The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has lodged a police report against a Carousell seller who has been promoting his services online to modify the tamper-evident decals that must be pasted on private-hire cars to become removable without showing the “void” wording.
The Carousell user “dd740” removed the posting on the platform when the police report is lodged, the seller can still be found on the platform thou.
The seller, claimed that he could help PDVL drivers make their decals removable as such that the word “void” does not appear even after it has been removed from the car’s windscreen. He also claimed that the drivers can “remove and paste back easily”.
The offer to make decals removable was priced at S$30 a pop. A meet-up was required to close the deal.
dd740’s started his Carousell profile in May. He also offer renovation, handyman, plumbing, electrical, hacking, plastering, painting, cleaning and tiling services for between S$30 and S$900.
Requirement for Private-Hire Car Drivers
Since July 1, 2017 this year, all chauffeured private hire cars are required to display a pair of serialized tamper-evident decals[1] on the front and back windscreens of their vehicles. Private hire car drivers must also display on their front windscreen in a prominent position which is visible to the passengers inside the vehicle, their Private Hire Car Driver‘s Vocational Licence (PDVL), or concession letter[2] from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) authorising them to provide chauffeured services up till 30 June 2018. Commuters are advised to take only private hire cars that sport the decals and display the PDVL or concession letter.
Private-hire car drivers should have their tamper-evident decals affixed or replaced only at affixing centres appointed by the authority.
Those who fail to affix or display these decals, or engage in any form of tampering, defacement, altering, covering, or obscuring of the decals may be fined up to S$1,000 or jailed up to three months, or both.
Those who forge the decals may be fined up to S$5,000 or jailed up to a year, or both.
A pair of 14cm-by-10cm decals must be affixed at the vehicles’ front and back windscreens only at an inspection centre assigned by the LTA, and will be checked during the vehicle’s periodic inspection. They are “not transferrable” across vehicles, and “shall not be removed unless the vehicles are no longer chauffeured private-hire cars”, the LTA said.
It will cost S$20 to replace a damaged or removed decal.
Any tampering, including obscuring, covering, altering and defacement, is considered an offence under the Road Traffic Act.
First-time offenders may be fined up to S$1,000, or jailed up to three months, or both. Repeat offenders may be fined up to S$2,000, or jailed up to six months, or both.
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