GPRTU Orders Drivers to Drive in Reverse Until Fares Return to Old Prices

The GPRTU has ordered drivers who introduced unauthorised fare increases to reverse them after commuters complained about higher charges despite the suspension of a planned 30 per cent hike. Offending drivers must therefore drive in reverse until every fare returns to the amount passengers were paying before the increase.

At each terminal, vehicles will begin by reversing out, while mates call destinations backwards and refund the difference one coin at a time. Drivers must continue past the junction where the new fare began, reverse through Monday’s first complaint and stop only when the conductor can no longer remember charging the extra amount. Vehicles with broken reverse gears will remain parked because they have no approved method of reducing prices.

GPRTU says branch executives will monitor routes and sanction drivers who fail to revert to the agreed fares. The new enforcement system makes transport economics a matter of direction: moving forward increases the fare, while reversing restores affordability. Once the old price reappears, drivers may select a forward gear again. Passengers should first check that the fare, the vehicle and everyone inside it have returned from the increase.

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