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Crackdown on unlicensed drivers using apps
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IN a crackdown on illegal car services, traffic police caught and fined 2,000 drivers this year and entered their personal details into the credit system of the Shanghai Public Credit Information Service Platform.
Chen Xiaochen, a spokesperson of the Shanghai traffic law enforcement team, said officials were tipped-off that drivers indulged in unlicensed practices and caught 18 of them within six days.
All of them were found illegally using third party software and applications like Didi Taxi, Uber, Yidao, Kuaidi and Dida. They were fined 10,000 yuan (US$1,612) each and had three points deducted from their driving license.
If a total of 12 points are deducted, the driver’s license is revoked.
Only vehicles which have licenses for rental business can offer services to passengers, including getting business from third party apps. However, police said, there were still a large number of private cars, using third party apps, operating on Shanghai roads. Transport authorities have described them as “a disturbance to the market.”
A total of 121 traffic hubs, tourist spots and metro stations around the city have been listed as areas where illegal businesses thrive.
The main areas for illegal activities listed by the authorities are People’s Square, Nanjing Road E., the Bund, Yuyuan Garden, Lujiazui area, Xujiahui, Zhongshan Park, Wujiaochang in Yangpu district, as well as Metro stations Longyong Road, Jinshajiang Road, Yishan Road.
“We’ve heard of the crackdown. Some of my friends have warned me to avoid Lujiazui for a few days,” said Huang Liqiang, a driver who uses Uber app.
Huang admitted that the Volkswagen van that he drives did not have the license to operate rental business.
“We usually tell the police that the passenger is our boss and try to get away with it,” Huang said.
Authorities have been entering the records of the errant drivers into the Shanghai Public Credit Information Service Platform.
The platform was established and managed by Shanghai Economy and Informatization Commission. Governmental and administrative departments, as well as social organizations and registered credit service enterprises can check a citizens’ record on the platform.
The violation records pop up once the name and identity card number are entered into the system.
“If someone applies for a credit card or loan, banks can check their records on the platform and act accordingly,” said Cai Jingyan, captain of Shanghai traffic law enforcement team.
Cai said the violation records will also affect a person’s job prospects and extension of residential certificates. Basically, Cai said, all violations are entered into the system.
“When the traffic law enforcement team were recruiting this year, they checked the status of the applicants on the platform,” Cai said.
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