Minister places his 'order' for taxi appTransport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has given the Land Transport Department an ultimatum to launch a taxi hailing mobile application and a traffic point deduction system before the year's end. Personal car owners will be allowed to legally take passengers and charge them for the service when the department launches the anticipated taxi-hailing app, he said. Department director-general Chirute Visalachitra said the amendment of the 1979 Act on cars is required before the department can launch the app and this process will take time. The department is still studying how to regulate the licensing of personal motor vehicle owners who want to offer a taxi service on the app, he said. While waiting for implementation of the app, the department has launched a central taxi-hailing app called "Taxi OK", in use by some 9,000 licensed taxi drivers.

Source: Bangkok Post August 12, 2020 21:22 UTC