Rival Tuk-Tuk Drivers Are Intimidating PickMe and Uber Drivers — Should That Be Tolerated?

Over the past year, PickMe and Uber drivers have reported being blocked, threatened, or assaulted by local three-wheeler drivers in tourist hotspots like Ella, Sigiriya and Weligama, simply for picking up fares at app rates instead of the higher cash prices some tuk-tuks charge visitors. PickMe has publicly asked police for equal protection, and officials have admitted enforcement has been weak, but little has visibly changed on the ground. One side says the apps are undercutting livelihoods that over a million three-wheeler families depend on, and traditional drivers deserve some protection from big platforms eating into their turf. The other side says no business grievance justifies blocking roads or threatening a driver for using a legal app, and that this kind of intimidation scares off the very tourists the whole industry needs. Have you driven on a meter, on an app, or just as a regular tuk-tuk in a tourist area? Is the income gap between app and street fares really big enough to explain the anger, or is something else going on? ඔබේ අදහස මොකක්ද — ඇප් එක ජීවිකාව විනාශ කරනවද, නැත්නම් බලහත්කාරයෙන් තරගය නැවැත්වීම වැරදිද?