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Becareful of white ant near lucky plaza
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As ususl they will stand near the entrance of lucky plaza just after the bus stop along orchard rd. If u happen to turn in from scott rd to orchard rd and followed the bus behind. Your view will be blocked by the bus especially if u intend to join the lucy plaza que. If the bus moved furtherdown after the bus s...
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Tonite Lobang 3/7
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there will be a grand dinner at manderin oriental tonite at 1930hrs till 2200hrs. many VIP, VVIP,grassroot and etc are invited. me 2. is a dinner for AYG and all thedelegates. guest of honour is Lee SL. so, get prepare your RR and Q there or stamford hotel. -- Edited by taxiuncle on Friday 3rd of July 2009...
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Yellow cab flies across drain, knocks down electrical box and lands right inside kopitiam
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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...
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Sign of poor earnings?
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Cabby put up own decal "NORMAL TAXI FARE" sign of bad times?
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ERP after Fuji Xerox Tower
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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...
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Suggest to have a section on "Accident on the Road"
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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.
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Becareful of white ants in CBD and traffic white ants on bridges !
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Government no money and many people want to drive taxis ! So they are out in full force to inconvenient taxi drivers !
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Chrysler cab fare from Airport to Jurong costs $70
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Chrysler cab fare from airport to Jurong costs $70! PHOTO ILLUSTRATION Richard 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...
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Beware of vanishing cabbies in Phuket
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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...
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Taxi surcharge hurting cabbies' business
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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...
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Fare Touting at Tanah Merah ferry Terminal
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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...
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Lack of cabs? Blame traffic jams
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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...
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Review of KIA Carens (CNG and Petrol)
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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...
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Taxis go overboard against H1N1
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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...
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Temporary Geylang Serai market taxi stand
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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...
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This cabby accepts nothing but cash & only in small bills
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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...
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Speed Cam @ Nicoll Highway
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damn it! i juz received a summon for speed of 83km/h at NHW. the fine is $130 + 4 pts. beware!
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New taxi service without 35% surcharge!!
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Taxi drivers cover up windows, what if hit and run happens?
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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...
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Those going to Mustafa from Jalan Besar beware.....
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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.
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Long taxi queues at Tampines Mall are traffic nightmares
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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...
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$1M to improve teksi ridership
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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...
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Speed camera the cause of many accidents at Loyang Ave?
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>> 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...
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Pick up wrong pax, what shd I do??
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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...
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Fuel saving technique that really works
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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...
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Are S'porean motorist becoming worst?
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>> 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...
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Guess what's the total population of motor vehicles in our road this month?
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End ofPeriod March 2008 _______________________ Cars ====515,142 Rental Cars =11,519 Taxis =====24,027 Buses=====14,574 Motorcycles & scooters == 144,869 Goods & other=152,082 Vehicles (Vans/Trucks/Trailers..etc...) Total ====862,213 *Note: Figures include VQS exempted an...
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Is it ethical to film taxi uncles without his knowledge?
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Hi Guys, I was highly disturbed by some postings on You Tube about taxi uncles. Some unethical 'idiots' have posted very disturbing videos of taxi uncles which they are performing their duties. Of course, some were fakes but many were real. I hope those taxi uncles that have been filmed and posted wil...
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Cabby insist to bring me to JB, eveb though I tell him to go Eunos
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Cabby insists on bringing me to JB, even though I tell him to go to Eunos STOMPer Some1Not Pleased told a cabby to drive him to Eunos MRT Station, so that he could take the train to Kranji and from there board a bus back to Johor Bahru. However, the cabby insisted on bringing the STOMPer all the way to JB. Thi...
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Singapore's visitor arrivals down 6.1%
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Singapore's visitor arrivals down 6.1% from previous year PHOTOILLUSTRATION Singapore Tourism Board reported that against the same month last year, April 2009 recorded a smaller decline of 6.1% in visitor arrivals to reach 780,000 visitors, compared to the double-digit decline seen in the pas...
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