The drivers who provide taxi services and transport passengers on a distance shorter than 300 km should be obliged to have taximeters so as to check if they indeed cover the legally allowed distance and do not commit irregularities. The proposal was submitted in a meeting of the joint working group on the combating of illegal passenger and freight transportation over Moldova’s borders, IPN reports.

In a press release, the Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure says the meeting also discussed the situation of drivers with motor vehicles with up to nine seats who take passengers and parcels from Moldova abroad. Most of these drivers provide services without having certificates of compliance and this endangers the lives of passengers. Also, these do not pay taxes into the state budget.

It was proposed amending the Road Transport Code so that these motor vehicles are included in a special category and the drivers pay a common tax into the state budget. Some of the experts suggested that the passenger and freight transportation should be liberalized.