Ministry of Transportation： Online taxi drivers need to take an exam, and taxis will be fined up to 2,000 yuan for refusing to take a taxi
As an important supporting regulation to deepen the reform of the taxi industry, yesterday, the Ministry of Transport announced the newly revised "Regulations on the Management of the Qualifications of Taxi Drivers" and "Regulations on the Management of Tour Taxi Business Services". The two regulations make it clear that whether it is a traditional cruise taxi driver or an online taxi booking driver, they must pass the national public subject and regional subject examinations to obtain a qualification certificate, and be registered with the taxi administrative department before they can engage in taxi passenger transportation services. The two regulations will come into force on October 1 and November 1 this year respectively.
Provisions on the management of professional qualifications
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exam
Divided into public subjects and regional subjects
Beijing Morning Post reporter found that the revised "taxi driver qualification management regulations" on the scope of application has been clear, taxi driver qualifications include cruise taxi driver qualifications and online booking taxi driver qualifications, and combined with the characteristics of the new business model of the network about the car, the driver conditions, test content, certificate category, registration management, further education and legal responsibility and other aspects of the corresponding adaptation.
The "Regulations" make it clear that the Ministry of Transport is responsible for guiding the management of the national taxi driver qualification. The taxi driver qualification examination includes the national public subject and regional subject examinations.
The regional subject examination for the qualification of cruise taxi drivers is a knowledge test with regional service characteristics such as local taxi policies and regulations, operating regional human geography and traffic routes; the regional subject examination for the qualification of online taxi drivers is a knowledge test with regional specifications such as local taxi policies and regulations.
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3 years of driving experience and no drunk driving record
For drivers who apply to participate in the taxi driver qualification examination, the "Regulations" also make it clear that they must obtain a motor vehicle driver’s license of the corresponding approved driving type and have more than 3 years of driving experience; no traffic accident crime, dangerous driving crime record, no drug use record, no driving record after drinking, and no 12-point record has been recorded in 3 consecutive scoring periods recently. At the same time, no violent criminal record, and other conditions stipulated by the city people’s government are required. Only if the above conditions are met can they register for the exam with relevant materials.
In addition, only taxi drivers who have obtained the qualification certificate can engage in taxi passenger transportation services after registering with the qualification of the taxi administrative department. The valid period of registration of the qualification of taxi drivers is 3 years.
If you have obtained the qualification certificate for more than 3 years and have not applied for registration, you need to complete no less than 27 hours of further education before starting the job after registration.
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accountability
The maximum penalty for operating without a license is 30,000 yuan
The "Regulations" also make it clear that for drivers, there are acts such as dumping passengers on the way or deliberately detouring; not carrying road transportation certificates and professional qualification certificates in accordance with regulations; cruise taxi drivers refusing to carry, or without the consent of the driver or passengers, online booking taxi drivers failing to arrive at the agreed location to provide reservation services without justifiable reasons; carrying other passengers without the consent of passengers; cruise taxi drivers not using metering equipment in accordance with regulations, illegal charging or online booking taxi drivers illegal charging; retaliation against passengers who report, complain about the quality of their services or make unsatisfactory evaluations of their services, and if the behavior is serious, the registration will be postponed, ordered to make corrections, and a fine of more than 200 yuan and less than 2,000 yuan will be imposed.
Those who fail to obtain the qualification certificate or exceed the scope of the qualification certificate and drive a taxi to engage in business activities; those who use an invalid, forged or altered qualification certificate to drive a taxi to engage in business activities; those who lend, rent or alter the qualification certificate shall be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 30,000 yuan; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
For enterprises, in violation of these Provisions, employing personnel who have not obtained a qualification certificate and driving a taxi to engage in business activities, they will be ordered to make corrections and fined not less than 5,000 yuan 10,000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, they will be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 30,000 yuan.
In addition, it is worth noting that these "Regulations" also put forward clear requirements for the taxi administrative department and staff, failing to organize the professional qualification examination and issue the professional qualification certificate according to the prescribed conditions, procedures and deadlines; discovering illegal acts that are not promptly investigated and punished; soliciting, accepting other people’s property and making other improper benefits, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel will be given administrative sanctions according to law; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility will be investigated according to law.
■ Follow-up
Why manage ride-hailing drivers?
The Ministry of Transport said that whether it is online car-hailing or cruise cars, it provides universal passenger transportation services for the public, and the driver is subject to access management according to law, which is the bottom line requirement of the industry management department to ensure transportation safety and service quality.
In what aspects have the characteristics of online car-hailing been considered?
In the revision of the "Regulations on the Administration of Taxi Driver Qualifications", the characteristics of online car-hailing are fully considered, and through "tailor-made" system design and management innovation, we actively support the standardized development of new business models. For example, compared with cruise car drivers, the content of the online car-hailing driver test is minimized, and its registration and cancellation are stipulated, which can be completed by the platform company reporting to the taxi administrative department where the issuing authority is located.
Regulations on the Administration of Cruise Taxi
"Molecular money" should be adjusted in time
According to the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening Reform and Promoting the Healthy Development of the Taxi Industry" and the "Interim Measures for the Management of Online Booking Taxi Business Services" issued, the revised "Regulations on the Management of Cruise Taxi Business Services" adjusted the scope of application, and made a series of provisions on the positioning of the taxi industry, the distribution of interests between operators and drivers, etc. It is clear that taxis are an integral part of the urban comprehensive transportation system, a supplement to urban public transportation, and provide personalized transportation services for the public. The development of cruise taxis should be in line with the economic and social development of the city, and coordinated with the development of passenger transportation service methods such as public transportation. By clarifying the development orientation, efforts should be made to build a diversified and differentiated urban comprehensive transportation service system to better meet the travel needs of the people.
In response to the "part money" problem of taxis, cruise taxi operators are required to adjust the contract fee standards or quota tasks in a timely manner according to factors such as operating costs and changes in freight rates, so as to better build a business model of shared operational risks and reasonable distribution of benefits between enterprises and drivers, and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.
Background
The two provisions provide for the rule of law
In July this year, the Ministry of Transport issued the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening Reform and Promoting the Healthy Development of the Taxi Industry" and the "Interim Measures for the Management of Online Booking Taxi Business Services", as important supporting regulations for deepening the reform of the taxi industry. Yesterday, the Ministry of Transport issued the newly revised "Regulations on the Management of Taxi Drivers’ Qualifications" and "Regulations on the Management of Tour Taxi Business Services" and made relevant interpretations.
The Ministry of Transport said that the amendments to the two ministerial orders were solicited from local transportation authorities in early July this year, and will provide legal protection for promoting the transformation and upgrading of cruise cars, standardizing the operation of online car-hailing, and promoting the integrated development of new and old business models.
Writing in this edition
Beijing Morning Post reporter, Cao Jingrui