Harder to book a cab now

last SG · 2011-02-20T15:53:44+00:00

even if i drive taxi, if i am at changi village, i wouldnt go to CACC for customer leh. rather go back psr or tamp. so best choice is go there, relax, wait...

bowah SG

This morning a MD from some aerospace company asked if i can be his permanent contract driver, but he is not constant, only in singapore about 3 month per year, I told him to call taxi, he asked at airport can call taxi or not? I said you can book limo mah if you do not want to join the Q, he also claim that taking a taxi in singapore takes very long, sometime call also dun have, I said you paid more, both 1 hour in advance, sure get one. Then I asked him, how come you MD, you go street and wait for taxi? ask company to rent you a car lah..knn, what MD??

Poolman SG

How come so many NO SHOW ?

eg , 3 friends , waiting at One Fullerton .

All needs cabs home . But no taxi on sight .

One stay AMK , one stay Clementi , one stay Woodlands .

One call CDG , one call TransCab , one call Premier .

Which taxi come first , reached first gets the call to 3 locations .

So sometime TransCab NO Show , sometimes CDG , sometime Premier .

Part & Parcel of the job .

If cannot tahan no show , do't take any job , take ready-cooked type at taxi stand .

As i've said , play a smart game .

$2.50 booking or street paxes ? If street has got ready pax , take first ! Let go booking .

Unless street has got so high demand for taxis , and u are so sure won't kena hijack , then take .

If like street so quiet , sekali one call come "main road" , take for what ?

Poolman SG

ask company to rent you a car lah..knn, what MD??

don't know road and directions well , how to drive ?

Some our counterpart also don't know Singapore's road well , how u expect expats to know well ?

Do they need to know for just in S'pore for 1 year ?

No need la ....

Poolman SG

I had analyse those possibilties on why hard to call a cab now ?

Singapore , last few years , 3.5m people . Our taxi fleet only cater for 3.5m people .

Now 5.05m people , almost 30% increase in population , our taxi fleet cannot cope with another the access of 1.55m of population , whom ironically , if just 0.05% of the 1.55m people , take taxi at the same time from 10pm to 11pm , how to cope ?

Providing the original 3.5m dun take any cab at the same time as well .

I also dun think any radio call centre in the world can cope with that .

Any servers can cope with just 50,000 calls in one hour ? 5,000 also got problem .

Poolman SG

Cabbies to reject calls base on names destinations and location , is normal .

Back in year 2000 , we can reject and accept bookings base on circumstances , u cannot put a "must" to accept call at all time . And punish drivers for not following instructions .

One way to curb these problems , very effective way , is to raise the current booking rate and flag down again , an inevitable move .

A flag down to $4 , and bookings to nett $4 , might just do the tricks .

The rest of the fare policy remain , and we see how .

Poolman SG

if the authority don't do anything , and prepare to let them rot , we'll see lots of mushrooms in days to come , i swear to you , hahahahahah .

Poolman SG

Economy doing well , it's time to move on with a world class fare structure , stop living in the days of a developing country fare structure .

komade SG

Economy doing well , it's time to move on with a world class fare structure , stop living in the days of a developing country fare structure .

yah increase.......... :P

Poolman SG

I am a night shift driver , from 4pm - 12MN perspective , i thought the main problem came from 8pm to 12MN's slot ....

Other timing , i thought just doing fine .

Maybe due to 35% peak hour surcharge , commuters complaint at all ? Nope , they take a bus or MRT instead . They LL one , no choice . Taxi expensive .

Demands under control !

8pm , peak hour no more , back to $3 flag down , this is the time those cockroaches come out of the sewerage .

Why sekali demand for taxis goes up ?

Ion Orchards 7.50pm no human Q , 8pm , long human Q ....... Why ?

Cheap taxis ma .....

To take a cab from Wisma and Ion Orchards , $3 difference , another problem .

Solution ?

Peak hour 35% to extend to 12MN , all surcharge remains and we see how .

Will it works ?

U see problems from 5pm to 7.50pm ?

Poolman SG

The more commuters complaint , the better it is for us cabbies .

Leomanz SG

To take a cab from Wisma and Ion Orchards , $3 difference , another problem .

Solution ?

Peak hour 35% to extend to 12MN , all surcharge remains and we see how .

Will it works ?

