Taxi company not acting in your favour for accident case

bowah SG

I got more incidents, during the 80s and 90s, when taxi are king, where got such things as pay excess one, you hit taxi only, you jialat liao, that time not only companies help you, secret society also involve one,...now, knn…even posting can get audited and cut…lols,

Now, once accident only…all finger pointing at taxi driver.. I bet you would had heard street people seeing an accident involving taxis, before even investigation, they would said “Knn, must the farking taxi driver again, anyhow drive….”

Alvin87a SG

Taxi Company will not act for you. You have to help yourself. Your case was in 2015. A bit too late to fight now. Let me give you my own case.

I was at a cross junction turning right. The right turn green arrow was in my favour. As I was turning, the other car going straight in the opposite direction beat the red light and bang into me. I did not have any video footage as the bloody Sonata camera did not work. The old cameras will fail when there is an impact. I tested it myself when I took the camera out. Shake the camera a bit and the video recording stopped.

Without video evidence, I was 100% liable as I was the turning vehicle. I had to pay $2,000 to Comfort. What I did immediately was to get the video footage from LTA and make a police report. They have the j-eyes or junction cameras. I had to write to LTA and called them as well. Luckily, they had the footage of the accident and said they will pass it to TP.

Then I had to call TP to make sure they get the footage from LTA. Chased TP everyday to make sure they handle my case promptly. I also went to GIA and paid to get the other party's accident report. True enough, the other party denied everything in his report.

It took TP almost six months to settle the case. In the end, they charged the other driver in court under Section 65(b) for inconsiderate driving. The culprit pleaded guilty and TP sent me a letter to inform me. Only then with that letter can I go back to Comfort to reclaim back my $2,000.

With that TP letter, Comfort won the case and claimed loss of income for me. Only recently after more than a year is my case fully settled.

In your case, you should have immediately requested for SMRT or SBS Transit for video footage as all MRT exits and drop offs has CCTV to deter illegal parking. Still you can ask for it, but a bit too late now.

GOOD experience sharing!

AMTD SG

Taxi Company will not act for you. You have to help yourself. Your case was in 2015. A bit too late to fight now. Let me give you my own case.

With that TP letter, Comfort won the case and claimed loss of income for me. Only recently after more than a year is my case fully settled.

It was my first ever accident and made many rookie mistakes. Naively, believed that the taxi company will fight my case with the witness letter which is why i allowed a long time to lapse without taking other action like seeking cctv footage.

Btw, recently i did call up SMRT to query about getting access to cctv footage but was given the answer that they won't give and that i have to make police report / TP report first and go thru that channel. Did not call up LTA though. In your case, was LTA willing to help without much resistance? Did u make police and TP reports first?

U r pobably right about all this being too late. We can only learn some lessons for the future.

Elginang SG

i think going through the proper channel is still the best option. :) Get police report, then seek the affected parties and so on.

Right to say, SMRT will just shoo your case away. Who are you to them? It can be any strangers who just call them 24/7 just to provide footages on accidents. They wont be so good to entertain you unless you go through proper procedures. :)

Elginang SG

nowadays business is shooo bad. Even my friends jump ship from taxi to uber / grab because of lower rental and apps.

Jasonlkl SG

Business poor and if suay suay still kena troublesome case sure very moody.

bowah SG

Now, you jump here or jump there also bad lah.

The Economy of the world is down, and Singapore, being a major exporting country that is exposed to it, will be more down.

It is tightening belt time, and this will go on for years as our economy shift to suit, low demand and weak grow will become a norm in Singapore, gone are the years of double digits growth.

So just be realistic, if you think driving taxis is still viable only less 20% income, and you are able to hold on to it, carry on, because if you jump to PHV, it will be the same, or even worst.

Petabera SG

Yes taxi companies are not doing any type of help in these cases, they are only interested in collecting ur rental. You have to take care of your self and others. So be careful while driving.

peterpan212 SG

Now, you jump here or jump there also bad lah.

The Economy of the world is down, and Singapore, being a major exporting country that is exposed to it, will be more down.

It is tightening belt time, and this will go on for years as our economy shift to suit, low demand and weak grow will become a norm in Singapore, gone are the years of double digits growth.

So just be realistic, if you think driving taxis is still viable only less 20% income, and you are able to hold on to it, carry on, because if you jump to PHV, it will be the same, or even worst.

Phv is suitable for retiree or driver with low target as the rental is much lower and driver can does less trip per day to meet target.

peterpan212 SG

Yes taxi companies are not doing any type of help in these cases, they are only interested in collecting ur rental. You have to take care of your self and others. So be careful while driving.

Why do they need to do more? Quick quick case close. Go tea break.

bowah SG

Phv is suitable for retiree or driver with low target as the rental is much lower and driver can does less trip per day to meet target.

Bros, without incentive, who would want to drive for PHV, remember that the fare still need 20% cut and every call 50cts gone, and during high demand when it surge, you think you can get job so easily, many UG are waiting too, not only you, and pax will turn to taxis.

Jasonlkl SG

For grabtaxi, does tds need to follow assigned gps route?

Last time i hearsay to register with uber or grab need android phone? Iphone cannot?

Taxilim88 SG

Now IOS can liao.. latest for premier taxis.

Jasonlkl SG

Now IOS can liao.. latest for premier taxis.

Noted thanks! Any idea must grab tds follow assigned gps routes?

bowah SG

Following GPS is a stress in driving, it is better to learn the roads, get use to it and make your driving less stressful and easy, otherwise, very easily get tired and accident.

GPS is not create for navigation, it is created FOR POSITIONING!! understand bo

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