Different type of Taxi drivers
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I've seen, spoke to many different type of taxi drivers in all walks of life. Lets see what r those you've met before
1 60-60 plus senior driver
Habits-
1 Open driver door or lower their window to spit
2 Can spot 1 copy of chinese newspaper
3 Both hands on steering, swing left & right
4 Likes to drag gear
5 slow drivers
6 Hardly talk
7 Hang 1 small horse racing calender near the air-con vent
2 50s drivers
1 Talk about their prime time history
2 Listen to 933 & 958
3 Wear pants with track shoes
4 Lots of pail, cloth, & tieing rubber behine the booth
5 Lay newspaper in the car booth
6 On call & changing shift sign already standby at the dash board
40s drivers
1 Try hard to act cool & speak well
2 Play english song that they don't even know what song they r playing
3 Good stereo system
4 Lots of nice gadget in the car, neon lightings etc
5 Always round down the taxi fare if he enjoy talking to you
6 Talk mostly about daily life , their family, child etc
7 Fast drivers & love to zig zag
30s drivers
1 Very rare
2 Customer always tell them they don't look like a taxi driver
3 Good customer service & well spoken
4 Mostly kena retrench & can't find a job
5 Very down to earth & drive with pride
6 Their taxi mostly very empty, nothing much cos they r not driving for long
7 Well dress & smell good
8 Most of them owns a car , a nice flat & married
9 Carry the latest range of handphone
10 Listen to class 95, lush 99.5, 98.7
11 Always get tips due to their talking skill -
I like to take cabs driven by 50-60+ uncles who listen to English oldies
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Hmm , this topic seems to be interesting too..
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got this transcab driven by this young chap.....shd be only 30+ lah
decorate the whole cab with spiderman stuff! -
Originally posted by Xcabby:
I have met driver in their 30's, like to listen to 93.3, hardly talk and drag their engine...
I've seen, spoke to many different type of taxi drivers in all walks of life. Lets see what r those you've met before
[b]1 60-60 plus senior driver
Habits-
1 Open driver door or lower their window to spit
2 Can spot 1 copy of chinese newspaper
3 Both hands on steering, swing left & right
4 Likes to drag gear
5 slow drivers
6 Hardly talk
7 Hang 1 small horse racing calender near the air-con vent
2 50s drivers
1 Talk about their prime time history
2 Listen to 933 & 958
3 Wear pants with track shoes
4 Lots of pail, cloth, & tieing rubber behine the booth
5 Lay newspaper in the car booth
6 On call & changing shift sign already standby at the dash board
40s drivers
1 Try hard to act cool & speak well
2 Play english song that they don't even know what song they r playing
3 Good stereo system
4 Lots of nice gadget in the car, neon lightings etc
5 Always round down the taxi fare if he enjoy talking to you
6 Talk mostly about daily life , their family, child etc
7 Fast drivers & love to zig zag
30s drivers
1 Very rare
2 Customer always tell them they don't look like a taxi driver
3 Good customer service & well spoken
4 Mostly kena retrench & can't find a job
5 Very down to earth & drive with pride
6 Their taxi mostly very empty, nothing much cos they r not driving for long
7 Well dress & smell good
8 Most of them owns a car , a nice flat & married
9 Carry the latest range of handphone
10 Listen to class 95, lush 99.5, 98.7
11 Always get tips due to their talking skill
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I have also met driver in their 60's who are very friendly, never listen to any songs, speaks real fluent english, maybe better than my school's english HOD...
But no matter wad.. normally i take cab, i sure round up cuz i dun like to keep coins. -
I just sit on any taxi.
Who cares about the driver? -
i find tt the most common radio station they like to tune in is 97.2 and 100.3
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Got 20s or not?
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20s.....I think too young for them to be a cabby................Originally posted by SBS9889U:Got 20s or not?
And not even sure if there actually existed the min. age limit for a person to be cabby.......
(FYI max age limit = 73 yrs old) -
20+ no good, although its obvious that they are that young, but they no manners..Originally posted by SGEMP:20s.....I think too young for them to be a cabby................
And not even sure if there actually existed the min. age limit for a person to be cabby.......
(FYI max age limit = 73 yrs old) -
Minimum age for taxi vocational license is 21, IIRC?Originally posted by SGEMP:20s.....I think too young for them to be a cabby................
And not even sure if there actually existed the min. age limit for a person to be cabby.......
(FYI max age limit = 73 yrs old) -
No la , minimum taxi VL is 30 years old , unless LTA change the regulation recently .
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Hmm , my favourite radio station is Class 95 , especially Rod Monteiro and Jean Danker segment , interesting from 5pm til 9pm .
Customers never say no to any station leh . -
XCabby missed out , most 50+ and 60's drivers MIA on driving duty on Friday night , they'll be at Kranji Turf Club .
Most 40's cabbies also MIA on EPL night , see Live Tele on TV . And betting also .
Most 30's cabby MIA on X'mas Eve and New Year Eve , chiong la of course !
Also recently , there is an increase of Senior drivers hanging out with Chinese women at Geylang . -
Some drivers got better life, can afford MIA etc Some have to drive non-stop.
For me, Sat night EPL cannot miss Sunday also don't drive, pay rental only.