AG: Uber lessons for PH cars?

However the AG said the PH question is “not impossible” to solve, citing lessons from recent talks with Uber which globally operates by a “shared ride policy”. He said, “In the ‘Shared Ride Policy” you have the possibility to have underwriting, and what Uber told TT is that they actually have an insurance product to underwrite their position in TT.” He said local laws still require a car be registered for hire.

“But it is food for thought, to promote a system where you can actually have a registration of persons, certificates of character, you know who the persons engaged are, you can have GPS tracking by the use of technology.

“Importantly, once there is an underwritten insurance aspect then you can deal with special registration.

“So it’s not quite an impossible task.

It’s something that requires a stretch of consideration, and there is certainly possibility.” Saying police must enforce traffic laws, he said legislation will soon free up policemen from long hours in court prosecuting 23,000 traffic cases yearly, to be available for the beat.