First day taxi driving experience

• Pandanchen

  16 Mar 17, 22:19

  sometimes in an accident there is no 100% right or wrong. 

  but if you are really at fault. they will ask you to pay 2k, very siong for a new td. 

• Jasonlkl

  16 Mar 17, 22:22

  Originally posted by Pandanchen:

  sometimes in an accident there is no 100% right or wrong. 

  but if you are really at fault. they will ask you to pay 2k, very siong for a new td. 

  Do they assess the damage ? Cos not so major knocks. 

• Pandanchen

  16 Mar 17, 22:26

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Do they assess the damage ? Cos not so major knocks. 

  i already told you that comfort don't allow accident for first 6 months. you never listen?

• Jasonlkl

  16 Mar 17, 22:29

  Originally posted by Pandanchen:

  i already told you that comfort don't allow accident for first 6 months. you never listen?

  Rear bird also become chicken.

• Pandanchen

  16 Mar 17, 22:31

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Rear bird also become chicken.

  for bus and lorry i advise you to steer clear of them 

  give them room to move forward or side ward. 

• Jasonlkl

  16 Mar 17, 22:38

  Originally posted by Pandanchen:

  for bus and lorry i advise you to steer clear of them 

  give them room to move forward or side ward. 

  Noted. Will learn from this dramatic experience 

• Pandanchen

  16 Mar 17, 22:42

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Noted. Will learn from this dramatic experience 

  normally at 10.40 pm i still driving taxi 

   

• liewsc

  16 Mar 17, 23:13

  Maybe is too fast to have a break but still can gain an experiene from here lo, look at the positive side.

• bowah

  17 Mar 17, 08:39

  First of all, you must have the passion to like driving, but this passion will fate away after few months, as such, after a year or 2, you still driving even the passion is gone, you confirm.com.sg become a taxi driver or UG, most likely, permanent. If just starting 3 days only, you have lost that passion and excitement, then I guess better return key lah..because today taxi market is not viable to chiong anymore, even you drive 16 hrs per day, also cannot match our time of no UG,...that time, newbies like hammer, my ex chief, taxilim, Ct, Komade...etc etc all chiong 12 to 13 hrs per day, and it is worthy because there are lots of paxs..... ...so I guess those who are new and come into taxi trade...you come at a wrong time
• Taxilim88

  17 Mar 17, 08:42

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Do they assess the damage ? Cos not so major knocks. 

  Merging lanes plus Comfort bus vs Comfort/Citycab taxi, 50/50.

• bowah

  17 Mar 17, 08:46

  whether 50/50, 100% or 0%....as far as possible, dun get into an accident, it others want to chiong and garang, let them be, we are taxi driver earning a living on the road, be modest, never bring yr ego and pride into the road....save it and use it later at kopitiam TCSS.
• peterpan212

  17 Mar 17, 10:32

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Thanks. I only figured out today. Very useful

  
  Yr taxi in workshop. Is rental still deduct from your bank account? Got downtime rebate?
• Pandanchen

  17 Mar 17, 12:26

  Originally posted by peterpan212:

  
  Yr taxi in workshop. Is rental still deduct from your bank account? Got downtime rebate?

  if i not wrong, he took the taxi under promotion which does not have down time. so meaning BIG loss for him as he continues to pay rental and the car is inside workshop.

   

  that was why i told him not to get involved in accident in the first place. is very sad because today is Friday and normally Friday is a good day for taxi business. 

• Jasonlkl

  17 Mar 17, 14:34

  Originally posted by Pandanchen:

  normally at 10.40 pm i still driving taxi 

   

  This timing i sleeping

• Jasonlkl

  17 Mar 17, 14:40

  Originally posted by liewsc:

  Maybe is too fast to have a break but still can gain an experiene from here lo, look at the positive side.

  Thks! It's a costly break.

• Jasonlkl

  17 Mar 17, 14:45

  Originally posted by peterpan212:

  
  Yr taxi in workshop. Is rental still deduct from your bank account? Got downtime rebate?

  Yes still at wkshop. No dwntime and no claim of income loss even if case win. Now they pushing responsibility to get me a replacement vehicle. 

• Jasonlkl

  17 Mar 17, 14:46

  Originally posted by Taxilim88:

  Merging lanes plus Comfort bus vs Comfort/Citycab taxi, 50/50.

  Yes. Likely 50/50. Need to wait 3-6mths for outcome

• Jasonlkl

  17 Mar 17, 14:50

  Originally posted by Pandanchen:

  if i not wrong, he took the taxi under promotion which does not have down time. so meaning BIG loss for him as he continues to pay rental and the car is inside workshop.

   

  that was why i told him not to get involved in accident in the first place. is very sad because today is Friday and normally Friday is a good day for taxi business. 

  TGIF! An expensive weekend for me

• Jasonlkl

  17 Mar 17, 15:42

  Originally posted by liewsc:

  So early kena accident? Anyway if you can proof you are stationary then it is very clear the bus driver fault already, let see if he can argue it was the lamp pole fault or road divider fault when he bang into these things or not. Also he bang at your side means you at the front, in any way he must have come from behind even to hit sideway. He have nothing to argue in the first place.

  I didn't win the case is becos it was a one lane.

• Taxilim88

  17 Mar 17, 17:17

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Yes. Likely 50/50. Need to wait 3-6mths for outcome

  You need to pay $1K first, deducted over one month in 4 instalments?

• Pandanchen

  17 Mar 17, 17:22

  one lane? can explain more? 

• Jasonlkl

  17 Mar 17, 17:25

  Originally posted by Taxilim88:

  You need to pay $1K first, deducted over one month in 4 instalments?

  No need pay first cos verdict not out yet. I might win or lose case. Got installment but the staff not sure how many mths. I feel that it is their tactic to let tds wait 3-6 mths hoping that td will not pursue further if lose case. 

• Pandanchen

  17 Mar 17, 17:58

  what has one lane got to do with the accident?

• Jasonlkl

  17 Mar 17, 21:40

  Originally posted by Pandanchen:

  what has one lane got to do with the accident?

  Was told if there's a divider dotted line , i would have won the case. 

  But it was clearly a single lane regardless how wide the road is.

• Pandanchen

  17 Mar 17, 22:47

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Was told if there's a divider dotted line , i would have won the case. 

  But it was clearly a single lane regardless how wide the road is.

  so you suppose to be waiting behind the bus?