There were 4,081 traffic accidents involving taxis last year, accounting for 23% of all traffic accidents.
Legislative Council members Chen Peiliang and Chen Jianbo held a meeting with the insurance industry to exchange views on taxi insurance issues and industry ecology.
Industry representatives believe that it is necessary to start with regulating the driving habits of taxi drivers and encourage drivers to drive carefully.
Some representatives also suggested that protective devices and speeding alarms could be installed in taxis, or that aging vehicles could be phased out.
Chen Peiliang submitted a written question to the government in February, asking the government's measures to reduce traffic accidents involving taxis. The then Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, said that the government welcomes and encourages the establishment of a central database of rented taxi drivers, which is convenient for the industry to apply to insurance companies when they apply for insurance. The company provides the driver's driving profile to make a more accurate risk assessment.
Chen Peiliang hopes that the current government will actively consider it for the reference of car owners, car dealers and managers.
Both Chan Pei-leung and Chan Kin-bo are from the insurance industry. The two have set up a joint office of parliamentarians at the site of the Federation of Insurance Industry to handle industry issues and complaints from the public.
Walking from Shek Pok in the middle of the road and falling off the lane in Mong Kok, the man was hit by a taxi and sent to the hospital. The taxi hit a bicycle in Prince Edward Road East. Cook 14 meals a day
