dangerous driving by taxis

kentheman SG

has anyone actually counted how many “ok” did the penis guy typed out in his earlier posT?

wuming78 SG

i think its hard to help it.

i do try to notice cabs which are driven very "nicely" but alas, they are outnumbered by the cabs which zip around traffic, either go too slow or tailgate, change lanes without indicator lights, etc...

there is no denying that other vehicles on the road perform just as bad too, and that is how we also like to generalise that merz are horrible, women drivers are horrible, etc.

cabs, being so prominent on the roads, and with so many of them, tend to attract the most attention. and of course, human beings tend to remember the bad things more than the good.

i think as fellow road users and passengers, we should encourage good driving by cabbies by rewarding it, by praising specific examples or reminding cabbies to drive safely, sending letters to cab companies and papers when cabbies drive well, instead of only complaining. cab companies could also reward such drivers too.

it is a tough balancing act, added with the complex prisoners' dilemma. but for the sake of everyone's safety and sanity, let's all contribute to making our roads and public transport safer!

seancannot SG

I share your sentiment exactly and agree with you fully.. infact this is what I have alway want to express here. But you have done it already. Nice Work ! Wuming. If you pay attention for every 10 cars on the road , there will be at least 2 cabs.

infact there are a lot of typical car drivers out there whom are also not much better than the cabby. This evening while driving home i met two, There was this corrolla , overtook me at high speed abruptly and cut into my lane than suddenly left turn into a car park . i have to jam brake.... dun understand what he was trying to do.... in a hurry also cannot like that what!>Hopefully these pple are the exception than the norm.

LittleTiger SG

"i_am_a_penis"
i think what he says is correct but his wording is a bit to....

okie.... let make things more simple...... how long to wait for taxi on peak hours or weekends? or even oncall? 10 minutes or 30minutes.......
this tells us what?........ yeap... the taxi si getting more and more any the taxi so call claim more competition for their rice bowl.... but why i dont see taxis or hard to get taxis on peak hours?
bCos the taxis no. is not enough. Although taxis no. has increased but.... let not forget the population are increased as well.... and more and more ppl are getting lazy....(due to personal reason.... like too much stuff to carry) and take cab.....

I think few yrs back where although there are less taxi but we can hail or oncall taxis faster... right?
So this sometimes makes ppl wonder is the amount of taxis enough?

Some taxi are arrogant..... and they are not stressed.... they just bo liao and likes to play....... please dont play with your rice bowl....
Lots of time they just love to sprint after the traffic light turn green.... they slow down. Xiao... who is playing with you..... we dont bother cos after tired working wanted to get home or in rush to work.....

Still the same words.... big cars in spore and taxis are quite arrogant.... merc taxis is even super duper arrogant....
i would say.... 50% of taxis(cedric or crown) are yaya type and 90% of merc taxis are super yaya type.

seancannot SG

I have to agree with you to a certain extent... but I think they are yaya to the fellow cabby not passenger ... I have sat in a few Merc Cab b 4, I only find them very boastful... say they make 6k or 8 k a month... had been a cabby myself know that is not possible.. if really so good everyone be a cabby y get a degree!

IMO, most cabby are depressed not yaya. what is there to be yaya when you only make peanuts everyday.. I spoken to some while waiting at taxi Queue (i waited for 2 hours in airport b 4) .. most lament their income has dropped .. most newbie are retrenched workers also.(like myself) . these newbie usaully make a lost in their business cos they do not know the way and alway lost ... end up have to give their fare a discount.. It is not uncommon for them to make less than $20 per day after 10 hours of driving... most of them quit after they found out this Taxi business model do not work or get into accident.

IMO , the garment should lower the fare of Cab so more pple will take cab.. but of course they have to lower the diesel tax from $7000 to $700 maybe. If the garment want to encourage more retrench pple to take up taxi driving to lower the unemployed rate, but I know this is not possible cos think about the white elephant our scholar goverment officer have built LRT, NEL which are loosing $$$ everyday.. so they are forcing pple to use them also

I would say most cabby take up driving not becos of interest or by choice. It is becos they cant find other job. They would glady accept job if it pay is around $1000 than continue working in this ardous system.

Anyway...I have twice been driven in the latest W211 CDI Mercz Cab and must say thoroughly impress with the refinement and performance... damn shiok!!!

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