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Fake witness, five-figure claim & 1/2 yr fight in motor accident
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Fake witness, five-figure claim and a 1 1/2-yr fight By Christopher Tan, Senior Correspondent MOTORIST Henry Phua faced a five- figure accident claim from a minor collision. He finally won when the other driver, who claimed to have a 'witness', lost his nerve and admitted in court to l...
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Road closure on Sunday
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Road closure on Sunday Thu, Apr 23, 2009 The Straits Times By Diana Othman CHANGI Coast Road, between Changi Ferry Road and Tanah Merah Coast Road, will be closed on Sunday for a running and biking race. It will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6am to 1pm for The Raw Duathlon, a marathon involving a fi...
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ERP rate dropped at PIE slip road to CTE
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ERP rates dropped at PIE slip road into CTE Mon, Apr 27, 2009 AsiaOne By Tony Ng The Land Transport Authority has reduced the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at the Pan-Island expressway slip road into the Central Expressway. From May 4 onwards,8.00-8.30am, motorists will...
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Thank You, bros - Accident on AYE
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I was involved in a chain collision accident (5 vehicles) this afternoon with a female pax on board. Bro stkee helped relay msg for assistance to ferry my pax to her destination. Even though my pax changed her mind and instead called her boyfriend to come, I still get calls from bros camrylimo, donsan a...
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Cabby Murdered
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Msg from another forum.. A 30 year old Chinese national wascharged for murder. He was arrested in connection with a body discovered in a forested area off Sembawang Road last Friday. The highly decomposed body has been identified as 58-year old Yuen Swee Hong, a taxi driver. If convicted, the suspec...
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Hit & run case - Cabby shrugs then drives off
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Cabby shrugs, then drives off Owner lodges report as driver keeps quiet about hit-and-run caseBy Teh Jen LeeApril 22, 2009 FOR nine years they took care of their pet dog, doting over it like a child. GRAPHICS: CEL GULAPA But in a split second, it was dead - killed in a hit-and-run accident involving a ta...
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How can LTA car park at Taxi Stand? Are they above the Law?
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Pic taken by bro bryan So LTA above the law?
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How much for taxi car wash?
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Hi all seniors,
I'm a new cabby driving with a Toyota wish, I have a question would like to check with you guys, this evening when I'm on my way home (off duty) I've went to the car wash service at Hougang Ave 2 inside SPC, after washing my taxi the cleaner ask me to pay $5 and I asked him why $5 not $4 for taxi,...
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Can Serangoon Road shop just change tyre on the road?
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According to a STOMPer, workers from this tyre shop along Serangoon Road are seen changing car tyres on the extreme right lane of the road and there seems to be no work area there. In an email to STOMP today (Apr 20), the STOMPer wrote: ¡°This tyre shop on Serangoon Road has no work area. ¡°The owner chang...
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News Flash !!
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This morning @ 08:07 hrs, while driving to work along JTH Road approaching Boon Lay Way [near Blk 227, Jurong east ST 21], i saw one man alighted from his stopped car [SFS 3625G] and approach one comfort taxi [SHC 2110 S] driven by one Malay driver. From my rear mirror, i saw the male chinese man 'pulled op...
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Danger! Cabby misses turn, reverses on expressway
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Danger! Cabby misses turn, reverses on expressway This Comfort cabby missed his exit while travelling on Tampines Expressway, then proceeded to reverse on the expressway, heedless of oncoming traffic from behind, says STOMPer W. "This incident occurred on Apr 17, at 11:48 pm. "This C...
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Cabby not afraid of speed cam
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Mr Cabby you forgot your license plate This taxi was spotted on the road missing a licence plate by a STOMPer. She wonders if this is a novel way to avoid receiving a summons from speed cameras. Here's what she wrote in an email today (Apr 20): "I saw this taxi a few days back, it seems that there is no n...
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Three car collision will jam PIE for hours
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A classic case of highway accidents. This silver cab driver was trying to avoid colliding with acab in front by jamming his breaks. But this caused him,and two other carsbehind to collide, causing a massive jam on the PIE. STOMPer Veeems, who was the passenger of the silver cab, was on his way to the air...
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Careful when alighting pax at Chinese Embassy
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Guys,
I understand from a kaki that one can get a fine of $130 n 3 demeirt points ..when you wrongfully alight your pax at the Chinese Embassy...
Best part of the story is that the person noting down your vehicle no is no uncle sam or white rats but the Security guard...
