Two STOMPers took dramatic photos of a taxi that had crashed into a kopitiam in the Aljunied area at about 2.45am today (June 25). As a result of an...
Recently, I have a pax going to Fuji Xerox Tower. Taxi drop off point is from Keppel Road enter into Anson Road. But the ERP is placed right after Fuji Xerox Tower and before M Hotel. There are no escape road from there and pax not willing to pay for ERP. Anybody know how to avoid the ERP if pax doesn't wish to...
It's good to have a seperate section for the above so that all the cabby will be reminded to drive safely and aware of all the accident happening around. I do encountered many accident happening during my weekend drive and will be good if everybody will share their side of the story.
Chrysler cab fare from airport to Jurong costs $70!PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONRichard and his friends recently boarded a Chrysler cab from the airport to Jurong at midnight, but was shocked that the fare went up to a costly $70. Says this STOMPer: "Recently my friends and I took a cab from the airport to...
Beware of vanishing cabbies and pressure sales tactics in Phuket I WOULD like to warn Singaporeans of some unsavoury sales tactics I encountered in Phuket during my recent visit with my family in the second week of June. When we arrived at Phuket airport, one taxi driver approached us. He agreed to dr...
sold my place a couples of years back was staying with the inlaw since my boy arrive to the world come to think of it, i have been staying here coming to 5 years sometimes, feel really stress out, in-law would make noise, complaint about my naughty boy, my daughter, though they have help to take care of the...
fri nite... good business... along hougang ave 10 near upper serangoon, 1st cab (merc) saw a pax on the roadside, sudden brake. 2nd cab, react in time, jam brake and stop just nice swee swee. 3rd cab, didn't see the merc cab, only notice 2nd cab jam brake, brake buay hu... kiss onto the 2nd cab. I'm the 3rd...
Taxi surcharge hurting cabbies' business, says STOMPer A STOMPer observed a long queue of cabs opposite St Andrew's Cathedral and feels this is because cab fares have gone up so much that people would rather take the train or bus. He elaborates: "This picture was taken at noon at North Bridge Ro...
Was at above place last night, the pax que werequite long but no cab in sight, except a merc cab stop on the other side. All the pax was looking at what the merc cabby action while the restwere making phone booking. The merc cabby was targetting those ang mo with flat rate of $40 to $50 per trip. Why the LTA an...
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 AsiaOne Lack of cabs? Blame traffic jams I DISAGREE with some of the points raised in the letter, "Having more taxi stands won't solve problem" (my paper, May 29), because they do not take into consideration a number of facts. Soon after the introduction of t...
I have been driving a Smart cab KIA Carens cab on my own for 2 weeks now and below are my observations: 1.It is not worth driving a CNG/Petrol cab is it is troublesome. You have to always top-up both CNG and Petrol. To top that off, 1 tank of CNG is not enough for 1 day's trip. Usually have to top-up at least twi...
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 my paper Cabbies go overboard against H1N1? By Cheryl Chia TAXI drivers are taking care to avoid places such as hospitals and airports because they are afraid they would catch the Influenza A (H1N1) virus there. Yesterday, the Health Ministry confirmed three more cas...
Recently I was q-ing at the temporary Geylang Serai market taxi stand and I saw some very 'malas' communters. The taxi satnds were just located opposite the market next to the Singpost building, just after the traffic lights. There were many taxi q-ing there. What I saw was commuters waving for taxis...
This cabby accepts nothing but cash, and only in small bills The driver of this cab accepts only cash, and even then only in small change. He gave a STOMPer an unhappy look when he received a $10 bill in payment. Here's what the annoyed STOMPer wrote in an email today (June 11): "I took a taxi this mor...
Taxi drivers cover up windows, what if a hit and run happens? STOMPer W spotted many taxis with the driver's windows covered up with sun shields. In case of a hit and run accident, no one would be able to identify the driver, says this STOMPer. She says: "I saw this on May 22 at about 11.30am at Pasir R...
Do not turn into Kitchener Road after the Scissor Cut rice. Proceed to Desker Road and drive into Syed Alwi Road from Lembu Road. Verdun Road now convert to one way street coming out from Syed Alwi Road so cannot turn in from Kitchener Road anymore.
Looks like passengers are getting lesser and lesser. Don't talk about booking within CBD during peak hour.... $3.5+$3+35%??? alreay inside museum long time ago, office no OT, ppl got no money..... ppl prefer walk 20 mins..... simply because empty pocket. Today was the hardest day since my hands on...
Long taxi queues at Tampines Mall are a traffic nightmare STOMPer House-Baby says that the taxi queue outside Tampines Mall gets so long that it blocks the basement carpark entrance almost every evening and on weekends. Says the contributor: "This was taken on Jun 9 at about 6pm. "The lon...
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Sto...ory_387709.htmlSTOMPer who came across a report stating $1 million put in to the industry to boost taxi ridership did not think that tax payers money should be used in this w...
>> ASIAONE / MOTORING / DRIVERS / STORY Fri, Jun 05, 2009 The New Paper Traffic camera cause of another crash at Loyang? SPEED and traffic light cameras are meant to reduce accidents by discouraging motorists from being too lead-footed or beating the lights. But some residents b...
Sunday night 23:30 got a fighter look passenger from Golden Mile go Lim Chu Kang. Alamak... very far and already sensed unsafe... asked him which part of LCK? He said.... "m..u..slim cenmetery".... I asked are u going foriegn worker's hostel? He said... no, m..u..slim cenmetery... Go o...
Hey folks, I got a Auto Booking @ Robertson Walk ard 9pm last Fri. As usual, long pax Q there, start to scan for pax waving to me once I turn in. To my delight, a gentleman pulling a luggage wave to me! haha good timing to go Airport sia! I thought... I get dwn the cab to help him with the luggage, n ask him did he c...
Bros, came across the following acticle from another website. Most of the driving technique listed will results in very high fuel savings. Try it out and see for yourself. -------------------- Hypermiling refers to a collection of driving techniques aimed at improving your car's fuel efficienc...
>> ASIAONE / MOTORING / DRIVERS / STORY Mon, Jun 01, 2009 AsiaOne Are S'porean motorists becoming worse? A car crashed into a stall at Ayer Rajah Food Centre in West Coast Drive last weekend. According to Stomp, the accident happened at in the wee hours of Saturday at 12.30am. The r...
