questions about TD
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in general larh. not all like that.
1. How come every TD I flag down seem to know the exact location of the place I wanna go? Do all TD have to take some kind of 'memorise entire sg map including back lanes and ulu place' test?
2. Why do many TD accelerate and brake so hard even over short distance? that few seconds shaved off don't really do much..
3. Why many TD don't give way to driver that have their indicators on? (eg driver want to change lane)
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Point 2 is SG driver competancy issue, more like driving attitude issue. TDs got free brake pads, so some tend to be worse. Cannot go liao mai da yew liao la. Sit inside irritating like fuck. Follow behind lagi buey tahan.
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1. This is not true. Quite a few of us here are sotongs. I know Bukit Merah well, now I more or less familiar with Serangoon. Elsewhere...I will ask, "dont mind you guide me as I am two months new"
2. This one driving attitude problem. I know its happening, I also dont understand why they drive like that. I like to drive in such a manner that my passenger thinks he/she is sitting in a waiting lounge. I have mother and kid playing, dont even know they are in a moving vehicle. I have people reading books in my cab. (most times if you try to read a book in a car, you will surely get a headache). I also encounter a few times, ladies putting on mascara, IN MY CAB !! Scary, if I jam brakes, sure kena the forehead.
3. Before I became a TD, most people dont give way, whether cab or pte vehicle. When I became a TD, at least some TD gives way, Pte Car continues not to give way. I think this is a Singaporean problem.
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Originally posted by AngelOfDarkness:
1. How come every TD I flag down seem to know the exact location of the place I wanna go? Do all TD have to take some kind of 'memorise entire sg map including back lanes and ulu place' test?
Hmm memorised entire sg map ?Well ..... no need memoried lah , quite natural if u go one time , next time we will know better how to go . It's the job of a taxi driver .
It's quite natural we learnt that way .
If taxi driver si mi place also dunno how to go .... go ten times also dunno how to go , drive what taxi ? drive bus better .
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Originally posted by StriveOn:
1. This is not true. Quite a few of us here are sotongs. I know Bukit Merah well, now I more or less familiar with Serangoon. Elsewhere...I will ask, "dont mind you guide me as I am two months new"
2. This one driving attitude problem. I know its happening, I also dont understand why they drive like that. I like to drive in such a manner that my passenger thinks he/she is sitting in a waiting lounge. I have mother and kid playing, dont even know they are in a moving vehicle. I have people reading books in my cab. (most times if you try to read a book in a car, you will surely get a headache). I also encounter a few times, ladies putting on mascara, IN MY CAB !! Scary, if I jam brakes, sure kena the forehead.
3. Before I became a TD, most people dont give way, whether cab or pte vehicle. When I became a TD, at least some TD gives way, Pte Car continues not to give way. I think this is a Singaporean problem.
Thanks for answering.
Point 1 still mollifies me because all the TD I flag down so far all know the way sia...cos I can only give directions like at the last 5 min when nearing the location.
2. so far i only encountered one driver who drives like you. scarly it's you???? the rest make me feel liek throwing up..cos I have bad motion sickness.
3. It's true many ppl dont like to give way on the road, but the biggest problem I notice about giving way seem to come from taxi lei. like most of the time if there's a taxi behind me and I indicate i wanna change lane, the taxi will speed up and cut me off. some pte cars will still give way to me. (altho there are those who dont) but one thing for sure i know is that pte car dont like to give way to TD because it's kind of like a common knowledge (at least among the ppl i know, even my TD uncle agrees with us) that if TD get given way to..that TD wont give way to you.
just my 2cents..i dont purposely cut ppl's lane.
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Originally posted by AngelOfDarkness:
2. Why do many TD accelerate and brake so hard even over short distance? that few seconds shaved off don't really do much..
I think u will face more problems with Toyota Crown taxis .
Well it's the driving habit of that driver .
I dun jam brake , I step gradually to slow then stop .
