why? so many a day

Ssirajjj SG

a taxi driver drives 300 km to 500 km per 12 hr shift per driver ,compared to 20 to 30 km for a private vehicle so 1 taxi driver equals to 10 private veh. drivers ,so 20000taxis x 10 is 200000taxis on the road . does anyone imagine it this way if u want to blame a taxi just imagine u driving to kuala lumpur everyday is about the same mileage .

βέτά SG

It's not the long hours, it's the recklessness, because taxi drivers drive fast during peak hours so that they can get more pax turnover to earn more money.

If you keep the required distance, signal when required, stop on red light (not speed up on amber light), don't overtake recklessly. I am sure the accident figures will drop.

1 private vehicle = 1 taxi?

You think private vehicle owners only use their cars 1.2 hour a day?

You think you drive the full 12 hour shift?

bowah SG

Yes agreed, when you want to said something like this, you need to do a empirical study, for example, take private car drivers to do a taxi kind of timing of 12 hrs driving per day, go for a month or a week, then let see how is it?? By just taking taxi driving alone is unfair to us, tho I am a taxi driver, I would said that there are reckless driver everywhere. To pin point us is unfair.

βέτά SG

But I have also seen a minority of good taxi drivers on the road, they give way and don't drive recklessly like the rest.

We need more civil taxi drivers like these on the roads, not those money hungry taxi drivers trying each and every way to make an extra buck from commuters.

bowah SG

Same, we also need pax like you to appreciate good TD, and we also need more civil private car drivers who understand the life of TD on the road.

On a business/working point of view, everyone, from CEO to chickent stall sellers to workers etc etc are making the best out of a living, there are TDs who try just to get more of a few cents, and there are CEO will twist and turn just to earn a few millions.

bowah SG

And also there are workers trying to get more O/T just to put a better foods on the table, and there are also paxs trying to reduce the fare by complaining here and there, so that they can get discount and use it to buy other things.

Teolk SG

Well said bowah!

everybody will try to get the best return within the shortest time

why can't we? why must it always be us?

we pay rental & are independent business operator

we don't have bosses paying cpf & benefit for us

if sick we eat grass & wind still got to pay rental

so what's wrong with us trying to maximise our profit during our business day?

βέτά SG

Working OT or CEO trying to maximize his income is one thing and driving recklessly to maximize your income at the expense of other road users is another.

Unless you are talking about the CEO of the milk companies in China, they have been prosecuted under the full extent of the law.

Maximizing your income is fine so long as you don't jeopardize other road users safety.

Teolk SG

But I have also seen a minority of good taxi drivers on the road, they give way and don't drive recklessly like the rest.

We need more civil taxi drivers like these on the roads, not those money hungry taxi drivers trying each and every way to make an extra buck from commuters.

yes i agree with u some taxi drivers are really very reckless,just to earn that few more $$$ they perform dangerous stunts

hope these accidents photographs can be their wake up call!

Teolk SG

Maximizing your income is fine so long as you don't jeopardize other road users safety.

Yes i agree!

Sgm40 vps SG

HoeCheng: "Aiya! Look dear, Taxi driver accident again?"

SianLong: " Oh dear! I guessed he must had lost concentration and perhaps too tired."

HoeCheng: "Poor thing, taxi drivers working very hard to make a living in Singapore. Our taxi fare is one of the cheapest in the world, right?"

SianLong: "Yeah, no wonder they often speed up to make more trips and earn more $ for their family"

HoeCheng: "I think we shld do something for the taxi uncles now! I guessed we shld look into raising the fare for taxis.

SianLong: "Yes. I think it is timely!"

HoeCheng: "Yeah, they shld have a better life too. How about another 20% increase in fare? I think its fare."

SianLong: "Agree! I'll call Laymond tomorrow!"

HoeCheng: "Luv U dear. you are so kind"

Sgm40 vps SG

Muaaah!

kinwashi SG

A SALES executive, who got two friends to take the rap for his traffic offences, was jailed six months on Friday.

Charlie Lim Chau Lee, 51, was also fined $1,000 for running a traffic light in a separate incident.

After a tip-off, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau investigated and discovered that Lim had approached at least three fall guys.

One of them - Benny Sng Kwee Hock - was jailed 1 1/2 months by the same court on Friday for claiming to be driving Lim's car when it ran the red light along Lavender Street on Dec 28. Lim paid the $200 fine but Sng, 54, was docked the 12 demerit points.

Any motorist who got 24 points within two years will have his driving licence suspended for a year.

The prosecution had asked for a jail term of three months for Sng but Judge Low noted that the business consultant committed the offence out of friendship and not for financial gain.

Earlier that year, Lim had approached businessman Ding Chiang Kum, 52, to help him find someone to take the rap for a speeding offence for $100.

