The flag-down rate displayed on the inside of taxi doors is both
anachronistic and misleading.
Even the shortest taxi trip which does not pass through any
Electronic Road Pricing gantry will incur a fare of around $5.
After the cabby has added on any charges, the fare becomes about
$10, and sometimes, higher.
Hail a taxi along Mount Elizabeth Road to go to the ebarby
Tanglin Club - via Cairnhill and Scotts roads - and the meter will
show $4.40, but with the ad-ons, the cabby is looking for $10.
Spend 80 cents on a newspaper at 7-Eleven and you get a receipt
without asking. With taxi fares in the region of $10, why do
commuters not get a receipt detailing the mysterious add-ons which,
like the fuel surcharge by airlines, more than double the metered
fare?
Must we protest at Speaker's Corner to get taxi operators to be
more transparent with the fares they charge?
The above was extracted from the TODAY newspaper (Friday,
12/9/2008)
