TAXIS again....

[andrei]

Originally posted by Hong-U@Jul 30 2006, 06:17 AM

There's always this "thing" between bikes and taxis.

 

Since I've started this thread, I'm still encountering several bad incidents wif them muthAfoOkers.

 

Ride safe guys.

Man, if you have these kind of accidents so frequently, then there must be something wrong with the way you ride.

 

Yes, they are mostly tired, distracted by passengers and sometimes just plain inconsiderate. But it is not always only their fault. A few days ago I saw a S4 staying for about 2 minutes around rear passenger door of a cab I was in on almost empty AYE. It was the worst road positioning he can do. And he was doing it consistently.

 

Are you sure you do not make similar mistakes? Try to recall, every time you had those accidents, where were you with respect to the cab and if it was possible to stay in some other place so that he can see you or just unable to harm you?

[Lasoul]

we all complain taxis

but i think taxi also complain abt us...

 

 

its all finger pointing here and there

we blame taxi

but have u guys wonder if we are actually at fault too?

i am sure u can see some riders zig ziagging here and there

and causing cars too brake to avoid hitting the riders

[Hong-U]

Originally posted by andrei@Jul 31 2006, 01:52 PM

Man, if you have these kind of accidents so frequently, then there must be something wrong with the way you ride.

 

Yes, they are mostly tired, distracted by passengers and sometimes just plain inconsiderate. But it is not always only their fault. A few days ago I saw a S4 staying for about 2 minutes around rear passenger door of a cab I was in on almost empty AYE. It was the worst road positioning he can do. And he was doing it consistently.

 

Are you sure you do not make similar mistakes? Try to recall, every time you had those accidents, where were you with respect to the cab and if it was possible to stay in some other place so that he can see you or just unable to harm you?

 

Lemme guess.... Your dad's a taxi driver?

 

I have never had an accident with a taxi (hopefully), juz bad incident/encounter.

I'm riding a relatively small and slow bike and I also do advise others to ride safe.

 

If you're riding, may I ask how many years of riding do ya have?

[andrei]

Originally posted by Hong-U@Aug 1 2006, 12:36 PM

Lemme guess.... Your dad's a taxi driver?

 

I have never had an accident with a taxi (hopefully), juz bad incident/encounter.

I'm riding a relatively small and slow bike and I also do advise others to ride safe.

 

If you're riding, may I ask how many years of riding do ya have?

No, but I'm one of those answered "No" to the question above. And I'm driving occasionally outside of Singapore.

 

It's good to hear that you did not have an actual accident. But what I'm trying to say that if some near-miss happens too frequently, we have to treat it as an alarm. Ask ourselves "What I need to do to minimize a chance in the future?", not "What is wrong with them?"

 

I'm riding slightly less then 2 years. But I'm not particularly young and a bit paranoid about safety, that is why I always try to analyze my and other riders mistakes.

[AH--SENG]

next time see taxi on the rd ...try to stay as far away from them....they r always rushin 4 time....

[ahlexsgbikes]

Originally posted by gssiong@May 22 2006, 10:30 AM

 

more practically.. shall paste a complaint hotline at the back of the cab..

 

their hotline will be damn hot till the operator wanna quit...

[The Monopoly Man]

if the taxi driver are rushing for booking like that is fcuking unfair to us as it might cause more accident. even taxi driver said that they always rush for their booking and i think taxi driver will just kill us any time n i dont know how come the goverment approve this type of dangerous booking,cant there be any inprovement? few weeks ago due to motor bike accident rate r high, T.V commercial always show motor bike speed n accident why never show car or taxi accident? this is sooooooooooooo UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gssiong]

Originally posted by ahlex@sgbikes@Aug 2 2006, 10:47 AM

their hotline will be damn hot till the operator wanna quit...

In Malaysia, they got paste a toll-free complain hotline and sms on those public transport like buses, lorry and of cause on taxi...

don't know how effective the things work...

but I think if the same method use in s'pore...

