1,000 cabbies in Weihai banned from using taxi-hailing app  

山东威海千余的哥涉嫌骗单 被打车软件封号

据中国之声《央广新闻》报道，2月26号到2月28号，威海市已有1000多名出租车司机的嘀嘀账号被封，被封账号中有近六成被封7天，封号的主要原因是司机刷单、违规严重，但也有不少司机无辜“躺着中枪”。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – Over 1,000 taxi drivers in Weihai, Shandong province, who engaged in illegal behavior through a taxi-hailing app have been banned from using it, according to China National Radio.

The illegal activity included warning other cab drivers not to accept orders, demanding passengers to pay their fares up front, and leaking taxi ID numbers.

A divisional director of the Didi Dache taxi-hailing app in Weihai said the company had started an investigation into driver and passenger misuse of the app. Those caught engaging in fraud for a second time will be banned from using the app for 7 days, he said.

About 60 percent of local cab drivers who had used the app have already received the 7-day ban.

Owned by Tencent, the app's subsidy program has encouraged drivers and passengers to use it. Drivers make 5 to 10 yuan for each taxi trip booked through the app, while passengers get discounts of between 12 and 20 yuan off the fare.