154th: Taxi Drivers Donch Report Fare Cheats Cos They Run Too Fast

[makapaaa]

Not cos the poodles refuse to act when they are foreigners meh? Aren't there many cases in which the cab drivers haul these foreign cheats to the poodle station only to be told you die is your own biz?

[h=1]More taxi fare cheat cases go unreported, numbers on the rise[/h]
Published on Jul 22, 2012

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Every day, seven people enjoy a 'free' ride when they flee without paying the cab fare. And these are just the ones known about because they are reported by two of the bigger taxi companies here. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN



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<!--start of story text-->Every day, seven people enjoy a 'free' ride when they flee without paying the cab fare.

And these are just the ones known about because they are reported by two of the bigger taxi companies here.

Many more cases go unreported because cabbies do not see the point of going to the police when they do not have details of the passengers.
Mr Ramli Suri, 49, a cabby for the last four years said: 'If he runs off and the fare is $6 or $7, I don't have time to waste chasing him down. I'd rather just move along to the next passenger.'

 

[Fishypie]

Now i can see some of the advantages of keeping one's fit.

 

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No reasonable excuse for not paying taxi fare? Face S$1,000 fine
By Tanya Fong, TODAY | Posted: 04 August 2011 0655 hrs
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SINGAPORE: With the number taxi drivers of being cheated of their fares reportedly on the rise, the spotlight has now turned on what recourse cabbies have when passengers make off without paying.

Highlighted by a taxi driver who wrote to the media last week, the issue of enforcement against taxi fare cheating was discussed during a recent dialogue session taxi operators had with the Land Transport Authority, said Premier Taxi managing director Lim Chong Boo.

Said Mr Lim: "Without strong enforcement of the Public Transport Council (PTC) Act, there's a limit to what can be done to solve the situation. The issue of taxi fare cheating is not new but it is getting more prevalent and blatant as the fare dodgers perceive a loophole in the system - that nothing can be done to penalise them."

Taxi operators have seen an increase in the number of such cheating cases reported. ComfortDelGro cabbies, for one, have reported an average of 166 fare cheats a month this year compared with 134 a month in 2008. The operator manages 15,000 taxis in Singapore - the largest fleet here.

Cabbies and passengers can turn to the police for mediation if there is a dispute over the route taken or destination. If mediation is unsuccessful, the taxi driver can file a report with the police and may also lodge a magistrate's complaint.

A public transport official or police officer may also arrest without warrant any person believed to have committed an offence - such as failing to pay a taxi fare - under the PTC Act. The passenger can be detained until his name and address have been ascertained, so that he can be brought to court.

A passenger found guilty of failing or refusing to pay the fare as indicated on the meter without reasonable excuse can be fined up to S$1,000. Repeat offenders can be fined up to S$2,000 or jailed up to six months, or both.

Passengers who feel they have been bullied into paying a fare where the taxi driver took a wrong route, or was taken to the wrong destination, can make a police report, file a magistrate's complaint and complain to the taxi company.

ComfortDelGro advises its drivers to file a non-payment report with the police. It may also, as a gesture of goodwill, reimburse cabbies for the loss of the fare. SMRT Taxis also requires a police report and taxi receipt for reimbursement.

In the meantime, cabbies like Mr Tan Kok Yeow, are going to lengths to ensure they receive payment - such as asking the passenger to leave their mobile phone in the taxi when they alight to get the money to pay the fare.

Said Mr Tan, 46: "If they say they don't have a mobile phone, I'll ask them politely to contact their family or a friend to bring the money to them while they wait in my cab, or I'll park my taxi and follow them to their destination. If they are sincere about paying, it should not be a problem."

- TODAY

 

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STOMP - Singapore Seen - Unruly foreigner refuses to pay taxi fare and shows middle finger at cabby

STOMPer Bhai encountered this 'unruly passenger' who not only refused to pay his cab fare, but also used vulgar language and showed the STOMPer his middle finger.

The STOMPer wrote:

"I picked this Chinese National passenger from Hitachi taxi stand who wanted to go to a Chinatown hotel which is located near Bukit Pasoh.

"While I was driving in the right direction on South Bridge Road, he said to me that this was not the way to his hotel and told me his hotel is opposite Smith Street.

"He used foul language on me and asked me to stop my taxi.

"I stopped at Foo Hai building and he alighted from my taxi, slammed the door, showed me the middle finger and refused to pay the fare which was $7 plus.
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Pinoy lady refused to pay Singaporean cabby fare after four days; son threatens to make police report

Posted by temasektimes on April 26, 2012
A pinoy lady took a cab on 22 April 2012, but refused to pay the cabby the fare upon reaching the destination claiming that she has no money. She initially promised to transfer the fare to his bank account, but has not done so after four days, prompting the cabby’s son to threaten to make a police report if she still did not pay up.

His son, using the moniker of ‘VanPersie’ posted the exchange of SMS with her on fuckwarezone forum:

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“The story is.. on 22th April this foreign thrash know she dun have money and still get on my father cab…then after reaching her destination ..She told my dad she dun have the money to pay for the fare $15:90…say she take my dad number and will transfer the money the next day…. now is already 26th april ….although i know 15.90 is a small amount..but i dun want any other singaporean to get con ….the number above is her..feel free to spam this wh0re..”

