President Rodrigo Duterte has required Uber, Grab, and taxi drivers to prominently display identification cards on car seats to make it easier for passengers to report abuse.
“From now on, this January, I’ll issue the regulations. All of you put your face at the back of your seat, your name, a sort of an enlarged identification card,” Duterte said, adding that reports of abusive drivers have reached his office.
Duterte warned that drivers who charge more than they should, based on the meter, are committing estafa or swindling.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board earlier ordered transport network companies Uber and Grab to limit their “surges” to only twice their rates.
The decision came three days after the agency called the attention of the two ride-sharing companies for charging their passengers excessive fares during the Christmas holidays.