All taxi meters to be recalibrated by month’s end

All the 20,733 taxis nationwide will have their meters adjusted by the end of this month, said Road Transport Department director-general Datuk Solah Hassan.

He urged taxi drivers who had yet to re-calibrate their meters to be honest, and also called on passengers to lodge complaints to the department and the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board if they were dissatisfied with the charges.

Passengers should insist on getting receipts and if the cabbies refused, to make a report listing down the details such as the location; time and drivers’ identity card number on the left hand side of the dashboard.

From Aug 1 to Aug 3, 1,850 taxis had calibrated their meters.