I draw your attention to the following.

About 2 days ago, I witnessed an accident in Jurong West, wherein two Taxis were involved; a NTUC Comfort cab, and a SMRT cab.

After refilling my vehicle, I was walking back to it when I saw the following sequence of event: a white SMRT cab, cutting into the lane of a blue Comfort cab at around 70-80Kmh. The blue Comfort cab swerved to avoid the white SMRT cab, but doing so caused the COmfort cab to mount the kerbside, go up onto the turf and rammed into a thankfully empty bus stop, before coming to a stop on the pavement behind it several meters pass the bus stop.

I just want to ask; what kind of drivers are Taxi Operators hiring? Do they know what kind of hazard they unleash onto our roads by allowing MONKEYS to drive their cabs?

As long as the monkeys keep bringing them money, why not! Unless g-men would suspension companies from operation when they fail the "whatever" test/stat, instead of just fining them, you will continue to see "monkeys" driving cabs.

I've seen taxis that cut in front of buses and got smashed up. Goondus.

Yesterday a yellow comfort cab swerved into my lane twice! he was in the left most lane, i was in centre lane, he saw vehicle stopping infront of him at the last min, and swerved into my lane, i had to swerved to 1 lane. He never check blindspot. Twice! This happened twice!

Luckily i was alert. Of course the lane i swerved to is clear. If not i wouldnt have doen that..let taxi bang me and pay!

taxi drivers make a living by racing against time.

bastards n jerks

Taxi Companies pay their Employees Peanuts ( not $600 k ar! ), they get MONKEY cabbies!

we, as passengers, gotta give them more bananas to tame them down

just now was on SLE, i witnessed a convey of taxis tailgating a malaysian registered truck carrying baskets of bananas to the wholesale centre i think

Originally posted by dragg:

taxi drivers make a living by racing against time.

yup. sometimes, the 1st 6/7 hrs of their shift is just enough to pay for daily rental and petrol. that leaves them with 3/4 hrs for their own keep.

Originally posted by sinicker:

yup. sometimes, the 1st 6/7 hrs of their shift is just enough to pay for daily rental and petrol. that leaves them with 3/4 hrs for their own keep.

i pity them actually. not all are nasty or reckless by nature, but i suppose driving hours on end (wad more in an impatient environment like sg) does put one in a foul mood once in awhile. n dats all it takes for mistakes 2 happen. unfortunately, cab drivers spend so much time driving dat such incidents become more of a norm than a coincidence. maybe government can invest money in sending all of them for psychological counselling to lower their stress level and increase the anger management skills?

Originally posted by ShutterBug:

I draw your attention to the following.

About 2 days ago, I witnessed an accident in Jurong West, wherein two Taxis were involved; a NTUC Comfort cab, and a SMRT cab.

After refilling my vehicle, I was walking back to it when I saw the following sequence of event: a white SMRT cab, cutting into the lane of a blue Comfort cab at around 70-80Kmh. The blue Comfort cab swerved to avoid the white SMRT cab, but doing so caused the COmfort cab to mount the kerbside, go up onto the turf and rammed into a thankfully empty bus stop, before coming to a stop on the pavement behind it several meters pass the bus stop.

I just want to ask; what kind of drivers are Taxi Operators hiring? Do they know what kind of hazard they unleash onto our roads by allowing MONKEYS to drive their cabs?

looks like he has to take driving lesson from me. i drove 150km/h b4, and i a n still alive and kicking at TPE , racing wif the WRX bus 3rd.

Originally posted by tailslide:

i pity them actually. not all are nasty or reckless by nature, but i suppose driving hours on end (wad more in an impatient environment like sg) does put one in a foul mood once in awhile. n dats all it takes for mistakes 2 happen. unfortunately, cab drivers spend so much time driving dat such incidents become more of a norm than a coincidence. maybe government can invest money in sending all of them for psychological counselling to lower their stress level and increase the anger management skills?

Actually, the companies are more to blame. Having chatted with many taxi drivers before, it seems like they are always worried about having to cover rental costs and all that. Doesn't help either that they are constantly on the road, subject to rude passengers and yada yada yada. Definitely increases their stress levels. The taxi companies should be the ones to do more to alleviate these problems, namely, by providing some basic pay at least, plus some incentives.

I mean if this profession can barely make any money, why be a cabbie??? It is pointless killing yourself and others as you try to make your keep in this given time.

I mean seriously, why must Singaporeans' means of making a living, become a danger to others or everyone?

Why do we need to live with such fears in the back of our minds; what if our loved ones were waiting for a bus at a bus stop and a taxi/bus ploughs into it?

Originally posted by boi86:

looks like he has to take driving lesson from me. i drove 150km/h b4, and i a n still alive and kicking at TPE , racing wif the WRX bus 3rd.

Originally posted by ShutterBug:

I mean if this profession can barely make any money, why be a cabbie???

u wanna recommend all of them a new job probably?

i guess many here are not drivers…

Originally posted by ShutterBug:

I mean if this profession can barely make any money, why be a cabbie??? It is pointless killing yourself and others as you try to make your keep in this given time.

I mean seriously, why must Singaporeans' means of making a living, become a danger to others or everyone?

Why do we need to live with such fears in the back of our minds; what if our loved ones were waiting for a bus at a bus stop and a taxi/bus ploughs into it?

unfortunately, everywhere in the world, cabs are an essential form of public transport. convenience for ppl who cun afford cars/ dun have license aside, cabs also provides an alternative mode of transport for drunk/intoxicated drivers. its a demanding profession, but it requires even more demanding professionals to make the system even safer. sadly, only a handful of such drivers exist.

Originally posted by ShutterBug:

I draw your attention to the following.

About 2 days ago, I witnessed an accident in Jurong West, wherein two Taxis were involved; a NTUC Comfort cab, and a SMRT cab.

After refilling my vehicle, I was walking back to it when I saw the following sequence of event: a white SMRT cab, cutting into the lane of a blue Comfort cab at around 70-80Kmh. The blue Comfort cab swerved to avoid the white SMRT cab, but doing so caused the COmfort cab to mount the kerbside, go up onto the turf and rammed into a thankfully empty bus stop, before coming to a stop on the pavement behind it several meters pass the bus stop.

I just want to ask; what kind of drivers are Taxi Operators hiring? Do they know what kind of hazard they unleash onto our roads by allowing MONKEYS to drive their cabs?

i bet next time the 2 cars will be nightsky's and boi86's