Under Chapter 259B of the Penal Code, failure to pay taxi fare is a CRIME:
“24D. Any person who, having made use of a taxi service and without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to pay the fare as indicated on the taximeter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.”
However, when ‘VanPersie’ went to lodge a police report this evening, he was not only told by the police officer that they ‘cannot do anything’, he was also WARNED not to call the pinoy lady to demand the payment as it is ‘illegal’ to do so:
“Police say they cannot do anything..cannot call her…say if call her =helping to chat back debt which is illegal…simi lan sia lol”
According to ‘VanPersie’, the pinoy lady’s name is Charo Cheong:

[Source: fuckwarezone forum]​

She is currently working in a Human Resource Company ‘HR Consultants’:

Due to the Singapore government’s pro-foreigner and mass-immigration policies, many Filipinos have come to Singapore in recent years in search of a better life, one of whom is Angelo Marc Jandugan who expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on his Facebook:
“Hello sir, on behalf of all the Filipino community in Singapore and new citizens like myself, we thank you so much for believing in us and I hope you will continue your good policy of bringing more people from all over the word to take Singapore forward.”

 

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[h=1]PRC-looking lady boarded bus from rear door and asked alighting Singaporean to get lost![/h]<!-- Start_Module_451 -->9 Apr 2012, 6.16PM
11 comments & replies |by Guest | Our Common Space
A Singaporean got the shock of his life when alighting from a bus at
Sun Plaza yesterday. A woman forced her way up the bus from the rear
door and asked him to ‘get lost’. She then sat down without paying.

When he complained to the bus captain about the woman, he pretended not to hear anything and drove off.
“I told the bus captain about the free ride, but he didn’t
care and drove off. I thought this would only happen in the 80s or
90s. I don’t think she and the bus captain are locals. Singapore is not
their home, they just don’t care about Singaporeans,” the man who is known as ‘Donny’ wrote on STOMP.
This is not the first incident involving a PRC national on Singapore
buses and taxis. Last week, a PRC man refused to pay a cabby the fare
and even showed him his middle finger.

Picture of PRC lady: http://temasektimes.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/prcladybus.jpg

 

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[h=2]Singapore taxi driver sacked by company after quarrel with PRC lady customer who lodged police report against him[/h]

January 17th, 2010 |

Author: Correspondent

Written by Our Correspondent
A Singapore taxi driver by the name of Mr Tan claimed that he was sacked by his taxi company after an unhappy PRC lady customer filed a complaint against him as well as a report to the police.
In an interview with Chinese tabloid Shin Min Daily, Mr Tan said he picked up the 30 plus year old passenger along Bukit Timah Road on the morning of 26 November 2009. She sounded that she is from China from her accent.
The lady wanted Mr Tan to drive her to Tech Point along Ang Mo Kio Street 65 who informed her that he may need to find the exact place upon arrival there and she was agreeable.
Half an hour later, Mr Tan turned into Ang Mo Kio Street 62 from Yio Chu Kang Road and was stopped immediately by the lady who kept scolding him for not knowing the way.
Mr Tan was very angry at that time and blurted out:
“You PRC women only come to Singapore to cheat Singapore men of their CPF monies!!!”
She retaliated immediately by scolding him a “bastard“.

[Source: Shin Min Daily, 16 January 2010]
After Mr Tan drove her to the intended destination, she hopped off his taxi without paying a single cent. Mr Tan followed her to ask for the $11.40 fare, but the PRC lady lodged a police report against him instead.

When Mr Tan tried to take a photo of her face with his handphone camera, she used her umbrella to block him and in the ensuing scuffle, Mr Tan damaged her umbrella and had to pay her $10 in compensation. The fiasco was later settled by two policemen.

However, the PRC lady still went ahead and filed a complaint against Mr Tan to his taxi company which terminated his services on 4 December 2009.
Due to the ruling party’s liberal immigration policies, an increasingly number of foreigners, especially those from mainland China are flocking to study, work and live in Singapore.

Despite Singapore opening its doors to the PRCs, it is not even featured among the top five destinations of Chinese college students who prefer to emigrate to France, U.S.A, South Korea, Australia and Canada in a survey done by Gallup in July 2009.

Many of the PRCs who came to Singapore are uncouth peasants hailing from the poorer inland provinces of China and not highly educated and trained professionals.
Even then, there were media reports of PRC construction workers, masseurs and cleaners being given Singapore PRs and citizenships though they cannot speak a single word of English, the linga franca of most Singaporeans.
It appears that it is a conscious policy of the ruling party to “flood” Singapore with PRCs in order to increase the population of the ethnic Chinese in Singapore.
In an interview last year with National Geographic magazine, Singapore’s octogenarian leader Lee Kuan Yew said it is a “good idea” that Singapore has welcomed so many Chinese immigrants as they are more “hard-driving” and “hard-striving” than the locals.
“If native Singaporeans are falling behind because “the spurs are not stuck into the hide,” that is their problem,” he was quoted as saying in the article “The Singapore Solution.” by Mark Jacobson.
[Source: National Geographic]
News source: Shin Min Daily

 

[Devil Within]

Right now, ComfortDelGro don't care too much about it as it did not effect their profit margin that much. ComfortDelGro collect fees directly from taxi drivers and to them, it is the taxi drivers problem and not directly theirs.

If it were, you will see them jumping into actions like the SBS buses or SMART with regards to fares cheating. You will be arrested, charged in court or put to jail or at least a minimum fine.