6th avenue to king albert park stretch also problem cos all the condos are on the inside stretch of bukit timah rd. most times if i get calls that require me to make a long u turn..forget it.
came across very "keng" pax, current booking to airport 5.55am. last time no experience, take only. obviously, the guy boarded after 6am. the cheapskate. gave up street hire somemore.
anyway, i'm in total agreement, have to be selective about accepting calls. suspension, can lift anytime.
Originally posted by kinwashi:So what ? Rejection means nothing to me . I can always call my control hotline , and get a release of suspension . Big deal ?
Sometime call jobs are really nuisance like as last Wednesday already heading into Victoria Street, Job offer Hill Street MITA Building Main entrance, enter by River Valley Road. Fme press button $3.00 that it, what suspension. Street Hail job no penalty at all. Just for the extra $2.50 you need to go back, where you came from that route. But Bugis Parco there are many over here, which is better. Control Centre.
Evening shift is different .... ours pricing is different , understood ?
$3.00 flag down
$3.50 booking
$3.00 City charge
$0.30 diesel surcharge
if call beautiful , the customer closed the door , $9.80 already .
Your day shift got nothing extra , $2.50 booking fee , so call is nuisance la .
Evening shift call is important sometimes .
Originally posted by ALN:hey pool,
Zone A, yah centrepoint best… actually PS more crowd except that always jam when turing into handy road
Zone B, funan is better than say city hall/suntec? my usual spot is city hall or suntec leh. got chance for same zone call. funan no chance liao…
Zone C, Maria temple better than robinson road? more tourist? must try… and if kena call can also quickly zoom to robinson…
After 8pm, i like suntec/marina area most… big taxi stands, less jam, good access to ECP/AYE and can easily cruise around to look for ‘good’ pax. Best is take call and go to tanjong rhu… solid…
Why Funan It Mall ( Hill St ) is my choice ?
Cos most customers get on board , usually head west or within CBD , head west means i'll see less congestion ( AYE )
Those using ECP usually use the t/s at Nth bridge side . ECP peak hr damn jiak lat .
I dun like Suntec cos Suntec area many kind of customers . Especially many heading to Hougang / Serangoon North / AMK and those CTE route places .
KNN if one pax go Punggol , i die liao , Suntec to go Punggol , they surely used Upp Serangoon Road , surely jam . They used the road behind Suntec > Lavender > Up Serangoon .
Unlike Funan , if punggol customers going home , clear cut CTE . It's a big round to go by Up Serangoon . Pax got no choice .
Originally posted by kinwashi:You must be fast an alert and decide fast, What happen sometime good job offer must not miss. Just what happen again was at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, after lunch break it was 1.30pm. Just start the engine my Sonata, MDT show Casurina Curry House advance Booking 1.50pm to Ritz Carlton. This kind of job offer…I will never let it go, Fast like ligthning put my finger tip onto the BID, wow Job excepted, Zoom over there 1.40pm, Paxs on board headed to CTE, Orchard Exit there you are Ritz Carlton total fare $21.00. with two ERP charges. Ha this Englishman paid $22.00 this is their tradition (keep the change). Not all are nuisance after all.
Kin , advance booking just relax , one advance booking 4 taxis receive the offer only , take your time , think can or not , no need so kang chiong .
ALN , if Suntec u like , u should try S'pore Flyer , weekdays 100% tourist , i never picked locals during weekdays , but Saturday , most locals and expats .
Sri Marieanam Temple the pax is solid one .... fast somemore the movement .
If kana ECP , go via Maxwell Road , easy .
If kana CTE , go via Cantonment > Outram , also easy .
If kana AYE , Cantonemt > Outram ? AYE . Easy .
Pax to chose to go by Nicholl Highway , the jam will kill them , they will chose rather those highways .
Pax to chose to go by Bt Timah ? The jams at Paterson Road will also kill them also , will kill them solidly , so AYE Highway again .
The location very important
One more trick ...
Why Suntec is no good for me .
Say pax going to Bt Batok , knn they got many choices , AYE ? PIE ? or Bt Timah .
And i would say , 90% will go by Bt Timah from Suntec to Bt Batok . Cos very easy , Suntec out Rochor , Straight only to Bt Batok .
But ...... if .
