Smart phone like it or not is the trend of today and tomorrow,
and samsung had taken over Nokia as the world best seller, it
will become a norm in our life, however, I hv to agree that it
can be a hazard while on the road, today many vehicles at traffic
light need to honk at them to move when it turns green, cos
most are looking at their smart phones or pads./tabs.
The usage therefore hv to take account into many areas,
previously you can see look at a short message or miss call, today,
peoples stare at smart phone for a long period, cos the information
are more and interesting.
As for TD, it is definitely good for on call, type the road and
search, then hit the direction, you just move on, no need flip
directories or much thinking, but you hv to do it at a stationary
condition with double signal on, and the time needed the most is 2
minutes. Street pick up can also come out with just a condo or
landmark names which even the most experience driver also do not
know exactly where, what you can do is stop, do not on the meter,
tell them nicely that you need to check your GPS, most do not mind,
unless some really in a hurry, then ask them to take another taxi,
better to let go then to lost in a concrete jungle and get F
until no mood to drive. Once you located the place, on the meter
and move on. Some paxs are damn irritating, that goes to all
customers in all trade, but as long as you remain cool and steady,
they may end up respecting you. I alway tell pax when they insist
that i should know the road as the taxi driver, then a teacher
should know all the subject, and a chef should know how to cook
everything, moreover the landscape of singapore changes so
fast.
At the journey, you reach the house, you can tell the pax, the
we both learned, I learned the place, the condo names, the pax
learned the road of his/her house.
