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  • Condo Resident Cheats Taxi Driver Of Fare, Threatens To Lodge Complain With Taxi Company

    Condo Resident Cheats Taxi Driver Of Fare, Threatens To Lodge Complain With Taxi Company

    All taxi drivers. Please beware of this lady.

    She took taxi from Clifford center to a condo in Tanjong Rhu and left without paying the fare. She complained that the driver took long route and want to lodge a complain and refuse to pay and tried to run away.

    The driver asked the security guard at the condo about her and he said she does not stay there.

    Checked with the taxi company and the reply was no complain was lodged and obviously she is trying to take a free ride. Tried to make a police report and the police said they cannot do anything about it unless she repeats many times.

    There is nothing that can be done so just want to make this post to warn other taxi fellows and also shame her. It’s sad that there are such people taking advantage of others.

     

    Source: David Phang

  • LTA Investigating Deaths From Sudden Acceleration Of Hyundai Cabs

    LTA Investigating Deaths From Sudden Acceleration Of Hyundai Cabs

    Madam Poh Ah Gin, 78, was killed by a reversing Comfort taxi. The woman, who had been collecting cardboard to recycle, was hit twice.

    Reports noted that the Hyundai Sonata was reversing into a parking lot when the vehicle suddenly rolled backwards, mounted the kerb and hit Madam Poh.

    Mr Lim Kah Kong, 35, a tow truck driver, told The Straits Times Online that he shouted at the taxi driver to stop when he saw that Madam Poh had been hit.

    “But his car continued to lunge back and forth, and he hit her again,” he said.

    The cabby’s son, known only as Sam, said his father was an experienced driver with no past traffic offences.

    “He repeatedly told me that there was something wrong with the cab,” he said. “But there’s nothing we can do about it now.”

    MARCH 17, 2016

    A Comfort cab caused a chain collision at Block 702, Bedok Reservoir Road.

    The cab was trying to reverse into a parking lot when it surged forward instead, hitting a red car.

    The impact caused the red car to scrape the side of a blue lorry beside it, before mounting a kerb and hitting the front of a white lorry on the other side of the car park.

    The taxi reversed into the void deck of Block 702, nearly colliding with three teenagers who were there.

    Except for the taxi, the three other vehicles were parked.

    Madam Sandy Goh, 48, a volunteer at the neighbourhood’s Senior Care Corner, rushed to the scene after receiving a flurry of calls from senior citizens about the accident.

    She said the taxi driver seemed to have escaped injury.

    “He looked quite confused. I heard the police officer asking him what had happened, but he said he didn’t know,” she said.

    DEC 25, 2009

    In 2011, a cabby was fined $800 for hitting four pedestrians and crashing into a 7-Eleven store.

    The cabby was in the taxi queue at the Tiong Bahru Plaza when his Hyundai Sonata suddenly surged forward.

    He ran into a man and three women, before crashing into the entrance of the 7-Eleven store.

    His defence counsel said it was his client’s first time driving the Hyundai cab. He was not used to the sudden burst of speed when the accelerator was pressed suddenly.

    The court heard that as the cabby was moving forward in the taxi queue, some pedestrians stepped off the kerb. They seemed to be in the path of his taxi.

    Instead of hitting the brakes, his foot slipped and he stepped on the accelerator.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Taken For A Ride But Taxi Passenger Reacts In Cool, Gracious Manner

    Taken For A Ride But Taxi Passenger Reacts In Cool, Gracious Manner

    A video of a male passenger chastising a taxi driver in a non-confrontational manner for allegedly taking a longer route to earn a bigger fare, has gone viral.

    In the 1  1/2-minute video clip, which was posted by Mr Syed Hyder on his Facebook page on Sunday (Sept 27) afternoon, Mr Hyder is seen filming himself while speaking to the driver.

    It has since chalked up more than 70,000 views and over 1,800 shares.

