by the cabbies even saw the “arrest” of the drivers in some cases.

Big Blue Taxi Services founder Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail said they started their operation two days ago.

“We’ve been calling SPAD (the Land Public Transport Commission) but the answer that we get is that they have no manpower. So, we have no choice,” he said, adding that KLCC’s taxis might be working with the authorities next week.

Yesterday, he said the taxi drivers at KLCC caught seven cars there.

Three of the rideshare drivers were held by the cabbies before being surrendered over to the police while four others fled.

In several video clips on social media, the taxi drivers were heard shouting and hitting the ridesharing cars in the KLCC area.

“Get out, customer! Get out! Get out!” shouted a taxi driver in one of the clips while another hit a car in front of them.

In another clip, a taxi driver was seen kicking a traffic cone at a fleeing car. The man taking the video then faced the camera and said: “That's the story if you use GrabCar or Uber.”

The Star has learned that attacks by taxi drivers were not limited to KLCC alone.

A Uber driver who wanted to be known as Brandon, 33, said a taxi driver hit his car and shouted at a rider he picked up near Petaling Street last month.

“I had to push my customer back into the car … Then, he (the taxi driver) punched the window and I sped off,” he said.

Shamsubahrin claimed that some Uber and GrabCar drivers drove aggressively to evade capture by KLCC's taxi drivers.

He also implied that other taxi groups might be following suit.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015...-and-Uber-cars/

Stay safe.

I wonder why this hasn't been done yet.

Uber and Grabcar folks, with the help of experienced people from the media, should go undercover and record on those taxis that do not want to use the meter. Before all this fiasco they can be easily found at shopping hotspots such as KLCC, 1u, Sunway, etc. just a stone's throw away.

Then publish the video on most of the social media portals, and carry an article on this expose in a couple of the prominent print and online newspapers. Do not censor their number plates and faces.

This post has been edited by tagz8: Oct 10 2015, 11:36 AM

+1 Record the conversation and take pic with hidden camera

As Chinese cantonese say " yi nga wan nga"

I wonder if any "prominent print and online newspapers" would want to unnecessarily face the risks of dealing with The Edge saga. What would they do if they get persecuted for publishing these stories? What if, instead of getting the intended result, they get persecuted for illegal recording / unauthorized publishing or reporting / some other random bullshit?

Use social media instead then. Very easy to catch those taxi nowadays, those waiting in front of hotels, in KL central also got alot.