In Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province,'call run' was just'call taxi'. If you call it anytime, anywhere, the car with the license plate of'Huh' came. If you asked to call a taxi at a restaurant you stopped by during the interview, you guided the car rental company, and the phone number of the'call jump' company was also shared at the Internet Mom Cafe. Citizens said, "It is cheaper than a taxi when the road is blocked because the fare is also paid according to a fixed distance." A woman I met at Konjiam Station said, "I know that there is no taxi even after 9 o'clock at night, so I only take a rental car."

It is obviously illegal to pay for a rental car and transport passengers. However, the illegal car rental business is more than 30 years old, the taxi industry says. It is said that the city hall and police officers who are in charge of the crackdown will also use it. It is literally'Illegal and difficult without it'. An official of the Gwangju Private Taxi Association said, "A decade ago, a prosecutor carried out intensive crackdowns, but rather, the civilians were opposing that there was nothing to ride, so the investigation became a game." Illegal took root for so long and became a routine.

● No insurance... Calling "the sex offender also grabs the steering wheel"

is illegal, and problems arise when an accident occurs. Even if the rental car has comprehensive insurance, it is not covered by insurance because it has been paid for. You can get some compensation only with liability insurance, but you can't get the treatment cost properly. In fact, in February, a car with a female passenger in her 50s was hit by a car in front of her, causing the woman to die. Although the rental car had comprehensive insurance, it was illegally operated, so this insurance could not be compensated at all.

The problem is that even a person with a history of sexual crime can be a knight. The car rental company makes it possible for anyone to do business if they know they can actually drive. An article that was actually a criminal offender, said, "It wasn't easy to find a job, but the company didn't even ask for a criminal background, so I was able to work through a network." In fact, three years ago, the Gyeonggi South District Police Agency cracked down on the call, and four knights had alleged sex crimes, and one of them was found to be a convict of child sex crimes.

● Like a taxi company,'pay money'… "I can't understand the actual situation"

This is because there is no special recruitment condition because each article is money for the company. Illegal car rental companies operate like taxi companies. The driver receives the nominal money. If the driver brings a rental car or leases, he receives an average of 700,000 won each month. This is a condition for connecting passengers. When the company delivers the rented car to the driver, it costs 700,000 won in addition to the rental cost. However, at this time, the rented person and the actual driver are different, so comprehensive insurance as well as liability insurance are not handled. This means that if you have an accident, you cannot get any compensation.

Gwangju City Hall, Gyeonggi-do, which has the authority to crack down, was unable to figure out how many such companies are located and which people are holding the steering wheel. An official of the city hall said, "It is difficult to understand in the city hall because the rental car company is usually operated as a surrogate driving company that can be operated by simply filing a business registration with the National Tax Service." He added, "It is true that there is a limit to the crackdown because we have to detect the actual exchange of money." In case of an accident, the insurance is not covered, and a dangerous situation that a person with a history of sexual crime might have caught the steering wheel has been in the blind spot for 30 years.

● 427 taxis… The solution?

Officials say that the illegal driving of car rentals is basically due to the lack of taxis. Actually, Gwangju, Gyeonggi, has a population of 390,000, but taxis are only 427, including individuals and corporations. An official of the city hall complained, "In the case of Guri city with a population of 200,000, there are about 900 taxis, but the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which controls the number of taxis across the country, does not allow the increase." The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “In the case of Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, the neighboring Hanam city is set as a common zone, and the total number of taxis is set.

It's true that taxi cabs have different interests. Corporate taxis welcome the increase because taxis increase the number of taxis, but private taxis oppose the decline in profits. This means that there is a conflict of interest within the same taxi industry. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently reportedly sent taxis to local governments across the country through the fourth cab total system, but it is said that there was a limit to increasing taxis in Gwangju because of this mixed understanding. An official from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “I will consider introducing a system that reflects the situation of each region, such as a “100-won taxi” supported by the local government instead of a taxi increase.”

However, it is too irresponsible to let the call-run business run so far that the authorities cannot even figure it out. This is because the situation is like a time bomb that doesn't know when an accident will happen. If it is difficult to increase the number of taxis right away, you must urgently come up with a solution to prevent illegal rental cars. In fact, industry officials say that not only Gwangju, but also in Siheung, Ansan, and Dongtan, as well as other regions other than Gyeonggi-do, calls are common. It is said that Gwangju alone has about three times as many call-run business cars as taxis. It has been rooted for over 30 years, so it is too late to think about long-term solutions. The investigation and crackdown on illegal car rentals should begin immediately.

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