2024-02-10 03:19:00
2024-02-10 11:19
The Lunar New Year is a peak day for citizens to travel abroad. Among them, Japan, a popular destination for Hong Kong residents, has recently made a special publicity at the international arrival channel of Haneda Airport to remind passengers, especially Chinese tourists, not to take “white-plate cars” for convenience or money. , once something goes wrong, the consequences can be big or small.
Just like in Hong Kong, white-plate cars in Japan are used by the non-taxi industry for personal use to carry passengers for a fee. Since Japanese taxis use green license plates, while private cars use white license plates, they are distinguished by this name.
The Japanese Police Department stated that before the COVID-19 epidemic, “white-brand cars” were already in the market. In the past year, following the world emerged from the haze of the epidemic and the tourism industry experienced an explosive rebound, the number of white-brand cars in Japan has become more and more popular. The hair is rampant. Data shows that the Metropolitan Police Department has received complaints regarding “white-plate cars”, starting from 2 cases in 2021, 4 cases in 2022, and sharply increasing to 20 cases in 2023. This shows that the problem is rapidly worsening.
The Metropolitan Police warns that since white-plate cars are not subject to legal supervision, in addition to the inability of passengers to obtain insurance compensation following an accident, the bigger concern is that the physical and mental condition of the driver is not under supervision at all, and the personal safety of the passengers is completely unprotected. Guarantee, the consequences can be big or small.
According to reports, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Metropolitan Police Department, in view of the approaching Spring Festival, which is the peak day for Chinese outbound travel around the world, have erected large slogans in the international entry channel and taxi waiting area of Haneda Airport starting from August this month. Words such as “Taxi without legal license are illegal and dangerous!” are written in English and Chinese, calling on tourists, especially Chinese tourists, to stop patronizing these white-plate taxis.
According to reports, in December last year, the Japanese Metropolitan Police arrested a Chinese man and charged him with operating a white-plate car. The man advertised on Chinese social platforms to attract customers and charged 34,000 yen for sightseeing in Tokyo.
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