    The video starts with Mr Hyder calling out the unidentified male driver on taking an unusual route. He had told the driver to take the “fastest way possible” to Bugis but was puzzled over why he had chosen a longer route through the Marina Coastal Expressway instead of the straightforward one via Hill Street.

    The driver can be heard replying “this one is more smooth”. Mr Hyder then urged the driver to be honest and to not do it again, even though he was willing to pay the full fare (which amounted to about $14).

    The 30-year-old, who declined to give his occupation, told The Straits Times that he boarded the taxi near Singapore General Hospital in Outram at around 1pm on Sunday.

    “I was actually quite angry that I was being taken for a ride, but instead of letting it ruin my day I decided to film a video – just for laughs – to show my friends as I was sure they had come across similar situations before,” he said.

    “Honestly, I was shocked that so many people ended up watching the video.”

    The clip was also shared on the Facebook page of citizen news site All Singapore Stuff, which praised Mr Hyder for teaching the driver a lesson in a “gracious and gentlemanly manner”.

    But it also attracted several negative comments from netizens, who criticised Mr Hyder for being an “attention seeker”.

    He clarified that he did not have any ill intentions, and said he chose not to disclose the driver’s name or the taxi company as he did not want to get anyone into trouble.

    He also revealed in a follow-up comment to his original Facebook post that the taxi driver apologised to him when he alighted at his destination.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • LTA: Non-Cabbies Offering Paid Rides May Need To Be Regulated

    LTA: Non-Cabbies Offering Paid Rides May Need To Be Regulated

    Drivers who run chauffeur services under ride-booking apps such as Uber could soon be required to obtain a vocational licence which is currently compulsory only for taxi drivers.

    The Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday said it is looking into removing this exemption, as a way to ensure the safety of passengers taking private-hire rides.

    In a forum letter published in The Straits Times, the LTA said chauffeured vehicle services have become more accessible to the public with technology and, given the industry’s recent growth, it is studying possible measures to safeguard commuter interest.

    The taxi industry cried foul recently, following news of ride-matching apps and rental companies working together to run their own fleet of “taxis”.

    The rental firms lease out cars to drivers at a rate cheaper than taxis. Hirers then use these vehicles to fulfil bookings from apps such as Uber and GrabTaxi.

    These companies and drivers, however, do not have to meet the stringent requirements imposed on the taxi industry, such as vocational training.

    The LTA did not say whether a licensing requirement would apply only to drivers who do chauffeuring via apps or to the entire industry, which includes corporate charters and limousine services.

    Nor did it elaborate if it would affect drivers who use their own vehicles to provide paid rides.

    Uber drivers told The Straits Times that the time and money required to take a vocational course will be an extra burden.

    Uber driver Sam Samioen Moksam, 50, said: “Passengers rate drivers after every trip, and this already ensures we provide a safe and reliable ride.

    “Falling short can earn a driver a temporary ban or, in a worse case, (lead to his contract) being terminated.”

    Another driver, Mr Yu Kim Reed, asked why vocational licences are being implemented now, given that chauffeur services have been around for so long.

    “The only difference is that a (car hire) call centre has been replaced by the Internet,” Mr Yu, 30, said.

    National Taxi Association executive adviser Ang Hin Kee said a driver rating system cannot fully replace vocational training, refresher courses and medical examinations which taxi drivers have to undergo.

    Mandating vocational licences will be a “welcome start”, but he said rental car firms and transport apps should also abide by other requirements that taxi companies are subjected to by the LTA.

    These include ensuring their fleets are regularly maintained and serviced.

    App companies said they are willing to work with the LTA should vocational licences be required.

    Uber’s Singapore general manager Yaniv Goder said it hopes to be “included in the consultation process”.

    A GrabTaxi spokesman said it is in discussions with industry partners to develop a “comprehensive curriculum for private-hire drivers” and that it will encourage drivers to take up vocational licensing.

    Cabby Henry Tay, 45, said vocational licences will help the authorities keep track of drivers and offer passengers assurance of a safe ride.

    “We don’t want any Tom, Dick or Harry picking up passengers, do we?”

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com