Any Complain about Singapore taxis? Part II

last SG · 2007-10-13T10:13:10+00:00

my 1st brother is a pilot with SIA. he takes the cab home(in tampines) & has encountered too many pretty unpleasant attitudes from taxi drivers here. s...

SBS3688Y SG

today i was waiting at a taxi stand in Shenton Way at abt 4pm to travel to Upp Sgoon. a taxi came by and the driver asked me where I was going. after telling him my destination, he paused a while and said ok.

in the taxi, i pretended and asked him if he was changing shift. he said its not and he will turn down requests to go to faraway places like Jurong.

how can this taxi driver behave like that? still wanna choose customer?

I also heard of taxi drivers' face turning black when pax from Changi Airport wants to go to nearby places only like Pasir Ris. How to give tourists a good impression of Spore? Twisted Evil

Poolman SG

Do u know why Shangri-La & Ritz Carlton service so bloody good ? Cos their room is about $300 a day .

U go Hotel 81 , do u expect Ritz Carlton type of service ?

I am not saying yours particular case , just the taxi pricing in Spore .

I also believe , taxi fare too low to deserve absolute service , limited yes .

bluenuts SG

Did you encounter this kinda situation often??
If not, quit complaining!

chrisp SG

I think it is important to highlight such behaviors.
Don't have to wait for it to happen to us several times before bringing it up.
Anybody knows whether there is any organization focused on improving taxi driver's professionalism?

swee_heng SG

[quote]Originally posted by SBS3688Y:
[b]today i was waiting at a taxi stand in Shenton Way at abt 4pm to travel to Upp Sgoon. a taxi came by and the driver asked me where I was going. after telling him my destination, he paused a while and said ok.

in the taxi, i pretended and asked him if he was changing shift. he said its not and he will turn down requests to go to faraway places like Jurong.

how can this taxi driver behave like that? still wanna choose customer?

For your scenario , maybe the driver has something on or changing shift? He may not need to tell you that he is changing shift , judging from what he says you should know. Or maybe there is a heavy jam in the west at that time & thats why he rejects it.

chrisp SG

Anyone knows the official time for shift change?
Is it the same for all taxi companies?

sunnytv SG

Change shift is just excuse for surcharge of $2 during peak hours. Some even turn to change shift sign when approach you. After 4 pm. it very difficult to get taxi. Some even turn to other side of lane when approaching and drove past, whereby there is no customer in it and no change shift sign. After 4 pm, you will see less taxi but more passengers waiting for taxis.

Devil_World SG

Its verri common which i also encounter b4 . So when each of you start goin in front of each other, you n him/her may end up in another estate Mr. Green

SBS3688Y SG

i find it rather difficult to wait for a taxi these days from the CBD during evening peak and even afternoon. dunno why.

ALN SG

i find it rather difficult to wait for a taxi these days from the CBD during evening peak and even afternoon. dunno why.

maybe due to last min festive shopping rush.... if i spend few hundred dollars buying goodies, what is another $15 taxi?

worse if you are just outside CBD.... esp scotts road 8pm to 11pm ... sometimes i see the pple waiting so long i also pity them...i will pick them if i drop someone off exactly at same spot

BaoBei92 SG

Maybe, one word can fit to all these irrespondsible uncles.

"Uncivilised". :)

BaoBei92 SG

i find it rather difficult to wait for a taxi these days from the CBD during evening peak and even afternoon. dunno why.

Simple, I see those uncles roaming around in the neighbourhood instead of town areas! :D.

I don't understand why but that's the case, especially whenever my school ends, I can always see empty cabs around my school entrance.

ALN SG

Maybe, one word can fit to all these irrespondsible uncles.

"Uncivilised". :)

we are far from uncivilised... we are making a business decision here.. and fares are not set by us. we merely adjust and respond to it...

naive to think that cabbies are uncivilised... just like everyone else, we have families to feed and to give them the best in life through honest means....

if you are running a business, would you not service more to those who pay you more??? Or would you rather earn less and let your family eat less

Rihhana taylor SG

how does the peak period and midnight surcharge work now? as long as my journey extends into the peak period, 35% is charged on the fare from when the peak period starts? or on the whole fare?

thanks!

ALN SG

helo, peak period 5pm to 8pm and 7am to 930am… 35% of fare during these duration. e.g. if you board before 5pm, the 35% surcharge is only imposed on the fare incurred from 5pm till end of your journey, not whole fare… booking fee or CBD surcharge are not subject to 35% surcharge…hope this clears

pigsticker SG

what's the fastest way from amk central to marine parade? just to confirm that i'm right and the taxi driver was wrong... basically he just followed the bus route....

ALN SG

shortest and most direct - should be amk ave3, houg ave 3 all the way to still road then marine parade.

fastest? CTE PIE exit eunos. But I like CTE PIE KPE ECP exit marine parade or marine vista - shiok.

Up to you to tell cabby loh.

casper09 SG

I had called for a taxi via Tamah Jurong Service Centre. I had allocated a Premier Silvercab taxi (SHB8098K). I took it with a colleague from 2 Pioneer Crescent to Jurong West on 22 April at 2030h.

The cabby was not driving in his own lane, swerving right and left from time to time. As I was sitting behind the cabby, I could not see what he was drinking and he kept burping. I had checked with my colleague yesterday about this. He was drinking BEER! According to her, he was reek of alcohol. (I didn't smell it as my nose was not sensitive.)

This is ridiculous!
Imagine the responsibility of a taxi driver and the dangers of drink-driving which Singapore Traffic Police had been focusing on islandwide!
Imagine the hazards and dangers or even the life of someone out there if an accident happened!
And here I was taking a taxi whose driver was drinking while ON DUTY!!

BangHong SG

lol casper09 :D

m0use SG

i shared a silver cab with my friend ytd and the first destination was my place then my friend's place. we went in to the cab and told the uncle of the 2 destinations and in the end, he overshot and had to make a detour back. my friend told me that the uncle was very angry after i've alighted and asked her why i kept quiet when he passed by, caused him to make a detour and his job is just to drive not remembering the exact places. he even used very rude comparison like "you expect me to send you upstairs? you expect me to wipe your butt after you've shitted?"

i mean he was very very rude to say that because in the first place he didn't even say that he did not know the road well. if he had said that, we would have kept an extra lookout and guided him along. since he did not say anything, we thought he knew his way there and so my friend and i just chatted happily away. if passengers' job is to guide the driver and the driver's job is just to drive and not recognising the place, why would we spend the money to take a cab when we apparently did because we want to relax on our journey home?

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