New laws tabled to regulate ride-hailing, protect drivers
by martin carvalho, hemananthani sivanandam, andrahimy rahim

KUALA LUMPUR: Laws have been tabled in Parliament that will regulate ride-hailing or e-hailing services while protecting their drivers from being harassed or assaulted.

One Bill seeks to introduce an intermediation business licence that would legalise these e-hailing services by defining their vehicles as public vehicles, following amendments to the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board Act 1987 and the Land Public Transport Act 2010.

The Bill, tabled for its first reading by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri on Tuesday, provides for the renewal of an intermediation business licence, including the application and conditions for the renewal of such a licence, within the period and in the manner determined by the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (CVLB).

The Bill seeks to define an e-hailing vehicle as a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of four persons and not more than 11 persons (including the driver) for any journey for single or separate fares, with a booking made through a mobile app.

Under Section 26A (1), it will be compulsory for a company operating an e-hailing service to have such an intermediation business licence and to comply with conditions set by the CVLB.

These conditions include the type of service provided, measures to safeguard the safety and security of passengers, and the standard of performance that e-hailing companies have to comply with.

An individual providing e-hailing services operating without an intermediation business licence can be fined up to RM500,000, face imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both upon conviction.

Those who fail to comply with the conditions set by the CVLB face a fine of not less than RM1,000 and not more than RM200,000, or a maximum two years’ jail, or both.

Another Bill seeks to amend Section 200 of the Land Public Transport Act 2010 to include offences against a person who assaults, hinders, or obstruct those providing e-hailing services.

Those convicted face a fine of RM1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both.

Under Section 12E, those operating e-hailing services cannot transfer or reassign their licence.

Doing so would subject them to a fine not less than RM1,000 and not more than RM10,000, a one-year jail term, or both upon conviction.

Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017...ko8MLipiUBC4.99

Basically you start after most people already came to work and finish before most of them finished working...2 times where you can make the most money aside from lunch time I guess.

Probably due to simultaneous celebration of Christian's Good Friday, Tamiils' New Year and Sikh's Khalsa and Songkran??

Your car's average fuel (you should know) consumption times your Uber's mileage.

From Mid Valley take komuter to Subang Komuter station, and from then on to Subang Airport via normal taxi definitely cheaper.

Full time?

Hi guys, on average how many Km/day for part timer and full timer?

And normally what's average Km driving for riders over total uber driving per day?

This post has been edited by cylon: May 26 2017, 07:16 AM

What's the minimum age (year) of car to be eligible?

Anyone having problems with GPS making a loop drive in Jalan P. Ramlee near KLCC?

Dah 2 kali 🤔

Uber rating system policy sucks...I've been deactivated permanently without knowing why?

Hello Grab then 😆

I don't know specific reason, only it's due to low rating.

I haven't drove that many trips...not even reached 20. Don't even have the time to look at my ratings...and some don't even bother to rate. ✌️

Sorry, I didn't get what you say..

Yeap..I did.

Just did some test. If I select Uber-X there's only 1 driver here in Kajang area, but if you select UberFlash there's lots 9f drivers