Bangkok Post has revealed that Uber, the ruler of on-demand ride sharing apps, has called for reform of Thailand’s 40 year old motor vehicle law. Currently, the law refers only to private vehicles, public vehicles and service vehicles, and Uber seeks for that to include ride-sharing vehicles. The law was written and passed almost forty years ago, when Thailand had no personal computers or mobile phones and smartphones and apps were just concepts of the future.
More than 51,000 Thais supported Uber’s request by signing their online petition. 400,000 people in Thailand regularly use Uber, and Uber have gained 100,000 new users in Thailand in the past three months.
Chaninat & Leeds’ Thailand Business lawyers have decades of experience in recovering money, funds or assets based on trade and business disputes.
The Department of Land Transport previously marked ride-hailing services, such as Uber, as unlawful, and have even tried to initiate the cease of such services. However, according to Amy Kunrojpanya, the director of Uber’s policies and communications for Asia-Pacific, “It’s the voice of the Thai people” and “This is also an opportunity show our intention that we are ready to work under the law, through regulations related to technology and business.”
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