Singapore's four main taxi operators fail safety standards a

• sbst275

  1 Feb 05, 15:23

  SINGAPORE : Singapore's four main taxi operators have failed in safety yet again.
  
  Even the new taxi companies are performing below expectations for the third quarter of last year, from July to September.
  
  This was revealed in the Land Transport Authority's third report card on taxis' service standards.
  
  Accidents affect the standard ratings for the taxi companies..
  
  And it seems the accident rate is getting worse for all of Singapore's big players.
  
  While the allowed accident rate allowed is two accidents per 10 million kilometres, it was 2.69 accidents from June to September last year - up from 2.45 in the previous quarter!
  
  The new kids on the block fared a little better, though not by much.
  
  Trans-Cab services and Premier Taxis got an 'F' for safety for one out of three months, and Smart Automobile, two out of the three months.
  
  The grace period that the Land transport Authority gave was till the end of August last year to reduce the accident rate, but it did not seem to work.
  
  Six out of the seven taxi companies failed to meet the accident rate standard in September. Only Trans-Cab met the requirements.
  
  The LTA has promised to get tough - and should any of the six companies fail to meet the accident rate requirement in October 2004, it will proceed to impose penalties of up to $100,000.
  
  The new cab companies also did not meet other service standards set for them.
  
  Premier Taxis did not meet the first inspection passing rate for July, while Transcab and Premier taxis were unable to comply with the offence rate for the same month. - CNA
• sbst275

  1 Feb 05, 15:26

  I think this is too much, taxi drivers are very stressful driving for so long in a day...
• crazy_prata

  1 Feb 05, 15:28

  dun think so...
  
  think we all drivers out there are more stress than ever by those bad behaved taxi drivers...
  
  gan ni nah ya.... dunno whether they got a valid license to drive or not
• sbst275

  1 Feb 05, 15:30

  Originally posted by crazy_prata:

  dun think so...
  
  think we all drivers out there are more stress than ever by those bad behaved taxi drivers...
  
  gan ni nah ya.... dunno whether they got a valid license to drive or not

  Hello, they are the most stressed..
  
  And they already have poor health.... Because they dun dare to drink more water as fear of getting to toilet often...