[Civic Sense] Banning two wheeler taxis and e-rickshaws makes more sense than you think

[iDJ]

I know these cab and quick commerce companies are generating jobs for unemployed youths. But at what cost. They just hire anybody. No proper or professional training is there. I have seen drivers drive harshly. From my personal experiences. Have heard racist and bigoted conservations. There is zero professionalism of drivers from reputed companies. Sometimes the vehicle and the drivers are different from what's shown on the image. Than there is unrealistic targets of delivery goods in 15 minutes where something bad is likely to happen.

Coming to e-rickshaws. These are menace to streets. We almost came under one of those low floor buses as the rickshaw driver tried to overtake a bus yesterday. Similar incident happened last Sanskrant where all the passengers exclusive myself got hurt as rickshaw tried to overtake a bike and fell. I had jump so saved myself. Other people had bruises. You can't even ask compensation as the guy literally owns nothing. These rickshaws uses cheap Chinese equipments. Once I asked a rickshaw to stop. He hit the brakes but his rickshaw stopped after 200-300 metres away. The design and structure itself looks like it will fall down any second. I know streets are filled with over speeding Thars and noisy Bullets. But the problem are not the Thar and Royal Enfield but some donkeys driving it. Here the vehicle itself is dangerous to others.

I think rather than courts. Government needs to come forward and make strict laws for these cab aggregators. Also regulate these rickshaws. These are as dangerous as those roaming animals in streets.

 

[Esmail]

I disagree with the ban on bike taxis. I use this service daily for my work commute and have only had a pleasant experience with Rapido. Not only is it faster through congested roads where 4 wheelers would get stuck, it is also significantly cheaper than cabs and helps bypass the taxi and rickshaw mafia which demands a high fare for short distances. The RTOs are creating issues for them just coz the taxi and Rickshaw unions are creating vote bank pressure on the political parties.

 

[iDJ]

I disagree with the ban on bike taxis. I use this service daily for my work commute and have only had a pleasant experience with Rapido. Not only is it faster through congested roads where 4 wheelers would get stuck, it is also significantly cheaper than cabs and helps bypass the taxi and rickshaw mafia which demands a high fare for short distances. The RTOs are creating issues for them just coz the taxi and Rickshaw unions are creating vote bank pressure on the political parties.

I am not against bike taxis. I am against how it's disorganised. No proper verification is done. Just anyone can sign up for these services.

 

[Neel]

This ones are tolerable, takes 7 passengers max, increases it's weight and people in my city drive it rationally ( Can't speed up due to 7 person weight)

This one's are a menace, in my city most of those have an extra motor installed at the back of it (below seat), speeds up unexpectedly, and many of the times the brakes don't function properly and being light weighted (2 passenger max, excluding kids), can fall anytime during taking a turn...

Also, the drivers are super rude, once I was taking a turn with a scooty, showed proper indicator and even hand signal but still it collided with the scooty.... And guess what? The driver started swearing at me, without even getting up from the road (Thankfully the rickshaw was empty)

What can I do with blind people?