The check and balance goes in way of if a taxi companies can
show 3 months of 250km per day on the road for their cabs, LTA will
not keep knocking on their doors, and Cdg had proven themselves to
be able to follow the regulation consistently, therefore, Cdg
drivers are not call or reminded about the 250km.
When i mentioned that 250km is the taxi companies responsibility
to follow, it imply a whole fleet of their taxis total mileage per
month divided by nos of taxis they have - all down time at service
centres. This is what LTA is looking for, no the TD, but, as usual,
taxis companies will push it down the throat of TD, especially
those that cannot make it, or borderline cases.
As someone said, taxis companies are more interested in rental,
how far you drive or dun drive is not an issue to them. But now
with the LTA moving in on their turf, companies have no choice. And
LTA is not going to be patience too long, SMART is one example that
they took action, and when the whip is whipped, the 6 others need
to be on their toes.
And please remember, 250km is the minimum, as time goes on, it
will go up to 300km and maybe 350km.
