Comfort cabby's atrocious behaviour
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http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,363853,00.html?
This is a serious incident indeed.
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Cabby doesn't like to be told how to drive, stops at PIE, eats dinner, taunts stranded passengers
I would like to express my utmost displeasure and disgust at a Comfort cab driver whom my wife and I encountered on January 2.
Along the PIE, the driver kept driving on the extreme left lane of the expressway at about 60kmh. I advised him to stop tailgating a lorry and if it was possible to drive on the other lanes as that lane was meant for slower vehicles.
The driver then abruptly changed lanes before driving back to the extreme left lane. Then he suddenly stopped the vehicle on the left road shoulder on the PIE, just before entering BKE (Woodlands) Exit 24.
I questioned him on the reason for stopping the vehicle. The driver said he 'does not like people to tell him how to drive his taxi.'
He then accused me of 'thinking that I've got money and can order people around', an accusation which was absurd. The driver then said that he had 'plenty of time to play with us, even until midnight' and that 'he doesn't mind sleeping in the cab for the night.'
Then the driver claimed that he was hungry and took out his dinner box and began to eat in front of us. He even taunted us by saying 'too bad you cannot eat.'
I asked if he could continue to drive after eating. But he refused and said that he needed to sleep. I demanded that he carry on driving, but this was greeted with his vulgarities.
The driver tried to scare my wife by saying 'What do you think if on-coming vehicles come crashing onto the back of the vehicle? The back passengers will surely die first and will be crushed to death.'
The driver also switched off the air-conditioning and refused to let my wife open the doors to allow air in by auto-closing them. Disturbed, I called the Comfort hotline to see if they could arrange another cab to pick us up as we could sense that we were in a precarious situation.
To our disappointment, we were told that taxis cannot pick up passengers on the expressway.
The driver said he was not afraid of being banned from driving cabs as he did not mind losing his job. He also challenged us to sue him and take him to court.
The episode ended when my son hailed another Comfort cab, ironically, from West Mall Shopping to pick us up on the PIE.
I have always believed in the high quality services of Comfort taxi but this dramatic incident has definitely changed my mind about the standards of the company.
This incident clearly portrays the unruly and unreasonable behaviour of the Comfort taxi driver. It was raining very heavily on that stormy night and you can imagine the physiological trauma and distress that my wife, who has a history of hypertension, went through, being stranded on the road with a 'weird' driver in a cab at night in almost complete darkness.
This incident has also tarnished the image of Comfort taxi drivers and it raises questions about Comfort's philosophy of providing excellent and fuss-free transport services to commuters.
I am totally flabbergasted and shocked at this incident and I hope to get a satisfactory explanation for what happened on that night.
From: http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,363853,00.html
10 Jan 2006 -
i would just point a knife at the taxi driver's neck if i want to get out of e taxi
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Seems like Premier Taxi rego SHB8167 also kena complained.
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Should have called the cops. Looks like he commited a number of criminal offences as well. .
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I can't believe there are such people in this world, but then again, we never hear the side of the story from the cab driver, maybe he was really pissed off by the couple, it's hard to say but nonetheless what he did was totally unreasonable.
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His behaviour could have worth being sacked from Comfort.Originally posted by lwflee:Should have called the cops. Looks like he commited a number of criminal offences as well. . -
He eventually got sacked.
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Got sacked not enough. He endangered the lives of his passengers and other road users by stopping on the road shoulder of highway. Should bring him to court for criminal conduct.