Colombia Seeks to Ease Pressure on Ride-Hailing Drivers Ahead of Regulation
The Democratic Center party will bring a bill to Congress this week that seeks to change the way authorities conduct checks on drivers who work through platforms such as Uber, DiDi, Cabify, and InDrive. The initiative, sponsored by Representative Daniel Briceño, seeks to establish due process guarantees for those stopped by traffic authorities and limit […]
Colombia is aiming to alleviate the pressure faced by ride-hailing app drivers, who currently operate in an unregulated sector. The Democratic Center party will introduce a bill to Congress this week that proposes to modify how authorities conduct checks on drivers through platforms such as Uber, DiDi, Cabify, and InDrive. The initiative, spearheaded by Representative Daniel Briceño, aims to provide the drivers with due process rights and limit the actions carried out during these procedures.
However, it does not seek to comprehensively regulate app-based transportation, a matter that remains unresolved in Colombia. The immediate aim of the proposal is to minimize the stress of police and traffic checks on drivers and to establish clear rules on what authorities can do when issuing a D12 traffic citation, which is applicable when a vehicle is used for a service different from the one for which it is licensed.
Written by urgent.news from Colombia One's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
