撰写On August 14, Didi announced the new rules for minors to ride the car, planning to allow minors over the age of 16 to ride alone with conditions, and publicly solicited opinions from the public. On February 27 this year, Didi launched a survey on "Can minors ride alone in online car-hailing", which caused heated debate among netizens. As of 12:00 on March 3, more than 680,000 people had voted and discussed, of which 56% of netizens and more than 380,000 voted in favor. If you are a parent, will you let minors ride alone in online car-hailing?
Didi formulates new regulations for minors to ride in cars
Plan to launch the "Minor Protection Plan"
According to the new rules for minors riding announced by Didi Chuxing: Didi plans to conditionally allow minors over the age of 16 to ride alone in online car-hailing, and at the same time give special protection through a special "minor protection plan"; while for minors under the age of 16, the platform still does not support riding alone, and must be accompanied by an adult. Zijinshan reporter noticed that the "minor protection plan" refers to users who leave real-name information on the platform. As long as they are over 16 years old and under 18 years old, passengers must set up emergency contacts before they can ride alone, so that the relatives and friends of the passengers can pay attention to the travel situation together with the platform and give necessary help at any time. In addition, the platform will also match passengers with drivers with higher service ratings, enhance safety reminders and guidance for passengers, and strengthen monitoring and intervention for abnormal stops and route deviations.
It is understood that the new rules will be announced to the public for 7 days, during the publicity period (August 14-August 20). Passengers, drivers and the public can give comments and suggestions on the new version of the rules through Didi Chuxing’s official Weibo and WeChat.
What is the current situation?
Parents can help their children call a car for them
The reporter opened the Didi Chuxing APP and found that there is a reminder link "minors need to be accompanied by guardians" in the software. However, in practical applications, the reporter investigated and found that Didi’s online car-hailing APP can achieve "ride-hailing function", that is, help children call a car on their behalf.
"Because it is the summer vacation, the situation of car-hailing has increased," the customer service of Didi said. "Although the" car-hailing function "can help the issuer pay close attention to the itinerary of the passengers, parents are requested to improve their safety awareness and their children’s safety awareness, and accompany their children to ride together."
Can minors ride alone in online car-hailing?
What do the citizens think?
There is a view that some minors have the need to travel alone; another view is that minors have weak awareness of prevention and should not take online car-hailing alone. The reporter interviewed some citizens randomly to address this issue.
"I won’t let my child ride on the ride-hailing platform alone because the supervision of these ride-hailing platforms is not very good," said Sun Wei, a citizen with children in the third grade of elementary school. "If there is something wrong with the child during the ride, there may be no one who can take responsibility."
Mr. Qian, an online ride-hailing driver, told reporters, "Many times I have received orders from parents, but the actual pick-up and drop-off is minors who ride alone, mainly children aged 12 or 13. I think it is better for minors to travel with their parents, because safety responsibilities are not only reflected in the ride process." "I still agree with this approach. 16-year-olds understand a lot, and if the age is lowered, it is not suitable. I think it will be more dangerous if you don’t let them take online ride-hailing. Some people can’t go home at night. If you don’t have a taxi, you can’t take an online ride-hailing car, so you can only go to a black car. In comparison, online ride-hailing is more secure." Ms. Li, 41, who works in the education industry, told reporters.
Reminder, age separation arrangements should be made for minors to ride
Our country has clear norms on the capacity of minors for civil conduct: people over the age of 18 are people with full capacity for civil conduct, and those over the age of 16 who use their own labor as their main source of income can also be regarded as people with full capacity for civil conduct. Those over the age of 8 to the age of 18 are people with limited capacity for civil conduct, and engage in suitable civil conduct activities according to their intellectual conditions. Those under the age of 8 are people without capacity for civil conduct.
"It is unreasonable to completely prohibit minors from riding online car-hailing alone, and it can be distinguished from the age group. For children under the age of 8, few parents will let them ride alone, which is not controversial. From 8 to 18 years old, it can be appropriately released according to the age group." Lawyer Xu Chao of Jiangsu Li Anxiang Law Firm believes that as parents, they should raise awareness of the protection of minors. Dangers cannot be eliminated. Recognizing the risk of children taking a taxi independently, they should not push the guardianship of children to the society. "Of course, online car-hailing platforms should also regulate from aspects such as appointment reminders." (Zijinshan/Jinling Evening News reporter, Zhu Jiawei)