[quote]Originally posted by boy20:
Thank ALN & Poolman for your reply
But, there is something which I don't understand is that both of
you have wrote that [b]the driver
will definitely earn less if he takes more time for same trip and
it will make a massive difference for that particualr
cabby
How come?? In what way they will earn less???
Then ALN also wrote when
there is a jam, the pax pays more and the driver
earns less for the day. Will the driver
earn less when there is a jam because the pax will have to pay more
when there is a jam and therefore the driver will earn more.
I think i shall clear your doubts. A taxi fare is charged by the
distance , not speed or time , you can take a cab from Changi
Airport to Tuas , one driver can travel at 160km/h and another can
travel at 60/70 km/h , in the end when you reach your destination ,
your price is going to be the same , taxi fares are charged by its
distance , not speeed , if speed that means every taxi driver will
drive at 40km/h to earn more money!
When the driver travels slowly , he will earn less as he is wasting
his time , for example , a passenger is now waiting for cab at the
destination where you're alighting , then there are 2 taxis , A and
B , taxi B travels faster then Taxi A , obviously taxi B will
overtake Taxi A and got the passenger. This is why if a taxi driver
is travelling slowly , not only he is wasting his time , but he is
earning less , in the above example , if Taxi A will to travel
faster than B , he would have got that passenger and definitely he
is going to earn more.
I've taken cab from Toa Payoh to Choa Chu Kang t least 4 times ,
there was once , good weather , travelled via Bt Panjang , BKE ,
PIE , he drive fast , reach there $10. Then when i come back , it
was raining , the driver took the same route but drove slower as
its raining the roads is slippery , reach home also $10. So most of
the time itg is the distance that matters , although traffic jam
may make the passenger pay more , as when there is traffic jam ,
the vehicle is stopped & every 25s of waiting time cost $0.10.
So surely traffic jam you pay more , other then that , speed
doesn't matters.
