tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835404801266823652.post4610865759827661071..comments2023-03-23T20:57:17.644+08:00Comments on Public Transport in Singapore: Confusing Cab Fare StructureTan Kin Lianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00617069056914635271noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835404801266823652.post-32505265476869760052009-08-14T23:45:40.333+08:002009-08-14T23:45:40.333+08:00The fare structure is too bewildering for me to ar...The fare structure is too bewildering for me to argue on the fare, as i lost track of fare charged from different taxi companies. What good is competition where the chances of taxis ripping off commuters are tempting. Pity the tourists who are unfamilier with this peculiar fare structure of Singapore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835404801266823652.post-31170252352414563592009-08-12T03:27:12.332+08:002009-08-12T03:27:12.332+08:00The problem is that the regulators allow so many d...The problem is that the regulators allow so many different kinds of taxis to roam the streets, and in such great quantities. Maxi Cabs, Mercedes Taxis, CNG Taxis, just to name a few. In this way, the chances of getting a more expensive taxi is high. Picture the following scenarios:<br /><br />1. You are in a hurry, so you want a taxi. For a long time, no taxi comes along. Then a big taxi comes along. Do you flag that taxi and face $2 to $5 extra in fares, or do you let it pass and risk waiting for another 15 minutes?<br /><br />2. As it is 2 pm, few people are taking taxis and you see a queue of 10 taxis. You observe that the first taxi is a Mercedes and the second taxi is a normal taxi. Just as you approach the second taxi, the driver of the first taxi opened his door and start waving at you; he must have waited for more than half an hour already. Do you choose the more expensive first taxi or the cheaper second taxi?<br /><br />3. You are at the front of the taxi queue and there is one person behind you. Two taxis entered the very narrow taxi lane; to your dismay the first taxi is a CNG one. You ask the person behind you whether he wants to take the first taxi, and he refuses. What do you do?<br /><br />I encountered scenarios similar to the three above. Many times I took the more expensive taxi not because I wanted to or needed it, but simply because I didn't want to make a huge scene. To complicate things, many taxi drivers of the more expensive taxis will claim, either out of ignorance or malice, that only the flag down fare is different and that the metered fare is the same, when both flag down and metered fares are more expensive.A Singaporeannoreply@blogger.com