KL: Rogue taxis must be eliminated
Rogue taxis in Malaysia has to be eliminated. Plain and simple.
There is no way a taxi driver can be a rude person. The reason is simple. Driving a taxi is a service to the nation first. You drive, you earn a living, you are nice to people, you get more customers.
This is the basis of all services. You are nice to customers, your sales shoot up. You are rogue, vile and aggressive, you lose business.
But many in Malaysia fail to understand this principle. They think driving a cab or Teksi as they are called in Kuala Lumpur makes them powerful.
Just because they can decide on your fate while you are in their cab does not give them the right to be rogue, aggressive and badass.
Nevertheless, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad teased his retirement after a small group of cabbies heckled him and walked out of a dialogue session in Langkawi.
The cabbies were mad as they believe Dr Mahathir is opposed to banning ride-sharing service, Grab.
True to say the Grab services has hit the taxi community hard. But there is a good reason for that: Taxis are outdated!
Either they change or they have to disappear. The public wants modern services like Grab. The government has no right at all to eliminate internet based hailing services.
These services are more secure for people. There is a track record of their journeys. You know you will be safely deposited at your destination and you will be able to inform Grab of your safety.
The regular taxis have failed to adapt to the change and to technological advancement. They are living in the dreams of their golden era of success which is bygone.
Tun Dr @chedetofficial ditenangkan wakil persatuan pemandu #teksi selepas sebahagian kecil hadirin program dialog di #langkawi pagi tadi bertindak mengeluarkan kata kata kesat dan meninggalkan majlis. @NewsMPB pic.twitter.com/4pcJXqbfIr
— Kumaran Rajamoney (@KumaranNewsMPB) 21 octobre 2018
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What is the solution to the taxi drivers community?
Join services like Mula, Grab and others or compete with them and live a difficult life?
Or simply be overwhelmed by technological advancement?
Whatever it is, the industry must target the rogue elements first. Then it has to adapt to technology changes and adopt new, modern way of conducting their business. Or be gone forever!
The hypocrisy of the rogue taxi drivers in Kuala Lumpur is that they are using Whatsapp (technology) to threaten the PM.
They want to block the traffic in KL until Dr Mahathir resigns. Fat chance. Their hypocrisy will probably hit them in their face.