 

the operator pay must be high!!

 

[MaraJade]

Sadly, complaining to taxi companies doesn't do much good, especially in the case of a near miss. Their theory is probably that a miss is as good as a mile. They don't take complaints seriously until it's too late. Which means, they'll only pay attention when an accident has already occured and someone is injured. They don't seem to understand the concept of prevention being better than cure. At the end of the day, all we can do is rant and rave to vent our frustration and then just vow to ride safe and try to anticipate the crazy actions of cab drivers.

[Guest Kittygirl_53]

my fren kena hit at the back by a london cab yest at Bras Basah road...

 

the taxi uncle told my fren not to report about the accident...

[Guest Kittygirl_53]

if report the accident, the taxi driver's deposit arnd $2000 will be forfeited if involved in one?

[mr suave]

Just gotta be very cautious when riding near them. It was because of 1 of them, I havent been riding for a yr or so and damn, I am missing it!

[jytheorem]

Guys, think u have to stand at the taxi driver's point of view...

PErsonally i dun really like them, but well, they are still humans doing their job!

 

They drive like tt mostly for job sake.

The actual person to blame, i should point to the passenger!

 

Should be familiar to scenes of A**-*oles flagging a cab round a corner, a bend, right after a traffic light, etc..

Also A**-*oles having given the wrong directions / never give directions but suddenly decided to give directions, causing the cabby uncle to 'swerve' into the change lane mood kinda thing??

 

 

Aniwae, keep ur eyes wide open Keep a safe-r distance away from cabbies if you must

[AH--SENG]

Originally posted by jytheorem@Aug 3 2006, 06:26 AM

Guys, think u have to stand at the taxi driver's point of view...

PErsonally i dun really like them, but well, they are still humans doing their job!

 

They drive like tt mostly for job sake.

The actual person to blame, i should point to the passenger!

 

Should be familiar to scenes of A**-*oles flagging a cab round a corner, a bend, right after a traffic light, etc..

Also A**-*oles having given the wrong directions / never give directions but suddenly decided to give directions, causing the cabby uncle to 'swerve' into the change lane mood kinda thing??

 

 

Aniwae, keep ur eyes wide open Keep a safe-r distance away from cabbies if you must

:cheer:

quite true ....anyway...ride safe n enjoy the ride.....

[Finix]

since they are so "well-known"... Just gotta live with it... Just like how people in BKK live with their *Traffic Jam*...

 

On our part, we can't do anything much about their "driving habits"...

 

But we can:

- keep a look out

- keep a distance

- keep praying

 

 

Had encounters with them b4 too...

Just thank god i'm still typing lor...

[Yongster]

Taxis.......They are really horrible man......I still tink that they own the road...they can jam E-brake and stop juz cos sme1 is waving them down....Do u tink it's fair to other road users...???

 

Yes...mayb they are trying to making a living.....bt dun u tink the way they drive, it's just going to make a killing??

 

But there are very gd taxi drivers also......I have seen them giving way to other road users even though they have the right of way......

 

So, it's the person behind the wheel and not their job nature........

[Guest MinistryofAlex]

-Before i got knocked by them = Ya they are trying to earn a living, maybe passenger fault, only a few exist on-road and Blah blah blah...

 

-After accident with metals implant = My turn to pay them back with the 4 wheels.

[kOpi_jaC]

we tok and curse them oso no use.... jus be wary of them lor...

[AH--SENG]

Originally posted by MinistryofAlex@Aug 5 2006, 12:05 AM

-Before i got knocked by them = Ya they are trying to earn a living, maybe passenger fault, only a few exist on-road and Blah blah blah...

 

-After accident with metals implant = My turn to pay them back with the 4 wheels.

no point de man.....yuan yuan siang bao he shi liao.....

i was nt so luckily.....didnt get hit by a taxi..but a mini bus....but no point gettin back...its fated....live with it

[Guest selphie]

IMO, some of them like to high beam, jam e-brake, don't signal, horn unneccesarily, argue with passenger, don't give way to pedestrains, choose passengers, nag at passengers, speed.