Lim Kim Hock agreed to do so but the 40-year-old cleaner backed out after finding out that it was illegal. Lim's friend Lim Ah Hwa, 39, is then said to have submitted her particulars to the police. She also paid the $150 fine with his money.

At a karaoke lounge in Chinatown the following month, she is believed to have received an additional $300. Her case will be heard on Oct 8 (10). Ding is claiming trial.

kinwashi SG

It's not the long hours, it's the recklessness, because taxi drivers drive fast during peak hours so that they can get more pax turnover to earn more money.

If you keep the required distance, signal when required, stop on red light (not speed up on amber light), don't overtake recklessly. I am sure the accident figures will drop.

1 private vehicle = 1 taxi?

You think private vehicle owners only use their cars 1.2 hour a day?

You think you drive the full 12 hour shift?

Why? this happen.

SBS bus crashes into bus stop

AN SBS bus crashed into a bus stop along Euno Link on Saturday, injuring 21 people.

A reader from citizen journalism website, Stomp, witnessed the bus ramming into the bus stop. Photos were also sent to the website.

Another reader also witnessed another accident at the cross junction between a taxi and a car.

It is not known if these two accidents were related.

A spokesperson from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) informed Stomp in an email that they were alerted to an incident involving a bus colliding into a bus stop at around 12:32pm.

Upon arrival, SCDF rescuers and paramedics attended to the 21 casualties. No one was trapped.

"15 adults and 6 children were conveyed to the Changi General Hospital and KK Children?s Hospital respectively for follow-up medical attention.

"1 of the adult victims sustained head injury. The other victims suffered injuries such as cuts and bruises," said SCDF.

kinwashi SG

A 16-year-old girl was knocked down by a SBS Transit bus service 63 on Wednesday morning along Circuit Road.

The Deyi Secondary School girl was pinned under the bus for a few minutes until a passer-by - Mr Lim Choon Guan - pulled the girl to safety.

Mr Lim was pushing his bicycle along the pavement nearby when he heard shouts coming from Circuit Road.

He rushed to the scene and saw the girl lying conscious under the bus.

He told The New Paper that the bus was still moving because the bus driver did not know he had hit someone until pedestrians gesticulated to him to stop.

bus555 SG

The first bus is SBS2786D

The 2nd one is SBS8074K

La2534 SG

This is getting no where.....

Ok let talk some facts here.

Much of the taxis are driven non-stop 24hrs/7days a week. The total mileage of a taxi can reach over 300k in less than 3 years. Most private car for the purpose of traveling in Singapore for work and leisure purposes will definitely take longer to clock the kind of mileage.

There are over 91k TDVL holders. About 25k taxis are available in Singapore. In another words, we can safely say there about at least 30k, in reserve estimation, of active TD on the road each day.

The accident stats as shown by the original poster (OP) mentioned that though taxis only occupy 3% of the total vehicle numbers in Singapore and we are involved in 14% of the accident. It is in no doubt that we TDs are in the high risk group.

I am quite sure that if there is a statistic on the number of hours and mileage clock by all 4 wheel saloon users compared to taxi usage, we will definitely overshot 3% in overal total usage. (maybe there is one such stats and I am not aware. If u know where to get it, post it)

However, are we dangerous? or to be more exact, are we dangerous drivers all the time? Seriously, if we are so dangerous all the time, you should see us dies like insect by the dozen each day. If u look at the fatality and injuries rate, it is the motorcyclist and pedestrians that occupy the high risk group.

The stats as provided by the OP is meant for the purpose of explaining the cost of insurance for taxis is heavy due to the high accident rate. It is not a measurement of saying or making judgement on whether TD are dangerous. (if u ask me what kind of driver is dangerous, I would say woman drivers lol).

On top of that, this guy seems to be related to the taxi hating blog.....so shall we do the usual?...just ignore him...................close the thread, Poolman. no point arguing with TD hater. Waste time.

MDT2410 SG

Wah you guys saw the news tonite..... the taxi ram into a shophouse at Geylang and kill 1 viet.... too tired or 2F2F....

Taxi driver also human, taxi driver also got family... which taxi driver wanna go out and risk their life for the few dollars..... taxi driver spend more time than the average private driver on the road.... so of course chances of suay suay is higher.... but not all the time accident involving taxi driver is their fault what....

Let them be lar those taxi hater..... we got more important thing to worry about.....

Insg SG

Just look at the statistics, one accident for every taxi per year, if that is the case with private cars, then it would be one accident for every private car per year.

Something you can't deny is, taxi drivers are indeed reckless.

Just read the first article, the statistics involved.

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point mentioned by earlier post.

Zweiz SG

Weird discussion here. Are statistics so hard to understand?

Driver A spends 20 hours on road and crashed 10 times.

Driver B spends 200 hours on road and crashed 50 times.

Statistics doesn't prove driver B is more reckless.

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