Carpooling is now illegal! Fines of up to Rs 10,000 issued: Details - Times of India
Carpooling is now illegal! Fines of up to Rs 10,000 issued: Details - Times of India
News News: After receiving complaints from taxi drivers, the Transport Department of Bengaluru has now decided to take action against carpooling using mobile app
This is pretty dumb. It’s another instance of how the spirit of the law is ignored to benefit companies.
Why use carpooling to reduce traffic, when you can contribute to the traffic by using taxis, instead?
Anybody who thinks Uber is 'carpooling' is 20 years out of touch.
Based on the article, it seems to be targetted at apps. But I wont be surprised if enterprising policemen decide to check a bunch of cars with more than one person to get a quick bribe.
How do they even catch this? Could be just dropping friends.
It's still stupid but less than what I originally thought
My understanding is that was never legal, just that its blown up now.