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physical contact with passengers. As we all know by now that the primary reason of this pan- demic spread is physical contact and this way, Taxi drivers won’t come into physical contact with passengers. They are requesting every taxi driver to install the fibreglass sheet so as to prevent them from being a carrier of the disease. An official said, “Before a passenger enters the taxi, the driver will provide a sanitiser. The driver will open the door of the car and the passenger will not be allowed to touch it. Drivers will be asked to adopt online money transactions. Thus, there would not be any con- tacts between the driver and the passenger. No passenger will be permitted to sit in front. The passengers should compulsorily wear masks. The driver has to wear both mask and gloves. Similarly, the car has to be cleaned after each ride.” “In some places, transparent plastic sheets are used as a curtain between the front driver seat and rear passenger seat. The fibre clear glass can be fitted in all taxis,” another official said. Authorities have also advised cab drivers not to use air conditioning as long as this health crisis lingers. They are advised to keep their windows open so as to naturally circulate the air and prevent the virus from latching. This isn’t the first time that this sort of innovation has seen the light of the day as a few days back, a video was posted on Twitter where an e-rickshaw driver is shown practicing social distancing as he divided his vehicle into four separate compartments to accommo- date passengers. Such efforts surely need some recognition and it is likely that even after the lockdown is lifted, we will still have to practice social distancing and other preventive measures.
sion risk in case of an accident, the company reports. "It is intended for enterprises, where there is a need to travel a long distance over their territories, and for car-sharing companies," it says. The vehicle power is up to 50 kW. The maximum speed is 80 km per hour with endurance up to 150 km. The car weight is 650 kg. Width is 1.5 m, length - 3.4 m, and height - 1.7 m.
from Singapore
COMFORTDELGRO TRIALS PLASTIC SHIELDS TO PROTECT CABBIES IN SINGAPORE
from Russia
RUSSIA’S KALASHNIKOV UNVEILS ELECTRIC CAR FOR TAXI NEEDS
The Kalashnikov Group of Companies has presented the UV-4 electric car for the taxi market at the 7th International Eurasian Taxi Forum (METF) staged in Moscow, the Kalash- nikov Media Com- pany said on its web- site. “The electric vehicle was showed as part of the exhibition of the latest examples of specialised taxi cars,” the company said. The electric vehicle is a smooth ride and has a low fire and explo-
JUNE 2020
Taxi giant Comfort- DelGro Corp will install 400 of its cabs with plastic shields that separate the driver from the pas- sengers. According to the Straits Times, the company said on Wednesday 20 May that the move is a trial to see how drivers and commuters respond. The shield is made of a hard, transparent plastic material “which aims to minimise contact between cabbies and their passengers and hopefully reduce the spread of Covid-19”. Cabbies and private hire drivers were among the first to be infected when the coronavirus arrived in Singapore in January. ComfortDelGro said the shield has been installed in about 50 taxis each week starting from 20 May. Called V-shield, the locally manufactured shields have been trade- marked by Moove Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of ComfortDelGro. Measuring 1m x 0.7m x 0.6m, the shield covers the driver’s cabin entirely and has two “window” openings for passengers to make payment. The shield is made of an unbreakable material, which enables it to serve as an added protection against any violent phys- ical harm. The shield encases only the driver’s cabin area and does not obstruct airflow in the rest of the cab, the company noted. ComfortDelGro Taxi chief executive Ang Wei Neng said: “Our cab- bies are exposed to passengers throughout the day and night. While our drivers take as much precaution as they can by wearing masks and constantly disinfecting their cabs, there is still a risk. These shields will further reduce that level of risk as it serves as an added layer of protection for the cabbies.” Earlier this month, the Royal Thai Air Force unveiled a plastic shield for taxis in the kingdom.
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