Dear Editor,
A couple years ago I made a recommendation to the Transport Authority to make it mandatory to have public passenger vehicles, including taxis, to have vehicle-tracking system in place as part of the registration.
The recommendation included that the GPS would keep a log as to the routes the drivers take, the speed at which they travelled, noting if they were breaking the speed limits in areas.
Drivers would be responsible for the maintenance of the unit and a control centre will know if and when the unit has been removed. Owners would have to declare when they are removing batteries which would disable the unit.
A control centre using a programme would store the data on driver behaviour and a log would be kept and used to assess the drivers/owners when they come in for renewal.
The programme could even be equipped with the ability to prepare summonses and fine invoices whenever drivers go over the speed limit in a restricted zone.
Mark Trought
marktrought@gmail.com
A couple years ago I made a recommendation to the Transport Authority to make it mandatory to have public passenger vehicles, including taxis, to have vehicle-tracking system in place as part of the registration.
The recommendation included that the GPS would keep a log as to the routes the drivers take, the speed at which they travelled, noting if they were breaking the speed limits in areas.
Drivers would be responsible for the maintenance of the unit and a control centre will know if and when the unit has been removed. Owners would have to declare when they are removing batteries which would disable the unit.
A control centre using a programme would store the data on driver behaviour and a log would be kept and used to assess the drivers/owners when they come in for renewal.
The programme could even be equipped with the ability to prepare summonses and fine invoices whenever drivers go over the speed limit in a restricted zone.
Mark Trought
marktrought@gmail.com