Shocked by 2 taxi drivers in Ho Chi Minh City "changing" fares to increase 10 times

On the morning of June 19, the HCM City Department of Transport Inspectorate coordinated with Tan Son Nhat Police Station and Tan Son Nhat Airport Security to inspect a taxi with license plate 51F-595.26 driven by Nguyen Trung Minh.

Upon inspection, the vehicle had two auxiliary switches located under the driver's gear lever attached to the fare meter. The task force asked the driver to drive from the International Terminal to Tran Quoc Hoan Street and back to the International Terminal, while the actual fare was 54,000 VND, due to the impact of the auxiliary switches, the fare on the meter was 540,000 VND, a 10-fold increase.

The working group proceeded to make a record of the act of installing a fare meter in violation of regulations (installing a device that causes the fare to be incorrect) against the driver and vehicle owner.

Choáng với 2 tài xế taxi ở TP HCM biến hóa giá cước tăng 10 lần - Ảnh 1.

The auxiliary switch mounted under the steering wheel helps increase the taxi fare many times compared to the actual price.

In addition to this vehicle, the same morning, the working group inspected vehicle with license plate 60E-00734 of Saigon Cheap Taxi, a subsidiary of Saigon Transport Group Corporation, Binh Thuan branch, driven by Mr. Tran Quoc Tien.

Upon inspection, the vehicle was found to have an auxiliary switch located under the driver's gear lever attached to the fare meter.

This device helps the driver increase the fare by 3,000 VND each time he shifts gears or shifts gears. The working group asked the driver to test drive from the International Station to Tran Quoc Hoan Street and back to the International Station. Due to the impact on the switch, the fare increased to 420,000 VND.

A representative of the Department of Transport Inspectorate said that both cases were fined a total of 11 million VND, in addition to having their taxi badges revoked for 2 months.

"To rectify fare fraud by taxi drivers, the Department Inspectorate will soon plan to establish an interdisciplinary working group, proposing to the specialized agency, the Department of Science and Technology, to conduct an inspection of the taxi transport business situation at some hot spots in the city such as the airport..." - said a representative of the HCM City Department of Transport Inspectorate.

THU HONG

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