Primorye Illegal taxis dominate the market. In addition to the economic damage of illegal inflict damage on the cultural and social field. But as long as their services are cheap, they will be in demand. These issues are discussed at the round table on June 28 2013 top managers of leading taxi companies Vladivostok And representatives of the regional administration and the security forces.
All the activities of taxi market is regulated by the Federal Law № 69-FZ, regulations and passenger charter passenger transport. Without a special permit, which is issued to the Federation, taxi services are illegal. Employee\’s car taxi must have an orange light or tsvetograficheskuyu identification scheme, the cabin is required taximeter. Talon of the passage of the vehicle MOT issued at least every six months. The very same driver must be inspected before leaving health care professional. All these measures are designed to provide quality taxi services.
«Civilized car market is one of the most important indicators of development of the city. Vladivostok is in need of the strategic development of the market of taxi services and the standardization activities of shipping companies. Despite the obvious need for the development and availability of key players together for a common approach to improving the quality of services, to date, we have quite the opposite situation: more than 50% of taxi services provide companies doing illegal activities, or private owners — that is, people who are not professional drivers without special training, medical examinations, and so forth, «- said Andrei Braleev, chairman of NP» Taxi Alliance Primorye, «director of» Primtaksi. »
Each year, legal taxi companies spend on improving transport safety to 50 million rubles. Most money is spent on fleet renewal, maintenance, insurance. Annual tax payments in the order of 30 million rubles. However, the illegal exercise of every other trip. As a minimum.
The prevalence of illegally operating companies in the market is bad in every way. First, by the illegal dumping of carriers does not appear the new legal opportunities and develop existing businesses, and secondly, illegal companies do not pay any taxes. In addition to the economic damage of illegal inflict damage on the cultural and social sphere, have repeatedly occurred criminal incidents involving illegal carriers.
«Network companies that have captured more than 50% of the taxi market in Vladivostok have a dispatch center, located in the central part of Russia, and they do not have any offices in the city, they do not pay taxes and do not have any license to operate a taxi. Accordingly, they can not ensure the safety of passengers. Every day, between 300 and 500 illegal taxis go to the line that actually kills the legal business, «- said Braleev.
Yuri Rakow, director of «Allure taxi»: «We are not against fair competition. Any carrier must comply with the safety rules to have a quality driving staff, designed to work in accordance with the labor laws, to support technical serviceability of vehicles to pay taxes. In order to comply with all laws applicable to the implementation of the taxi services, we have to bear significant costs. But illegal companies such expenses are not so obtained unequal conditions of competition, I would say unfair competition, so it turns out that, for example, in the service of orders «Maxim» trip costs 160 rubles, and in the legal taxi trip one o\’clock — 300 rubles . »
The difficulty lies in the fact that Russian law a few imperfect, difficulties arise in the organization of the audits themselves illegal taxis. «The police set up a special group to make» test purchases «, and for three months they have arrested 84 illegal immigrant. Violators were fined and their vehicles were seized. But when the fines were paid and the cars returned to their owners, the market has returned to normal, «- said Peter Frolenko, deputy police chief of Vladivostok.
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