Taxis

Post by **Strong Eagle** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:59 am

Fortan wrote:There should be a law stating that Taxi drivers can't refuse a passenger at any given time. If your shift is over, return immediately.

There is a law which prohibits this. How to enforce?

JR8 · Post by **JR8** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:07 pm

Strong Eagle wrote:
Fortan wrote:There should be a law stating that Taxi drivers can't refuse a passenger at any given time. If your shift is over, return immediately.

There is a law which prohibits this. How to enforce?

On the spot fines for taxi drivers caught in possession of A4 size signs reading 'Woodland only' etc ?

Sergei82 · Post by **Sergei82** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:28 pm

JR8 wrote:
Strong Eagle wrote:
Fortan wrote:There should be a law stating that Taxi drivers can't refuse a passenger at any given time. If your shift is over, return immediately.

There is a law which prohibits this. How to enforce?
On the spot fines for taxi drivers caught in possession of A4 size signs reading 'Woodland only' etc ?

The process is already automated: they show the destination they're going on a display on top, so you wait and hope...

Fortan · Post by **Fortan** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 1:11 pm

Where to report the culprits that does it then? I would be more than happy to start shooting them on video every single day

Sergei82 · Post by **Sergei82** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 1:27 pm

Worse is when a bunch of green ones is passing by not bothering to take you at all. Is there any other country in the world where being a taxi driver is considered to be an elite job? It feels like you need to beg them to do you a favor and do their job every time.

Fortan · Post by **Fortan** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 1:30 pm

Sergei82 wrote:Worse is when a bunch of green ones is passing by not bothering to take you at all. Is there any other country in the world where being a taxi driver is considered to be an elite job? It feels like you need to beg them to do you a favor and do their job every time.

I used to live in Bangkok.... The taxi drivers there are much worse than here, not to mention KL... KL probably more the stinky taxis that gets to me

Sergei82 · Post by **Sergei82** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 1:53 pm

Fortan wrote:
Sergei82 wrote:Worse is when a bunch of green ones is passing by not bothering to take you at all. Is there any other country in the world where being a taxi driver is considered to be an elite job? It feels like you need to beg them to do you a favor and do their job every time.
I used to live in Bangkok.... The taxi drivers there are much worse than here, not to mention KL... KL probably more the stinky taxis that gets to me

They just don't like using metres in Bangkok, they're still very cheap and it takes no more than a few seconds to flag one down (I'm talking abt taxis, if tuktuks are always swarming around you even when you don't need).

KL - yes, even though it is forbidden to take passengers without metres, some kind of a natural disaster happened KL whenever I'm there, and all taxi meters in all cabs are broken at the same time (if you're with Malay-looking bf/gf, you can hide while she flags down the taxi - twice cheaper!)

There is a problem in Singapore: all taxis are just rented out to their drivers. The drivers can do what they want: if they don't want to take passengers or want to go only to their desired location, not a problem - they just need to pay rent (SGD 130-150) by the end of the day. That's it! Some of them even sleep in those taxis. There is no ethics, no code of conduct, nothing! Those are just dudes who got taxi license and rented out a cab, not some corporation's staff members. Everything boils down to how much and how fast they want to earn, and they're not poor guys - they can choose freely while you can't!

Fortan · Post by **Fortan** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 2:08 pm

Sergei82 wrote:
Fortan wrote:
Sergei82 wrote:Worse is when a bunch of green ones is passing by not bothering to take you at all. Is there any other country in the world where being a taxi driver is considered to be an elite job? It feels like you need to beg them to do you a favor and do their job every time.
I used to live in Bangkok.... The taxi drivers there are much worse than here, not to mention KL... KL probably more the stinky taxis that gets to me
They just don't like using metres in Bangkok, they're still very cheap and it takes no more than a few seconds to flag one down (I'm talking abt taxis, if tuktuks are always swarming around you even when you don't need).

KL - yes, even though it is forbidden to take passengers without metres, some kind of a natural disaster happened KL whenever I'm there, and all taxi meters in all cabs are broken at the same time (if you're with Malay-looking bf/gf, you can hide while she flags down the taxi - twice cheaper!)

There is a problem in Singapore: all taxis are just rented out to their drivers. The drivers can do what they want: if they don't want to take passengers or want to go only to their desired location, not a problem - they just need to pay rent (SGD 130-150) by the end of the day. That's it! Some of them even sleep in those taxis. There is no ethics, no code of conduct, nothing! Those are just dudes who got taxi license and rented out a cab, not some corporation's staff members. Everything boils down to how much and how fast they want to earn, and they're not poor guys - they can choose freely while you can't!

I have tried - and hundreds of times - to get into the backseat of a taxi in Bangkok and tell the driver (in Thai) where to go... and he has refused to take me anywhere....

Sergei82 · Post by **Sergei82** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 2:12 pm

Fortan wrote:I have tried - and hundreds of times - to get into the backseat of a taxi in Bangkok and tell the driver (in Thai) where to go... and he has refused to take me anywhere....

Taking me with "hurrah!" and also they're VERY hungry for chat!

Post by **sundaymorningstaple** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 2:17 pm

They are just afraid you are going to turn green

and pull their arms out.

Fortan · Post by **Fortan** » Tue, 11 Feb 2014 3:04 pm

sundaymorningstaple wrote:They are just afraid you are going to turn green and pull their arms out.

Saint · Post by **Saint** » Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:31 am

bgd wrote: And I'm on crutches because of those dangerous things called stairs, nothing to do with the motorbike.

Stairs and beer don't mix bgd!

Primrose Hill · Post by **Primrose Hill** » Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:49 am

There's nothing like a London black cab

JR8 · Post by **JR8** » Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:54 am

Primrose Hill wrote:There's nothing like a London black cab

Hmmm, London yes, black no. Karma-cabs are way more karmic ...
http://www.karmakabs.com/index.html#place

bgd · Post by **bgd** » Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:58 am

Saint wrote: Stairs and beer don't mix bgd!

I really wish I had a good story but it was a simply missing the last step and no alcohol involved.

So more of the same today, no taxis available. Tried Premier Taxis and it was exactly the same with them. Surely if you are a Taxi company you display your booking number prominently? Not these guys, buried deep within the site.

Anyway after 45 mins eventually got one and made my appointment.

3 more weeks and I can ride the motorbike again. I can't wait.

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