 

I am not so angry as a rd user cos their kind of driving is expected and as a rider, it is best to take precaution than rail at them when an accident happens.

But I AM EXTREMELY PISSED WHEN I USE THEIR SERVICE. THEY MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THEY R MY CUSTOMER AND NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND.

THEIR COMPANIES SHOULD SEND THEM FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SAFETY DRIVING TRAINING.

*ABCDEFG*

 

[coollce]

Originally posted by selphie@Aug 7 2006, 11:41 PM

IMO, some of them like to high beam, jam e-brake, don't signal, horn unneccesarily, argue with passenger, don't give way to pedestrains, choose passengers, nag at passengers, speed.

 

I am not so angry as a rd user cos their kind of driving is expected and as a rider, it is best to take precaution than rail at them when an accident happens.

But I AM EXTREMELY PISSED WHEN I USE THEIR SERVICE. THEY MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THEY R MY CUSTOMER AND NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND.

THEIR COMPANIES SHOULD SEND THEM FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SAFETY DRIVING TRAINING.

*ABCDEFG*

 

Not forgetting that they tailgate at high speed without realising their brakes & tyres are not of top grade...

 

I just kanna on the PIE at the camera area. Was travelling on lane 3 (joining the slower moving vehicles) at ard 90km/hr going to slow down to 80km/hr before reaching the cam.

1 white cab overtook my left as there were 4 lanes...... Fair enough, he wanna test the camera limit that's his business......

Another blue cab came up from behind me & was almost kissing my butt, can't slow down anymore, have to throttle with the brake lights on to prevent him from doing anything silly.

Pass the camera at ard 85 km/hr.

 

Didn't see any flashes so guess I'm still safe...... But where were the TP when I most needed them?

[Denden]

You think about this.

 

Every cab spends at least 20 freaking hours on the road every day.

Half the time driver tired. But got to drive on, money is an important factor.

 

With cab rental and diesel prices going up up and away, less passengers, and more cabbies..... so some of them got to drive CRAZY TAXI. They got parents to feed, children to give pocket money to and things are getting more and more expensive...

 

Yes it's rude of them to cut into your lane, break without warning or even fail to notice you....

 

 

 

But put yourself in their position.

 

Give them a break. And just be wary on the road, be it taxis, BMWs, buses, Ah beng or Ah seng cars....

[DramaQueen]

me as a panssenger think that most cabbies are friendly. when im inside, i dont see them having any troubles around bikes or vice versa.

 

recently, a taxi driver UNCLE sang the song 'My Hump' by BEP to me ahahhahahahaha i think funny. and i've nv argued with any cab drivers b4. but thats besides the point.

 

I dun have problem with them at all. Just that some drive damn slow.

well i think lady drivers are the worst drivers of all time. lol im critisizing my own kind. tsk..

[kOpi_jaC]

90% of road traffic accidents i @@ involves taxi...

 

once i saw two taxis colliding wif each other too... both fr same co..

[Hong-U]

Originally posted by Denden@Aug 8 2006, 09:12 PM

You think about this.

 

Every cab spends at least 20 freaking hours on the road every day.

Half the time driver tired. But got to drive on, money is an important factor.

 

With cab rental and diesel prices going up up and away, less passengers, and more cabbies..... so some of them got to drive CRAZY TAXI. They got parents to feed, children to give pocket money to and things are getting more and more expensive...

 

Yes it's rude of them to cut into your lane, break without warning or even fail to notice you....

 

 

 

But put yourself in their position.

 

Give them a break. And just be wary on the road, be it taxis, BMWs, buses, Ah beng or Ah seng cars....

Ha... this is another one.

Your dad must be a cabby, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

"...money is an important factor."

 

Is life not important?

 

Why don't they put themselves in our positions?

 

 

HmMmm..... so am I right or wrong bout yr dad's occupation?