Samåkningstjänsten Heetch rolled out in Stockholm in August. Now – more than a month later, the news that the transport agency can see the runs that the illegal companies.
French Heetch is an app that offers the runs in Stockholm only on Fridays and Saturdays between the hours of 18 and six in the morning.
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as the now defunct Uber Pop mean Heetch that does not operate a taxi business but, instead, is a kind of lift-sharing. By making use of a set-up where you can donate any amount to the drivers, the company has tried to get around the Swedish taxilagstiftningen.
the Business of reviewed by the transport agency, and the news that comes from the authority means a hefty pour cold water on Heetch. In the brief considers the transport agency that the French company offers a service that is illegal in Sweden.
” We have nothing against the company, Heetch in itself. However, we believe that they should follow the same rules as all others within the taxibranschen. Otherwise there will not be a competition on equal terms. The requirements on permits for businesses and drivers are for the passenger’s safety, ” said Maria Åkerlund, investigator at Swedish transport agency, in a press release.
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During the year, several drivers who previously drove for Uber Pop in Sweden has been sentenced to a fine. The decision from the Swedish transport agency means that even Heetchs drivers – between 20 to 30 pieces, according to its own data – is at risk to be fined, writes Di Digital.
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