The “Regulation of Internet Taxis” meeting was held at the Faculty of Management and Economics of Sharif University with the aim of examining the role of government supervision and intervention in this type of business.
According to the IDEA, referring to the role of the regulator in the country, Milad Monshipour, CEO of Tapsi, said: “Unfortunately, we do not have a regulator in the country. Our rival is an actor and they teased us, but it was a good competition.”
Regarding the necessity of regulation, he said: There is no doubt about regulation, but the main question is how far?
Referring to his experience in Canada, Monshipour said: “When I was working in Canada, we did a project with the parliament of this country on why consumer items in Canada are 10-15% more expensive than in America?” He continued: “We came to the conclusion that the regulation in Canada is more than in the United States, which made the final consumer buy the items more expensive.”
The CEO of Tapsi stated: “Now in our country, the issue is more complicated. We also have a plurality of decision-makers in our country. There is no issue in the country for which there is a decision. He went on to say: The moment there are two decisions for the same issue, it gets into trouble. In our country, there are several decision making machines.
Continuing his speech, Monshipour pointed to the accumulation of laws in the country and said: “There are so many laws in our country that, for example, when we go to the Ministry of Privacy, they don’t even know how many laws there are in their ministry!”
Referring to the situation before the emergence of internet taxis in the country, the CEO of Tapsi said: “In the case of online taxis, when we examine the previous situation, the situation was very messed up. I left Iran for two reasons; One was the election of the previous president, and the other was the taxi drivers, who were constantly fighting.”
Monshipour continued: “Who should regulate the Internet taxi? According to experts, our government regulator is below the private sector average for regulating. That’s why the private sector thinks from morning to night how to circumvent the rules.”
The CEO of Tapsi said in another part: “The reality is that today the government does not impose any regulations, it is better. Because people regulate themselves better. This is the totality of the subject and the existing reality.
According to Monshipour, internet taxis are one of the most successful examples of regulation in the country. He said: Tapsi regulation took 2 years and Uber Canada 3 years.
Reviewing the issue of taxi fare pricing in Iran, Monshipour said: “The reality is that if the regulator entered into the issue of pricing, internet taxi would no longer make sense. “A good thing happened that the regulator did not enter this field.”
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