CNY ....... Night Driving
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First and foremost .... I wish all chinese TDs here a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year. Wish everybody ....."HUAT AHHHHHHHHHHH" I will be driving night from 22 Jan onwards to 27 Jan. Anybody can advise me.... 1) 23 & 24 Jan ... peak hr and city surcharge still applies rite? 2) Can advise whether got pax during nite from past CNY pattern?
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1) applies. 2) after 12 mn v v v slow becos all nite spots close.office workers still on cny holiday,no late going home,only place to pick pax :AP,IR.
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nothing special lar about CNY Eve or CNY itself ..... Why ? Cos 365 days got 25% peak hour , so nothing special , everyday for us is CNY Eve . Of course basic strategies must be there , one also must possessed simple logic .
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What do you expect , when u have say.... 70% of taxi drivers are Chinese ? Logically , 70% shortage at a certain time , correct ? Another point , Reunion Dinner , Dinner , correct ? So dinner time shortage everywhere in Singapore . If say 50% of those chinese cabbies makan during dinner , what u reckon ?
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So no need to worry so much .... just drive . No specific strategies ..... I started work at about 6.30pm most of the time during CNY Eve , by the time i started , CCK street not much people , but Singapore Zoo ...... Pick N Go , need help !!! 2011 , heard from walklie talkie , Lake View jobs mostly $X plus meter , not ordinary booking rate , so can imagine all happening inside orchard road area ? Last min shoppers all rushing home for dinner . . . but no cabs . Tourist also dunno why no cabs around ? Hotel also in trouble , esp those departure guests , must make Advance arrangements .
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from 3pm onwards , AP crying for taxis . All terminals .
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But usually most night cabbies start work at around 7pm .... still if 100% of them otr , one can still create connections everywhere in Singapore . Used to be very busy after 8pm , cos peak hour finished , this year i dunno , i dun think it makes any differences .
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CNY Eve , also a day those non-chinese party also . So u may expect malays and indians to go : " Uncle Clarke Quay " "Uncle , Boat Quay "
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I never play around town during CNY eve , where got time ? HDB crying for taxis .... play mahjong , go home after Reunion Dinner , MBS , RWS , etc .....
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CNY Eve , the midnights , actually not steam one to work . Town those party areas still got bits and pieces around . But around 4am . . . . Clarke Quay crying for taxis !
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Lastly CNY season , it's all about HDB area .
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Thanks Poolman for advise. CNY eve...around 8 - 10 pm think got pax in HDB estate eat out and needs taxi to go back home. after midnight that can ply the nite spots. CNY eve....seriously got people go zoo ? tourist???
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ZOO?
, you go zoo wait, Pool goes HDB between woodland and yishun, I go between woodland and CCK< less one cab competition with us. -
CNY time, maxi and chrysler huat again leh? so shiok....
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ya la, cny day no $1 wor.... aln no mood to otr... stay at home hide until 6pm.... haha
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shiok??, wear vest and long sleeve very hot
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Maxi can wear short sleeve. Black car bo pian must wear nicer.
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Originally posted by bowah:
ZOO?
, you go zoo wait, Pool goes HDB between woodland and yishun, I go between woodland and CCK< less one cab competition with us.
Eve Zoo super need taxis around 4pm to 7pm .Bird park also .
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The name of the game for CNY : Sweep !!!
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Eve Zoo super need taxis around 4pm to 7pm .Bird park also .
Of course lah, knn 4 to 7 reunion dinner, nearly 50% cabbies off the road, left only our other races brothers and sisters on the road, everywhere also full of people, HDB can already, jiak buay liao,..unlike normal day cheapo trip, those going reunion travel from town to town, then after that, like me, kenna stuck in mahjong game, whole nite making 5� limit, no nid to drive already -
Originally posted by Poolman:
The name of the game for CNY : Sweep !!!
See first, if got $8... 3min can take durian can take lah, but be prepare most paxs are family type, babies in cot. -
Originally posted by bowah:
ZOO?
, you go zoo wait, Pool goes HDB between woodland
and yishun, I go between woodland and CCK< less one cab
competition with us.
Ah Pool like this play xiao di ....good meh lucky Bowah came to my rescue.... if not after reunion dinner , I go straight to mandai -
Originally posted by Poolman:
Eve Zoo super need taxis around 4pm to 7pm .Bird park also .
okay.... CNY eve will start around 8pm...so can skip zoo and birdpark -
CNY....got pax gives TD ang pao ?
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Poolman,
thanks very much for the advice.
Truly experienced lao jiao.