Carpooling is now illegal! Fines of up to Rs 10,000 issued: Details - Times of India

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/auto/news/carpooling-is-now-illegal-fines-of-up-to-rs-10000-issued-details-car-pool-bengaluru-bangalore-news/articleshow/104041793.cms

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8 Comments

M500@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y

This is pretty dumb. It’s another instance of how the spirit of the law is ignored to benefit companies.

fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y

Why use carpooling to reduce traffic, when you can contribute to the traffic by using taxis, instead?

wahming@monyet.cc · 3 pts · 2y

Anybody who thinks Uber is 'carpooling' is 20 years out of touch.

boo@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 2y

How do they even catch this? Could be just dropping friends.

aragon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Based on the article, it seems to be targetted at apps. But I wont be surprised if enterprising policemen decide to check a bunch of cars with more than one person to get a quick bribe.

boo@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)
aragon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's still stupid but less than what I originally thought

boo@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y

My understanding is that was never legal, just that its blown up now.