U move abit from Suntec to say ..... Funan Centre ( Hill St ) ... pax to go Bt Batok , they got no choice , but to go by AYE > Clementi Ave 6 > Bt Batok .
I am so sure they will not chose to go by Bt Timah , why ?
Imagine , to go by Bt Timah from Funan .
Pax has to go thru Nth Bridge Road .... back into Hill St .... Stamford Road ... Selegie Road .... Rochor Road ... Bt Timah , meter how much liao ?
AYE ? Straight from Funan , 1km , already inside tunnel . Pay ERP , yes , but still cheaper .
cos day shift their connections is slightly better , so no extra surcharge is needed .
Cos night is all about CBD and town area , so in order to encourage drivers to chiong down into CBD , to support the needs , extra surcharges must be implement .
If nothing about surcharges , why should i head into CBD to pick passengers ?
Outside CBD i already very busy liao .
If say i in AMK eg , if in town no extra , i would rather crusie slowly around AMK ,before heading to town to look for pax ....
But with the $3 extra , i no need think so much , head straight down CTE into CBD , 100% sure got pax , i dun even bother to pick anyone at AMK .
Tactically , our tactic is alway like tat , 5pm to 8pm , i pick whatever , whichever , whenever , wherever whoever needs a cab .
8pm , the best is near town , Q for extra $3 City charge . Dun bother anywhere just outside CBD .
Outside CBD people , transparent for me , cannot see them .
Why should i pick one outside CBD , without $3 , and inside CBd got $3 anytime ?
Then anytime around 10pm , i would say 110% sure got booking for me .... inside cbd .
The most , 1 only .
After 10.30pm , booking got less , so my solution ? Pick anyone that is white ? Yellow if dun have then pick , black colour one has to wait .
Caucasians is all about not further than $10 trip .
Chinese is okay , anywhere i do . Except more than 3 paxes , i worry go more than 2 places .
Black one , no comments . If dun have white and yellow , then bo pian , picked and hope for the best .
I pick & chose ? No la , cos after 10pm , LTA regulation states that i can picked anyone on the street , not mandatorily must take from a taxi stand , so i can chose colours .
That's another loophole in the legistrations or taxi law and order .
it ought to be done away with
anyway e taxis are on e road e whole day and it's to get those private car owners to switch
Originally posted by ALN:at suntec, so far i see pple mostly go east or sometimes north… less seldom go west…dun know why…
at vivio and alexandra, pple usually go west… and sometimes north…
just my observations…
no need scratch head, it doesn't mean more blue collar workers stay in jurong, just that many of them take mrt to boon lay station and then catch a cab to tuas/jurong.
if morning kena tuas or jurong, i will straight away take AYE and head to jurong east or teban/pandan/westcoast or even holland. pax there more likely to go to town. my morning peak hour strategy same as poolman after 10.30pm strategy...take as many bookings as possible, esp angmoh, this means hanging around orchard/newton/holland area and short trips. most angmohs will call for cab in the mornings and high percentage of going to suntec/shenton/robinson area. going back to orchard/newton area also quick bcos everybody heading into CBD. if u remain in jurong, jurong point sure got pax, but 100% go to tuas/pioneer cos they took mrt to boon lay station and then take taxi to work so as to minimise taxi fare. if cruise in j.west, chances of getting a pax very slim cos many taxis also cruising after dropping pax off in tuas. (similar situation in the east..airport) my strategy is to maximise bookings during morning peak hours. jurong where got booking? so have to operate in condo belts near town.
but one time happened abnormal case....booking sunset way to jw st81, street hire jw st81 to pioneer sector 1, suddenly 1 family of 3 at sector 1 bus stop hailed me...goto newton circus. arrive newton immediately got booking evelyn road to shenton way. 2 hours collection $95. ptw.
Originally posted by ALN:yeah me quite similar…
5 to 8pm, and after 12am, i pick anyone, anywhere…
8 to 10.30pm, pick anyone except those just outside CBD…
10.30 to 12am, ... if far north/ far west, i will reject unless on call…
not playing difficult lah… just that fuel is getting expensive… me driving for profit
U can reject one meh?
Originally posted by ALN:kin, day time got pax going out of town but not many… when u not driving taxi, esp 930pm to 1045pm…u cruise pass any part of town or worse just outside town e.g. scotts, beach, serangoon…. u will think there is an evacuation going on…haha…