They want government to allow them to charge customers whatever they want without using meter in their lousy condition taxis.

You do not need to ban taxi. You need to remove the taxi permits from the hands of selected few cronies and give the permits directly to the taxi drivers. When the taxi drivers themselves are owners, they will be more willing to change and adapt to new technology. They will also less likely to cheat because they will lose their permits if reported.

When issuing permit directly to taxi drivers, they must show they achieve certain mileage in a year. If they do not reach certain mileage, their permit will not be renewed. There are so many way to regulate the taxis later but the most crucial part is removing the cronies taxi permit holders first.

This is non issue in the first place. I can bet 99% of rakyat do not support taxi drivers because everyone know they provide terrible service. The 1% who support them are just exploiting the issue for political reasons but in real life they call grab instead of taxi!

The solution is easy, incorporate all taxi into grab type of service. Issue taxi permit direct to individuals and not crony companies. Allow taxi driver with permit to car loan with cheaper interest to upgrade their taxi. Any taxi driver who do not follow meter will have their permit revoked.

In fact, there are already some taxi drivers providing service via grab. I rode once before and the pakcik said why not. He get the best if both world.

This post has been edited by oucheev: Jun 20 2019, 09:36 AM