GC no more minimum fare.

no...as in no more minimum fare (RM7) even though short trip

riders pay as they use..but they also mentioned they modified the fare as well..haven't check the details.

for u no affected maybe?

but some people (i experienced before) do call for car even though the distance less than 500m

i earned only RM1.5 for that...screw my life...LOL

Students

Uber provide a platform for ride-hailing, and earn 25% commission from those who drive.

Situation 1.
You used to fetch your friend without charging him.

Situation 2.
You fetch friend by charging him RM10, and you collect RM7.50, Uber company take RM2.50.
Foreign people use CASH.

Uber And Grab May Be Legalised By Year-End
Published on Tuesday, 03 May 2016 09:04
http://malaysiandigest.com/frontpage/29-4-...y-year-end.html

KUALA LUMPUR: Uber and Grab may be legalised by year-end following an endorsement by the Special Economic Committee (SEC) chaired by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

A proposal to this effect was submitted by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) last month and it also includes details to revive and transform the conventional taxi industry.

The "e-hailing" proposal is expected to be presented to the Cabinet for the final go-ahead later this month.

theSun understands that among the proposals for the conventional taxi industry is a profit-sharing concept or guaranteed percentage of the day's income for cabbies, similar to the business model practised by Jakarta's Blue Bird Taxi Company, Dubai Taxi Corporation and in other cities around the globe.

Dubbed as the first of its kind in the world, Malaysia's "e-hailing" model will create a level playing field between Uber drivers and conventional cabbies for efficient and well-priced transport services.

"A person offering his or her private vehicle as taxi service must obtain a public service vehicle (PSV) licence and register with SPAD for vetting purposes," a government insider said.

"Private cars used as taxis will be required to undergo annual inspections with Puspakom along with enhanced insurance coverage just like taxis," he said.

"Private cars with Asean NCAP ratings will be given priority in addition to the safety specifications set by the Road Transport Department."

It is expected around 130,000 new Uber and Grab drivers (full-time and part-time) will co-exist and compete in the saturated taxi market as a result of the "e-hailing" initiative. There are 67,000 active taxi drivers throughout the country with 36,000 cabbies in the Klang Valley. It is learned that the government is taking steps for Uber (the company) to be subjected to taxation when the e-hailing takes off.

"For a while, Uber passengers' credit card transactions have seen massive flow of the ringgit out of the country," the insider clarified.

It is also learned that the new taxi industry landscape will indirectly drive the taxi drivers to embrace third-party booking apps since the current usage rate among the cabbies nationwide stands at 14% while the consumers penetration for car-hailing apps is more than 50%.

When contacted, SPAD chief executive officer Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah confirmed the presentation last Tuesday received positive response from the SEC.

“Now we are in the midst of fine tuning the paper to Cabinet in the next few weeks,” he said.

SPAD chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said should the Cabinet give the green light, "several laws need to be amended such as the Land Public Transport Act 2010, Road Transport Act 1987 and Communications and Multimedia Act 1998."

“The legislation process may take place during this month or October sitting in Parliament. Currently, we are working closely with Transport Ministry and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission,” he said.

“If everything goes well, a new dawn of taxi industry may begin end of the year,” Syed Hamid added.

- The Sun Daily

Everyone is asking for the best value, if possible, free right? Ultimately, it is fine balance between making decent income to cover operating cost between the rider and driver. On rider end, it best if it free, but, on driver end, it best as high as possible. Thus, economic 101, where demand meet supply at equibilium level, where both party comfortable.

If really the cost went up, ultimately, you may stop, but, sorry to say that, who are you just one of many happy rider? As much as we would like to keep the fare low without compromising the quality of the service, but, with inpending of numerous ambigious rules, such as puspakom inspection, commercial insurance, etc......do government say that those private vehicle are not roadworthy and more dangerous? How often do you heard or saw Uberor Grab meet accident? What do the choice as we as driver and rider have? Ultimately, this cost will need to pass back to rider, and like it or not, I believe the fare will be ultimately equivalent, if not higher than taxi

It is not you that will stop taking uber or grab, I believe many driver, especially part time driver will stop completely too, due to the hassle. And, it will become slow death for both uber and grab, as less driver, rider get frustrated, and back to taxi again. 

This is a classic example of how, a perfectly fine system, where basic economic, demand and supply, the market force dictate being distorted by some "higher" up to protect some minority due to they unable to compete with changes. We all shall see how the new system come about, just like when Uber decide to slash the fare, there are quite a number driver switch to Grab, and now both Grab and Uber both not only compete for rider, but passenger. Ultimately, they will be price equilibirium what rider willing to pay and driver willing to drive. Any distortion by government will only distort, if not killed off the system

End of day, Uber and Grab doesn't care how much driver earned, or even able to cover the the operating cost, all they care is take a cut from the fare. For driver, ultimately, got to decide it is worthwhile continue driving with the existing fare.

If the car is fine..there's actually no need to bribe puspakom.

1- Nothing wrong with having desires. But u should be realistic about it. Expecting 80% of your ride consist of at least a Japanese car in the uberx catogery is you being picky period. If Malaysia abolished all those shitty AP, taxes etc on foreign cars, I believe most driver will opt of a Japanese car, but for now th most economical car is the Malaysian ones.

2- Then you should be using uber black.

3- I'm a frequent rider for uber and I'm able to maintain a 5.0 rating over the course of 9 months with an average ride of 30 rides per week. However I'm not an easy rider but I do prove to be a polite and friendly rider.

4- This is where I agree with you. The standards of ride sharing and taxi shouldn't be any different. Look at my previous post in here where I'm complaining about the service of uber in these thread. These days uber is shit.....period. The new drivers are getting greedier and more calculative. I've stop using uber since April and switching to grab when they introduce with CC payment.

5- Yes all you mention is the basic requirements of providing any service. Which is why I'm saying the rating system is in a mess. I'm giving 5 star for drivers that meet the basic requirement but what do I give a driver that provide extra service of perk?

6- There are however more bad taxi driver compare to ridesharing.