Think according to LTA cannot, filming rear of car (ie following
vehicles) also cannot, not only cab but all vehicles.
But then i've seen so many cars mounting rear DVR, some even
have four, 2 front 2 rear.
But if pax run fare or rob, LTA got help you for the lost
or help find the culprit?
The DVR i use got LCD screen, PAX can see that i'm recording
them as well. Even if no memory card, still will show on screen, at
least a better deterent.
Also good lah they don't allow film pax, cos some TD will abuse
if they allow. Like last time in the 80s or 90s, TDs put small
mirror to see upskirts of female pax, like that also shiok?
Singapore a bit slow when it comes to technology and taxi driver
welfare. A lot of other countries in the world has CCTV on their
taxi filming pax. The front facing camera was also not allowed in
cabs, only until the Rochor Road accident that they realise having
front camera makes it easier to settle investigation and
insurance... Taxi companies and LTA don't really suffer much when
taxi driver get rob, pax run fare or driver get kill, so to them
they don't actually benefit having to implement internal
camera.
Last time can lah, pax that run fare usually young kids.
Now with all the "foreign talent" taking advantage of the fact that
most TDs are old and can't do anything if they run, beat or
verbally abuse, etc
Read this, see how many other countries have cam on their
taxi:
http://www.verifeye.com/news.php
Quote from Mears
Transportation Group (US Cab company)
"Providing
their taxi drivers with the safest and most secure workplace
was seen by Mears as an investment rather than a cost. "
In UK:
"During
2004, the City Council was anxious to promote the safety of the
town’s hire vehicle fleet to visitors, whilst offering the drivers
an increased measure of protection. Like many coastal ports
there were underlying anti-social behaviour problems, with the hire
vehicle drivers facing increasing levels of violence. The
City Council wanted to take positive action to eliminate the
problems and decided that a pilot program involving in-taxi
surveillance cameras would be conducted. Any proposed
solution had to be highly reliable and secure, guaranteeing
the privacy of both the driver and passenger(s). It needed to
be visible, so that it acted as a deterrent its own right, and
capable of producing high quality images that would be admissible
as evidence in court."
New York:
"New
York City was
one of the first cities in North America to mandate cameras in its
taxis and for-hire vehicles (FHVs). The NYC Taxi and Limousine
Commission (TLC) introduced its original safety camera
specification in 2000 and cameras quickly became the preferred item
of safety equipment for the FHVs. In 2007, the TLC updated their
camera specifications to take advantage of the latest advances in
camera technology, increasing the number of images by a factor of
10, and greatly increasing the resolution and the image quality of
the night images. In 2008, with approximately 20,000 cameras
installed, New York has more cameras than any other city. The
number of incidents of taxi crime is also one of the lowest in the
world."
Canada:
"Toronto is
the largest taxi market in North America in which taxi cameras are
mandated in 100% of the taxis. It is also the safest based on
statistics provided by Toronto Police Services."
UK:
"Bridlington
is a small, but popular, seaside holiday resort in the East Riding
of Yorkshire. Like many such towns, it has seen an increase in the
number of fare bilking incidents, and assaults against taxi
drivers, principally by drunk young men. The licensing authority
was anxious to promote the safety of their taxis, particularly as a
holiday season was approaching. In 2008, the town proposed to
part-fund a pilot scheme of 10 cameras. By early 2009, there
had been a spectacular decrease in the numbers of incidents and the
police had used the images obtained from the cameras to gain speedy
convictions against the perpetrators of two robbery
attempts. In March 2009, the town purchased a further 20
cameras and is hoping to have all taxis and private hire vehicles
equipped with cameras by 2010."
Singapore:
2012 front facing DVR (LoL), for easier and faster insurance
claims.
