[MP] Prime finds taxi-availability bar too high 2 negotiate
-
Prime finds taxi-availability bar too high to negotiate
THE Land Transport Authority's (LTA's) report card on taxi operators is out.
Three cab companies - Comfort, CityCab and SMRT - turned up tops by meeting the LTA's taxi-availability standards. The trio will be allowed to add cabs to their fleet in the first half of next year.
The taxi-availability standards took effect in January, and will be raised over three years.
This year's standards require 70 per cent of a taxi operator's fleet to ply the roads during peak hours and clock at least 250km a day.
Comfort, CityCab and SMRT met the mark for getting a proportion of their taxis on the road during peak hours.
TransCab and Premier met the standards for peak periods, but not for periods just outside peak hours. Meanwhile, Comfort, CityCab and Premier consistently met the standards for daily mileage.
The smallest operator, Prime, did not meet the standards for either indicator.
The results were based on the performance of the six taxi operators during the first nine months of this year.
Mr Neo Chee Yong, Prime's deputy general manager, said: "The taxi-availability standards can be met by the most established taxi operators, but it remains a challenge to our young company.
"Prime has had the least time to develop in the industry and we find the standards to be unfairly onerous."
Such smaller taxi operators may face an uphill task with the raised standards that will be implemented next year. For instance, the percentage of taxis required on the road during peak hours will be increased from 70 to 80 per cent.
Mr Neo is confident that they will be able to comply with the standards next year, having spent a substantial amount to modernise their systems. They will also study fellow operators' policies to better manage taxi hirers and to achieve the taxi-availability standards stipulated by LTA.
Currently, Prime has a "limited relief system in place", where hirers can engage a relief driver for 90 days in a year.
Ms Tammy Tan, group corporate communications officer at ComfortDelGro - which runs Comfort and CityCab - said that the operator will "continue to do our best to meet and, even, exceed the new standards".
LTA will start imposing fines on taxi operators' lapse in performance standards only from January next year. It had earlier announced that it was giving taxi drivers and companies time to adjust.
The penalty depends on the fleet size of the operator. The maximum penalty for not meeting each indicator is $100,000.
-
Currently, Prime has a "limited relief system in place", where hirers can engage a relief driver for 90 days in a year.
Fcuk type system -
Dat means only 2 companies in Taxi line liao.
fudge sia
-
Originally posted by getcarter:
Currently, Prime has a "limited relief system in place", where hirers can engage a relief driver for 90 days in a year.
Fcuk type systemWhy 90days in a year only?
-
Originally posted by j007:
Why 90days in a year only?
So that taxi got sufficient rest
lesser maintenance required
you ever see Prime taxi on fire ?
-
That's is why LTA start to whip these farking taxi companies with stupid rules and regulations that benefit themselves, then put the blame on taxi drivers. In taxi driving, if want to join, join something big to gain the economic of scale, dun go join those smlj Ssmall taxi companies who will suck you dry
-
Originally posted by bowah:
That’s is why LTA start to whip these farking taxi companies with stupid rules and regulations that benefit themselves, then put the blame on taxi drivers.
In taxi driving, if want to join, join something big to gain the economic of scale, dun go join those smlj Ssmall taxi companies who will suck you dry
Ya, rental 11x, but meter still $3.2....
-
...and ting ting alots, good for newbie at the start, at least learn the proper way before becoming pirates
-
want to act different fm the rest now prepared to pay the price lol
-
Diff types of rental for diff tyoes of drivers lor....
Some must omo.....so prime provides a lower rental for that....
Prime is good for
1. Ppl who diedie omo
2. Ppl who can drive 16h a day and need probably 1day relief per week....
But i dare to say that prime has a pro-driver system which is anti-lta. Haha
-
With rental soaring to $120-130, still got ppl doing omo....
When rental,is $80.... Even easier for omo....
End of the day....its the omo drivers who are avail in city during 5-6pm lor....when most are changing shift...
-
Originally posted by Samsun:
Diff types of rental for diff tyoes of drivers lor....
Some must omo.....so prime provides a lower rental for that....
Prime is good for
1. Ppl who diedie omo
2. Ppl who can drive 16h a day and need probably 1day relief per week....
But i dare to say that prime has a pro-driver system which is anti-lta. Haha
but can tong for how long?
we already know govt/lta motive liao
pushing for 2 man operation per vehicle
lets say their drivers drives for 16hrs per day but they still cannot hit the target leh
-
Originally posted by j007:
Why 90days in a year only?
I think its good for those who drive more than 12h per day, and needs 1day full rest per week..... 60-90 days relief per yr is good enuf....
-
Originally posted by getcarter:
but can tong for how long?
we already know govt/lta motive liao
pushing for 2 man operation per vehicle
lets say their drivers drives for 16hrs per day but they still cannot hit the target leh
If really 100% 2 drivers system.... Ho say liao....
5-7pm cbd zero cabs!!!! All can rot. Haha
Which cab will change shift in jurong or yishun and shoot into town to clear cbd?
Cbd only $3 surcharge, not $30.
Erp also not free....knn...
U will see JP queue same long, zoo taxi q can q into multi storey cp liao....
-
The meeting ended in a retreat I just attended, 2 drivers system will only apply if hirer clock less than 300km per day starting from next years, (which is next month). Hirer who clock 300km and above per day, can opts to OMO or get a relief themselves. Putting BUSY will also come into the discussion, someone proposed that BUSY on the road must not be more than 2 hrs per day.
-
Originally posted by bowah:
The meeting ended in a retreat I just attended, 2 drivers system will only apply if hirer clock less than 300km per day starting from next years, (which is next month). Hirer who clock 300km and above per day, can opts to OMO or get a relief themselves.
Putting BUSY will also come into the discussion, someone proposed that BUSY on the road must not be more than 2 hrs per day.
Means what? OMO cannot hit 300km how? Apply to all company?
-
These are proposals only, it is a seminar workshop for all 3 parties, 6 taxi companies, NTA and LTA, transcab also rope in liao, in fact, transcab participant speak the loudness and most talkative, nabey
-
Originally posted by bowah:
These are proposals only, it is a seminar workshop for all 3 parties, 6 taxi companies, NTA and LTA, transcab also rope in liao, in fact, transcab participant speak the loudness and most talkative, nabey
Jasmine? Lol
-
BUSY 2hrs per day - pls has some basic respect to taxi driver. when n how long they want to rest still need to take permission?
-
Originally posted by bowah:
These are proposals only, it is a seminar workshop for all 3 parties, 6 taxi companies, NTA and LTA, transcab also rope in liao, in fact, transcab participant speak the loudness and most talkative, nabey
one RED driver knn cut into my lane hijack my pax....still dare to wave them into his cab....nabey.
half his cab is diagonally across my lane and he still thinks the pax belong to him...
-
Red Engine cut into lane dangerously and hijack pax....and wave pax into his cab....
so yao kui meh???
-
Ya loh CCB cheapest rental Wish 1.8 still so yao....Send the clip to TP for dangerous driving
-
Si lor, many of these wish hirers now seibei ho say, last time, throw key anyhow, now hold the key very tight, die die also think thrice before throw, so cheap and yet got good benefits hor..shhhh.
-
Originally posted by Samsun:
one RED driver knn cut into my lane hijack my pax....still dare to wave them into his cab....nabey.
half his cab is diagonally across my lane and he still thinks the pax belong to him...
Knn, u can shout mah, tell pax, that one more expensive..come, take my one...lols -
talking with some drivers, got hear this saying that the Orange cabs going to convert to hirer-relief 2shift system before next license renew..dont know how true or not, but some of their drivers like just recently received some updates