Taxis must ply 250km daily from 2013

[Received_by_Kings]

Now the Association of Coffe Shop Owners will complain to their MPs that business drops because taxi drivers got less time to drink kopi.

People always do nothing but complain. The rubbish electorate as usual.

 

[Received_by_Kings]

There are some good drivers, but the rest are just useless self-serving rubbish with poor insulation cars and no GPS too despite knowing nothing like their pea brains, so it's good for them to be forced to do their work properly.

 

[Kinana]

This is where you reveal your total ignorance. They do not drive around empty waiting for calls during peak hours, especially in city area. No taxi driver would want to go into city area during peak hours and they have a valid reason for it. Peak hours in suburb there are plenty of taxi already and there is also a reason for it.
Next time go take taxi and ask the driver for the reasons.

You are definitely out of touch babe.
I just spoke to a taxi driver, he was the one who told me all this you dummy!

 

[hairylee]

You are definitely out of touch babe.
I just spoke to a taxi driver, he was the one who told me all this you dummy!

Taxi driver likes to bullshit PAP dogs like you.

 

[Delgro]

Why is LTA doing nothing on rising COE...?

Want to make a guess? Guess what the word "PAP" stands for.

 

[Char_Azn]

Krafty will have less time to post nonsense in here

 

[tualingong]

SGP so small where the heck can you drive 250km per day to?

I only drive around 60km per day to work and home.

Go round and round like a merry go round? LOL!

 

[chupacabra]

Now taxis uncle balls kenna squeeze...haha

 

[lianbeng]

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lianbeng rebuts hokkien: so many blue lanterns where are the customers?anyway, among these empty cabs are those who kehkeh pretend running but not picking up passengers leh.

 

[Confuseous]

If I am not mistaken, I believe that this 'new' LTA rule is actually an old rule, which for some reason was made obsolete. The mininum mileage in the past was to ensure that the drivers will keep on the road. But how the new rule is going to impact on the other stated objective of calling for a taxi instead of standing on the kerbside.

I know of an semi-retired insurance fella who ditched his personal car and got a taxi which he uses for sending his grandchildren to school, return to fetch his working family members to the office before coming back to send his wife to her mahjong sessions. And before the repeats the reverse-cycle later in the day, he drops in to visit clients and sending them if the latter need to go somewhere.

There was a report a little while back that about 20% of the taxis are actually idle at the operators'. An update of the figure would be interesting.

 

[watchman8]

SGP so small where the heck can you drive 250km per day to?

I only drive around 60km per day to work and home.

Go round and round like a merry go round? LOL!

That's what taxis are for

 

[krafty]

it won't work.

if it does, i will drive my taxi over the moon.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

There is a simple effective way to solve taxis woes....
Abolish the call charge, use GPS to match call with nearest available cab.
Everyone will call for a cab....supply demand will be maximized....
But cab companies unwilling to give up multi million dollars they can get from cab calling fees.

 

[melzp]

If I am not mistaken, I believe that this 'new' LTA rule is actually an old rule, which for some reason was made obsolete. The mininum mileage in the past was to ensure that the drivers will keep on the road. But how the new rule is going to impact on the other stated objective of calling for a taxi instead of standing on the kerbside.

I know of an semi-retired insurance fella who ditched his personal car and got a taxi which he uses for sending his grandchildren to school, return to fetch his working family members to the office before coming back to send his wife to her mahjong sessions. And before the repeats the reverse-cycle later in the day, he drops in to visit clients and sending them if the latter need to go somewhere.

There was a report a little while back that about 20% of the taxis are actually idle at the operators'. An update of the figure would be interesting.

This is so true. Bcoz of high COE, many w taxi licence are hiring fm Taxi co for personal use. Its more practical. Eg. 80k coe + car(40)
=120k. Work out to be 12k per yr(not incl insurance, fuel, maintenance). Taxi rental 365 x 100=$36,500 per yr.(incl insur. n maint)
N when rent to relief, hirer gain. Correct me if Im wrong.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

This is so true. Bcoz of high COE, many w taxi licence are hiring fm Taxi co for personal use. Its more practical. Eg. 80k coe + car(40)
=120k. Work out to be 12k per yr(not incl insurance, fuel, maintenance). Taxi rental 365 x 100=$36,500 per yr.(incl insur. n maint)
N when rent to relief, hirer gain. Correct me if Im wrong.

Knowing how sinkies value 'face'....I think not many people do that.
Owning a car in singapore is about more than just getting from point A to point B.

 

[Conqueror]

Systematic Corruption

Yes ... just a matter of time....

But now LTA knows many taxi drivers are selecting passengers to pick up during rain or peak hours... The problem I foresee is this: with the traffic jams during peak hours, cabs will avoid CBD in order to clock up minimum mileage

That was what I thought too. :*: PAP is about getting more money like issuing COEs and getting more traffic police to hide somewhere to zap more drivers for more money.

COE is in fact a systematic corruption with the help of the law to whitewash it.

 

[krafty]

Re: Systematic Corruption

i say that it won't work cos one reason, in the drivers midst, there are cabbies who are ill unless the motive is to keep out drivers who are not bodily able to ply 250km.

 

[Cestbon]

Re: Systematic Corruption

Talk only. Who will monitor?
How to justify? Not feeling well/family matter....................
WTF gov come out with this stupid rule. If taxi driver want to drive 100km 0r 500km that is their own problem.

 

[Alamaking]

I am just thankful they're not imposing more peak hour surcharges to increase taxi availability

Why got this kind of stupid LTA rules always reminds me of you huh?

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng saw many blue lanterns (taxis with blue light means no passenger can hire) along bt timah but bo lang took leh.