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From the day before (the 3rd), when you catch a taxi after 10 pm, the call fee has risen up to 5,000 won.
Reporter Han Sang-woo looked back on the effect on the first day, which is to increase the number of late-night taxi operations by making taxi drivers earn more money.
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It was past 10 pm at Gangnam Station in Seoul.
There are a lot of people who want to catch a taxi, but they are not easily caught.
[Hyung-Woon Yoon/Seongbuk-gu, Seoul: There are still a lot of refusal to ride, and they don't even pick up empty cars passing by now.]
There are quite a few responses that it would be nice to take a taxi even if you pay more to call.
[Hyungwoon Yoon / Seongbuk-gu, Seoul: (Price) It doesn’t matter.
You have to go home.
I have to go to work tomorrow.]
In particular, there were many cases where the dispatch was not possible to the nearest place, but after paying a call fee of 5,000 won, it was dispatched to Nonhyeon-dong, which is about 2 kilometers away.
[Taxi passenger: I was caught for 10,000 won.
It's important to go home first.]
After midnight, even near Hongdae, Seoul, I was able to catch a taxi by paying a calling fee.
[Jin Hye-joo / Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul: This is my third attempt.
It was caught a little earlier than usual.
They were caught very early.]
The calling fee increases as the number of people and time increases, and the driver deposits up to 90% of it right away.
If this calling fee is received, the driver cannot see the destination in advance, and a forced dispatch is made.
[Taxi Driver: Even though it's short, the destination doesn't appear.
it's going
must.
(Still) Because the call rate has gone up.
It 'd be better.]
Drivers will only pick up customers who pay the toll, so it may be more difficult for regular passengers to get a taxi.
Also, from next month, the start time of the late-night surcharge will be extended to 10 o'clock, and the late-night basic rate will increase to 10,000 won.