Driving to Sentosa will be a breeze when a new cashless payment system kicks in from July .
The existing gantry booths at the entrance to the island at Sentosa Gat...
LTA says travel speeds, traffic flow improve with the 5 new ERP gantries
By May Wong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 08 July 2008 2202 hrs
LTA says travel speeds and traffic improve with the 5 new ERP gantries
SINGAPORE: A day after new Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges were introduced in S...
Such bad luck, says a STOMPer, of his mother who rarely takes taxis, but encountered an extremely rude driver yesterday afternoon (July 2) when fetching his niece's and neighbour's...
LTA has contracted six traffic wardens from a private company at $34,000
a year to take down the licence plate number, make and colour of
vehicles that intrude into bus lanes at peak hours.
(They are incognito with camera in hands......so don't expect to see a
TP, etc)
Note you can get fined $130...
Wonders STOMPer Francis, when he dropped by the Shell petrol station in Boon Lay yesterday for a car wash and a petrol refill.In his MMS to STOMP dated June 14, he said:"Whydotaxis get thecheapestrates in ca...
Poll: Malaysian taxis among worst in world KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Malaysian taxis are among the worst in the world, claims a survey by a local magazine. Readers of The Expat magazine, which has a monthly circu...
I was at the zoo this evening queuing for pax around 10plus with a long queue strecthing to the entrance gantry.A Comfort Merc was infront of me.This merc cabby refused to pick up this part time zoo lady staff which was going to Jln Mambong which is only 4 KM away from zoo.He dared to tell her his cab only go...
Was in taiwan recently and had chance with brief conversations with some cabbies there. Colour: All in Yellow Made: All different models and are petrol driven with a trend of modifying to add CNG due to Government taking away some subsidary. Ownership: Private, Company and Co-operatives but I unde...
A minor accident that happened between a taxi, a STOMPer's car and a motorcyclist left the motorcyclist with injuries. An infuriated STOMPer said that the taxi driver had remained indignant despite causing...
Believe our Bros here have this experience of picking or being ask to take more than the legal limit. According to one of my friend beside being not cover by insurance if there is an accident, the driver as well as the Company will get a fine of S$200 each. Naturally the company will throw this back at the h...
JUST because absent-minded passengers leave their belongings behind doesn't mean that cabbies can keep them. The proper thing to do is to return them to the passengers or hand them to their taxi companies. And if crooked cabbies think they can get off lightly if they are caught keeping their passeng...
June 18, 2008$900 stolen from taxi A TAXI driver who had placed $2,000 in cash in his vehicle's glove compartment on Monday later discovered $900 missing. The 50-year-old made a few stops during the day ferrying passengers and only discovered the money missing when he parked his taxi at a petrol kios...
COMFY over CHEAP By Desmond NgJune 19, 2008 TAKING taxis to work became too expensive for this Shenton Way executive. Fed-up with the taxi fare hikes last December, IT consultant B K Lim did his sums and decided to buy a car. It turned out to be a cheaper alternative, although his happiness was short-li...
According to an MMSfromSTOMPer Farid dated on June 5,it took place at around 5:09 p.m.He said:" I was crossing the road when I saw the vehicles involved in the accide...
An inconsiderate taxi driver, albeit with superb driving skills, managed to position his car neatly between the railings of a flight of stairs.STOMPer chew saw this taxi parked in front of a flight of st...
Current bus services serve diverse needs of commuters: SMRT I REFER to the letter,'Buck Up, SMRT'(ST Online Forum, June 4) by Mr Vincent Kessler on SMRT bus services. SMRT Buses operates a fleet of over 860 buses. Besides trunk, feeder and intra-town services, SMRT also operates Premium Bus Servic...
Motorists switching to cheaper alternatives amid rising pump prices By Tan Dawn Wei Some have given up the car entirely and moved to public transport, others downgraded to smaller cars or two-wheelers; while a growing number have opted for hybrid engines. -- ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA WITH pump pri...
This driver was seen littering and throwing his packet drink right out of his cab when he arrived at a traffic junction, to the shock of a STOMPer who was behind him.Said Dav...
Cabby found lying at carpark - it's open verdict By Elena Chong AN OPEN verdict was returned on Thursday on the death of a cabby two days after he was found lying unconscious on a grass patch at a public carpark. Mr Quek Yong Hoe 56, a night shift TransCab driver, died in hospital of severe head injuries on...
hi there, got to report my record!!! meter show $71.10 and i was pay $150!!! happen to me on one of the sat, i pick up 1 drunk angmo and 1 thai woman, from orchard, wanted to go woodlands aorund 2am+ when reaching woodlands crescent meter was 27.3 (i think total with mid-night) and the angmo ask me can take h...
if you enjoy chopping the US Navy for a ride, the LTA will come after you.today, i picked up 2 young 鬼佬 from marriot hotel. the first ang moh opened my front pax door n asked the fare from marriot to sembawang naval base. i said it should be less than $25. they agree n both jump up to my cab. i send them to the g...
A STOMPer tried flagging a cab down at this taxi stand outside Buangkok MRT Station today (May 31) but was unable to do so without getting drenched in the pouring afternoon rain. Why? Becaus...
i find the cafe aunty at budget terminalnear the toilet like not happy to serve & sell drinks...never smile & acknowledgethe orders for drinks yesterday morn gave her $5 for drink & bread...she said no change...i said only $5 no change how to make business...she said you taxi driver can...