U see problems from 5pm to 7.50pm ?

solution is have but STILL people will complaint.

Simple initiative .... Wisma & Ion ...... SURE i go wisma earn $3 more mah

I m FOR 35% peak hr extend 2 meynite :)

ALN SG

fare hike again?!

if fare hike, taxi companies sure increase rental…

in the end, taxi companies gain… cabbies same… pax suffer…

for wat?

ALN SG

if really fare hike hor…. ALN prefer to shake leg at home at least 2 weeks…

haha

Poolman SG

fare hike again?!

U think in Singapore only got Comfort ?

Rental hike , are they prepare to regroup and recruit another batch of drivers ?

No likely to have rental hike , now many on contract , they signed on the dotted lines with current rental , CDG want their drivers to sent them to court ? Like Prime ?

Poolman SG

If 35% too much to bear for the commuters , why not make a soft start @10% peak hour surcharge ?

If problem persist , up to15% ?

Still have got problems , up to 20% ?

There'll be sure a point where the market forces will slow down .

Prices cannot go on to create a bullish taxi market .

No way .

FT SG

Very funny, hard to book a cab but nowadays i still get alot of no show call or cancel half way when reaching...??? So who fault for all this Hard to book???

And for those who always can't book a cab pls ask yourself why...comfort will not tell u in your face you are blacklisted they will just tell u no cab around...they will give to those VIP first.

TaxiNoob SG

Very funny, hard to book a cab but nowadays i still get alot of no show call or cancel half way when reaching...??? So who fault for all this Hard to book???

And for those who always can't book a cab pls ask yourself why...comfort will not tell u in your face you are blacklisted they will just tell u no cab around...they will give to those VIP first.

Precisely... Hard to book a cab and yet want to "sabotage" a taxi driver when you managed to book one by jumping into another cab just to save the $2.50 / $3.50??

This is my experience last night that I posted in another forum. Thought I'll share here since it's relevant...

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Same case as yours, but not as lucky as you... Read on.

I was driving tonight night shift. Being a Sunday night, there are lesser cabs on the road and hence, more difficulty in getting taxi or calling for one.

I was cruising along Geylang Road and just passed Lorong 28 when Ping! call came in and pick up location is Shell Station along Guillemard Road. Normally, I don't take calls where pickup location is along the main road. But, it being a Sunday and no surcharges, taking calls is about the only way to increase our income. Hence, I pressed 3 min and proceeded to the pickup location. When I came to the end of Lorong 24, I already saw the couple across the road. I high-beamed them twice and the girl (whose name appeared on my MDT) pointed to her boyfriend that the cab they called for is just across the street.

I proceeded to turn into Guillemard Road and was waiting to do an U turn at the Lorong 28 junction when Pong! call cancellation came in.

#[email protected]%!!! They fxxxing asshole knew that I'm already in the vicinity and am proceeding to pick them up. Would they die from waiting another 30 secs max. Even with the additional 30 secs waiting, I'm still within the 3 mins that I pressed on the MDT. I proceeded to call the girl as I always make it a point to key the callers' number into my hp while proceeding to pick my call customers. As expected, the fxxxing biatch don't dare to pick up the phone. (By the way, YES! I do have my own list of assholes who called and cancelled their bookings.)

I understand that if I want to take bookings, must be able to tahan call cancellation. But, in this case, she already saw me and knew that I'm just max. 30 secs away from arriving and yet, she still proceed to take another cab. Why? Just to save the $2.50 call charge. fxxxing cheapo SXXXXXXXXXX!

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Poolman SG

Precisely... Hard to book a cab and yet want to "sabotage" a taxi driver when you managed to book one by jumping into another cab just to save the $2.50 / $3.50??

This is my experience last night that I posted in another forum. Thought I'll share here since it's relevant...

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Then ..... let them wait on the street lor ....... u mean u took them ?

Who lost if job cancelled ?

Their lost ma , on Sunday night leh ..... town so many calls .

TaxiNoob SG

I was so nearby mah and somemore, Geylang is my "playground" mah.... On Sunday, since no surcharge, I don't particularly cheong into town to work. Just Bedok and Geylang (and Joo Chiat) is more than enough to keep me busy.

Different style bah...

komade SG

Different style bah...

Main rd calls dun take let them rot........

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