Although I don't
condemn the whole lot of taxi drivers out there when there is still
some good ones. Personally I think they are the worst drivers in
Singapore. As a road user, how often have u seen taxi drivers
stopping abruptly in front of u, suddenly cutting into your lane
just because there is somebody flagging for a taxi, causing u to
slam hard on your brakes to avoid a collision behind. Purposely
accelerating hard or driving very closely to the vehicle in front
to prevent u from filtering in, flash high beams or show u the
finger when they drive by, etc are just some of their problematic
attitude.
Personally, I think they love people to crash into their rear.
So they don’t give a damn whether they make sudden turns or sudden
stops. Speaking of lost income, they are more than happy to file
claims against your insurance. Adding in their lost of income and
repair costs, which will usually come up to a huge sum of money.
While they stay at home and happily shake their legs when they send
in their vehicles in for repair. Not only are they endangering the
lives of other road users especially motorcyclists, they are a pest
to other road users as well.
I
understand they have a family to feed, abide increasing rental and
fuel costs, but that does not give them a reason to drive so
recklessly. We all work for a living and dealing with stress are
part and parcel of life. I just hope that taxi companies can really
take serious action against those errant taxi drivers who think
they are the kings of the road. I’m one of those road user pissed
off by most attitude problematic taxi drivers too but nevertheless,
ran into some pretty good ones too
