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.
Now the Association of Coffe Shop Owners will complain to their MPs that business drops because taxi drivers got less time to drink kopi.
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!
Why is LTA doing nothing on rising COE...?
That's what taxis are forSGP 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!
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.
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
I am just thankful they're not imposing more peak hour surcharges to increase taxi availability