Faster, cleaner, more reliable and less likely to give you a fake RMB50 bill in your change, private cars have taken over city streets. Unfortunately, much like taxis, private cars also come with potential dangers – namely sketchy drivers.
In an effort to limit the risk associated with this new transportation phenomena, the Transportation Commission of Shenzhen recently held a meeting with all five ride-hailing apps presently operating in the city, according to China News.
An investigation into the city’s private drivers found that 1,425 of them have a history of using drugs, 1,661 of them have criminal records and one has a mental health issue and was once involved in an accident. Statistics published by the Shenzhen Daily also showed that app-based cabs have been involved in 756,000 violations since 2015 and 3,653 traffic accidents.
Most recently, on March 26, two passengers were severely injured by another car while attempting to get into a Didi driver's car.
Didi and Uber, the two major mobile app-based cab providers in China, will strengthen driver background checks and ban vehicles not registered in Shenzhen from taking customers, according to Shenzhen Daily. The moves are aimed at meeting new requirements set out by police and transport authorities.
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