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Enforcement along Orchard Road - Comfort message
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Enforcement along Orchard Road
We had been informed by Land Transport authority that taxis had been
queuing beyond taxi stands along Orchard Road. Their Enforcement Officers
had in the past few months been quite lenient on their enforcement action,
taxis found queuing beyond taxi stand wer...
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CBD charges -$3
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I'm an island by myself...just hope to get affirmative answer here...hope i'm not
charging my pax wrongly on the CBD charges. On saturday 8pm at Taka taxis stand
picked up a family of 4 pax. Preset the CBD charges of $3, the princess asked me why
needed to pay CBD charges , never heard of such thing...
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Taxi stands
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hello all experience taxi uncles,
here i got a few newbie questions regarding TS like to ask experience taxi uncles.
first question, when alighting paxs in cbd, is it ok to alight my paxs outside the taxi stands box when there are taxis Q-ing inside the box? anyone got kenna fine before on this kind...
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Dishonest cabby cheats me by taking the roundabout route
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Dishonest cabbie cheats me by taking the roundabout route
STOMPer Peter S said the taxi driver who took him on a longer route, only offered to take $3 off from his fare only after hearing him talking on the phone to check o...
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Another cabby cheats?
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Cabby takes longer route, then shouts Hokkien vulgarities at passengers
According to STOMPer Joseph, this taxi driver took a longer route from Chinatown to Bukit Panjang. When asked what route he was taking, the...
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Female cabby eats pau while making an u-turn
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Female cabby eats pau while making an U-turn STOMPer Angry was appalled by the reckless behaviour of this female cabby, who was eating a pau while making an U-turn. This STOMPer wonders why the cabby waited until the STOMPer boarded the cab to start eating her pau. Angry says: "I boarded this tax...
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Cabbies carry ads for company but dont get share of profits
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Cabbies carry ads for company but don't get share of profits
A STOMPer was impressed with the cabs that have touchscreens chock-full of information and advertisements affixed to its headrests, but wonders why t...
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Cabby return gold bar get $50 reward
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Msg from Car forum.....
mind you, that's $377k worth of gold !!
this morning's ST front page had an article on a cabby who drove ard without knowing that one of his passengers had left behind a bag of gold in his boot worth abt $377k !!
upon finding the pot, the cabby made an effort and returned the gol...
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Cab driver deliberately drove slowly to charge me more
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According to STOMPer shao.ken90, this TransCab driver deliberately drove slowly so that the cab fare would cost more.
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4 new airlines at T2
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4 new airlines at T2
By Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent
FROM Sunday, Air India, Air India Express, Asiana Airlines and Korean Air will operate out of Changi Airport's Terminal 2.
The four are currently at Terminal 1.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said in a s...
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BEWARE CENTRE POINT 5PM - 8PM
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Last Monday the 23rd of March, as ususal I started my night shift relief driving at about 5pm. I headed towards Cairnhill coz ERP = 50cts only. I intended to queue at Cold Storage Centrepoint. Nearing the destination I felt an uneasy feeeling and the environment didn't seem right. I avoided the bus lan...
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Buangkok - KPE Link Opens
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Buangkok-KPE link opens
Yeo Ghim Lay
By Yeo Ghim Lay
A NEW road link to the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway opened in Sengkang on Sunday morning.
The 1.32km long Buangkok East Drive will connect Buangkok Drive to the KPE, and help nearby residents cut their travelling time to the city by up to sev...
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This cabby is 'king of the road'
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Cabby stops in the middle of road at Jurong Point and ignores horns from other drivers STOMPer Haze was puzzled by this inconsiderate act of a Transcab driver. He had stopped in the middle of the road outside Jurong Point, causin...
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Hirer's contract terminated
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Road rage cabby's contract terminated
I REFER to the letter, "Hounded by a raging, reckless cabby", by Mr Kelvin Chor (The Straits Times, March 18).
We are dismayed to learn about this incident and would like to apologise to Mr Chor and his family for the unpleasant encounter. We do no...
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Little china in s'pore
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potential hazards on the roads in s'pore
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Is SG taxi passenger quality dropped?
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Is SG taxi passengers quality dropped? Or due to some reasons their expectation getting higher? So many complaints such as "eating pau", "don't help loading lugges"...etc.
Newbie like me always catch no ball, should we do or don't... really confusing.
Last Saturday, a...
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