The topic was discussed during public consultations in the Parliament regarding the legislative framework for the fiscalization of cab payments. Company representatives noted that the current legislation does not make a clear distinction between traditional cabs and electronic platforms.
Kilometers like a bill
On the other hand, MP Oleksandr Trubka said that “metrology or the guarantee of the correct calculation of the distance traveled is fundamental” and noted that a customer is not obliged to pay for 5 kilometers if he has traveled only 3.
“If there is no metrological verification, I, as a customer, will go tomorrow and complain that I did not travel 5 km but 3 and you charged me 2 extra km. And if you can’t prove to me that I traveled 5 km and not 3, you will pay compensation. I am talking about this because if I have a water meter and I consumed 10 m3, and you write me 20, I go and say that I consumed 10 and show you a verified metrological meter,” explained his position.
Taximeters are becoming a thing of the past
Oleg Alexa, director of the Association of Employers of Road Transport Operators (APOTA), suggested that drivers working exclusively through electronic platforms should only be able to work with digital payment systems without the obligation to have a physical taximeter. That the system be accompanied by sanctions for drivers who take orders outside the platforms without using a taximeter.
“Companies should be free to choose. That is: either you work through the electronic payment system and only that way, or if you want both, then have both options, because this taximeter itself also costs money. Most of those who have already switched to the electronic payment system no longer need a taximeter,” Alexa noted.
