The Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission responded that ＂the taxi driver adjusted the meter for 1 yuan per second＂, and the driver admitted to violating the rules.
On December 8, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission exclusively responded to the verification video about the "man taking a taxi and meeting a driver to adjust the meter for 1 second and 1 yuan". The driver himself has admitted to illegally installing a "small motor" to create an untrue mileage and amount.
According to the background data provided by the taxi company, the total time of the order is 14 minutes, excluding the time spent on the way, and the mileage is 20.9km. According to this calculation, the average speed is about 100km/h, which exceeds the elevated speed limit by at least 25%. In addition, according to the driving track provided by the company, the driver actually carried passengers only 9.04km.
Wang Xufeng, a spokesperson for the Law Enforcement Corps of the Municipal Transportation Commission, told the video reporter, "The driver has removed the relevant equipment when making the record, and we can see from the background data that the operating data of the meter background does not match his actual operating time." According to the relevant provisions of the "Shanghai Taxi Management Regulations", the driver is suspected of not operating the meter in accordance with the regulations. The corruptive practices of the meter are serious circumstances. The driver is to be punished for canceling the qualification of passenger service operation, and will not be allowed to work in the taxi industry for five years. According to the Municipal Transportation Commission, the traffic law enforcement department conducts regular law enforcement inspections on operating taxis within the city. In the second quarter of 2023, according to the average number of operating vehicles of the city’s cruise taxis, there were 0.90 complaints per 10,000 trips. In 2023, as of the end of November, traffic law enforcement agencies at the two levels in the urban area had filed 8,873 cases against the taxi industry.
In addition, the verification video also learned from the Shanghai Metrology and Testing Technology Research Institute’s Metrology Instrument Compulsory Verification Center that the city’s current online meter strong inspection electronic seal platform will warn vehicles with abnormal parameters in the meter, but the "small motor" is difficult to detect as an external device. According to the testing agency, they are pre-developing a new early warning system that uses big data and Internet + to compare and analyze vehicle operation data, including mileage data, in groups to determine whether taxis have illegally installed "small motors", so as to warn of the illegal mileage increase of the meter.
The Municipal Transportation Commission reminds citizens and passengers to be vigilant when taking taxis. If these data are found to be abnormal or the amount is particularly high, they can point out in time, get the invoice after getting off the bus, keep the company information, car number, fare amount and other relevant evidence on the invoice, and call 12345 to complain later, or directly call 110 to call the police.
(Original title "Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Responds to" Taxi Driver Adjusts Meter 1 Second 1 Yuan ")