New regulations driving drivers away

AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CAR-HAILING DRIVERS in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, are quitting their job following the full implementation of regulations for ride-sharing services, according to reports. China Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

The car-hailing regulations in most cities, which require drivers to have local household registrations and their vehicles to meet certain standards, have screened out many who used to work full time in the business.

The decline in the number of qualified drivers, unsurprisingly, has added to the travel woes of commuters with many of them paying more and waiting longer to get a ride-sharing car. Some people who were using car-share services have even gone back to using public transport, which, in most of the big cities struggles to meet the demand.