Bacause of such driving habit , i dun follow too closely to the vehicle in front , cos i need more space to slow down and brake .
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Originally posted by AngelOfDarkness:
3. Why many TD don't give way to driver that have their indicators on? (eg driver want to change lane)
U paid too much attentions to cab drivers , u next time observe more to civilian cars .It's the same !!!
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Hmm memorised entire sg map ?Well ..... no need memoried lah , quite natural if u go one time , next time we will know better how to go . It's the job of a taxi driver .
It's quite natural we learnt that way .
If taxi driver si mi place also dunno how to go .... go ten times also dunno how to go , drive what taxi ? drive bus better .
Poolman,
I give example only, addresses etc fake.
sometimes I say, Tuas Ave 4 blk xxx they know! it's not like I tell them, this place right beside Jurong Point (a public landmark) .
and the avenue street etc all not always in running order, eg ave 4 can be beside ave 9, and ave 8 can be one whole long stretch.
how come TD can go to the exact correct place?
i can't rmb ave what link with what ave, but if you tell me landmark i roughly noe.
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It's because you never take cab frequent enough....Lol
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Originally posted by AngelOfDarkness:
Poolman,
I give example only, addresses etc fake.
sometimes I say, Tuas Ave 4 blk xxx they know! it's not like I tell them, this place right beside Jurong Point (a public landmark) .
and the avenue street etc all not always in running order, eg ave 4 can be beside ave 9, and ave 8 can be one whole long stretch.
how come TD can go to the exact correct place?
i can't rmb ave what link with what ave, but if you tell me landmark i roughly noe.
u haven't take my cab yet lah.. if you say tuas, i will straightaway tell you i duno.. and i seriously duno how to go... but after reach there, got call, know how to take.. funny rite? -
Originally posted by AngelOfDarkness:
in general larh. not all like that.
1. How come every TD I flag down seem to know the exact location of the place I wanna go? Do all TD have to take some kind of 'memorise entire sg map including back lanes and ulu place' test?
2. Why do many TD accelerate and brake so hard even over short distance? that few seconds shaved off don't really do much..
3. Why many TD don't give way to driver that have their indicators on? (eg driver want to change lane)
1. Only those driving for many years can do this. New TDs have to take a test on routes but this is only on routes from Airport to City and some Landmarks. Very basic only.
2. They are in a hurry to drop off the current pax for the next. Whether booking or airport etc...
3. This depends on courtesy and private car drivers are more guilty of this than TDs'
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Originally posted by AngelOfDarkness:
3. some pte cars will still give way to me. (altho there are those who dont) but one thing for sure i know is that pte car dont like to give way to TD because it's kind of like a common knowledge (at least among the ppl i know, even my TD uncle agrees with us) that if TD get given way to..that TD wont give way to you.
just my 2cents..i dont purposely cut ppl's lane.
Now I understand why private cars never give way to me even though I give way to them.
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That's why i say ..... the more time we on the road , the more we will learn.
After a decade on singapore roads .... if i say i dunno here i duuno there ... knn i dare call myself taxi driver?
I be busy finding the world best GPS lo ......
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take my cab........... pay 50 points............. confirm u get the fastest route,
best service, safe n comfortable driving~~~~~~
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Regarding giving way, I realised one thing that Singaporeans do but most other countries dont do.
Singaporeans DO give way to ambulance.
Is it because we grow up to be conditioned to follow rules but not so much on courtesy?
Maybe its the 'fine' factor, and the widespread use of in-car cameras?
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Originally posted by StriveOn:
Regarding giving way, I realised one thing that Singaporeans do but most other countries dont do.
Singaporeans DO give way to ambulance.
Is it because we grow up to be conditioned to follow rules but not so much on courtesy?
Maybe its the 'fine' factor, and the widespread use of in-car cameras?
after u give way to ambulance u follow behind sure very fast 1.....................
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Originally posted by komade:
after u give way to ambulance u follow behind sure very fast 1.....................
very right, that's the only reason for giving way