http://www.am730.com.hk/article-276821
首破信用卡付款白牌車 警拘5司機搜Uber辦公室
2015年08月12日
警方首次破獲以信用卡付款的「白牌車」服務。西九龍總區昨晨展開代號「破繭」的行動打擊非法出租汽車，派出探員喬裝顧客透過手機程式租用5輛私家車，抵達目的地後以信用卡繳付車資，並隨即表露身份拘捕5名涉嫌非法載客取酬的司機。同時，警方下午亦搜查手機召車程式Uber的辦公室，拘捕3名職員及取走一批電腦和文件調查。
警方昨日採取打擊行動後，Uber手機應用程式繼續提供召車服務，未見受行動影響。被捕5名男司機相信是涉案車輛的車主，年齡介乎28至65歲，涉嫌「非法駕駛汽車作出租或取酬載客用途」及「駕駛汽車時無第三者保險」，獲准保釋，下月中旬向警方報到。涉案5輛私家車，包括豐田、寶馬及平治等品牌，事後亦被拖走。
至於被捕3名職員，年齡介乎21至29歲，涉嫌「協助及教唆非法駕駛汽車作出租或取酬載客用途」及「協助及教唆駕駛汽車時無第三者保險」。
西九龍交通部執行及管制組總督察孔憲裘表示，昨晨9時許派出探員喬裝乘客，透過手機應用程式租用兩輛私家車及3輛七人車，分別由沙田、秀茂坪及觀塘等地前往何文田，車資由70至170元不等。警員抵埗後即表露身份，並在信用卡成功過數後，拘捕5名司機。孔續稱，非法載客取酬不但犯法，汽車第三者保險亦會喪失，「試想有交通意外，車上乘客同其他道路使用者，亦都同一時間喪失所謂汽車第三者保險嘅保障，完全得唔到保障，後果可以好嚴重。」
十多名重案組探員，昨午亦到Uber位於長沙灣及中環的辦公室，一度封鎖長沙灣辦公室調查，禁止其他人進入，並帶走3名職員以及多部電腦主機。Uber每宗交易均會與司機拆帳，前者抽佣比例達兩成。
UBER is a service that brings power to the consumer and drivers, and should be governed, managed and consolidated with the current taxis, not simply put to jail. Both consumers and existing taxi drivers now have choice of service and employment, and the level of services will only improve as there is competition. Better drivers, better managed and choice of taxis, better passenger behaviour, better money for the drivers, better for environment! I don't see what's wrong without some thoughtful and delicate management.
The only people this hurts are investors, who should be responsible on their own risks and rewards. This is the creative, effective and 積極 way to deal with what everyone calls "霸權". Not just pointless protesting on the streets.
This is another case of the government putting a simple solution to a complex problem. Not enough milk formula? Put them to jail... Not enough housing? Tax 20%...
Some possible work arounds for this is to sell bulk licenses to UBER, limiting to certain number of cars per period of time. Taxi license owners can choose to create a fleet of rental cars for existing taxi drivers, this can also be a source of investment for license holders.
The internet is here and is the future and there's no stopping it, suck it up...
