Taxis with no airbags??

[SimonTan]

Wah like that future taxi driver must attend all the civil defense courses, to know how to use all the life saving devices.

 

[Tohto]

Yup budget constraints. Merc taxi drivers tell me not to sit in the front seat of Sonata

 

I am surprised Hyundai even allow sale of their axi cars without airbags. They should make it mandatory

 

Is not Hyundai fault, is the taxi company. They want to save cost, buy taxi without airbags. Sonata can come with 6 airbags if order full spec.

[inlinesix]

Actually it is a double edge sword. With air bag, they may not drive recklessly if their forfeited premium is raise to higher amount. If you look at the other angle, yes, they may drive recklessly if the premium is not raises. Not all taxi lau is a reckless driver, only a few chiu Cheng ones around that causes the bad reputation.

Taxi driver need to be reminded that replacement airbag cost $3k, which could be their 1 mth net income.

[inlinesix]

Is not Hyundai fault, is the taxi company. They want to save cost, buy taxi without airbags. Sonata can come with 6 airbags if order full spec.

I think it is both fault. Merc cab has similar no of airbag as any other merc. Why not Hyundai Sonata?

[Eng40765]

2nd gen Wish has all sides SRS as standard feature.

 

Any one can confirm if these are omitted in our cab fleet?

 

 

I sat in red wish taxi before, 2nd row has air bags but 3rd row not sure. 3rd row got gas tank though!

 

New wish passenger has air bags all the way....

[Yamapi]

That cheapo comfortdelgro always like to cut cost one.... Heard from my dad who drives sonata cab that comfort now resort to using non-Hyundai parts in their sonata taxis. they still dare to get Hyundai engineer from Korea to investigate the fire incidents.....

[Nzy]

Taxi driver need to be reminded that replacement airbag cost $3k, which could be their 1 mth net income.

 

That is only if the taxi company raise the penalty to 3k whenever got accident. But if they do that then alot of taxi drivers might end up renting taxis from the others which penalise them less for the accidents.

[Happily1986]

Is not Hyundai fault, is the taxi company. They want to save cost, buy taxi without airbags. Sonata can come with 6 airbags if order full spec.

 

this transaction by right should be between the taxi company and the local hyundai dealer. we should leave hyundai out of it.

[So_nice]

I think it is both fault. Merc cab has similar no of airbag as any other merc. Why not Hyundai Sonata?

 

wat has it got to do wif the vendor? u dun wanna pay more for air bag i must gif u free?

[Wubb]

I think it is both fault. Merc cab has similar no of airbag as any other merc. Why not Hyundai Sonata?

 

Ask Comfort why they dun want to pay more to have airbag installed in their sonatas

Edited May 20, 2012 by Wubb

[Tohto]

I think it is both fault. Merc cab has similar no of airbag as any other merc. Why not Hyundai Sonata?

 

Why fault for seller?

Taxi company basically want to save cost, they only want cheap cheap car, so order with min spec.

[Good-Carbuyer]

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/no-ai...s-in-most-taxis

 

Taxis are installed with turbos but no air bags

I believe our concern should be more on road safety than air bags. No air bag required if no accident I mean we should be more keen/concern to buy/drive those that are less accident-prone, than be concerned if they got air bags.

Ever told big cars got more protection in accident, so buy big ones (which they can not handle well). They never see the logic that accident-free/accident-less models more protection

[Tohto]

Anyone know is the comfortdelgro sonata equiped with ABS?

[Wubb]

Anyone know is the comfortdelgro sonata equiped with ABS?

 

Yes. The Sonata taxi got ABS.

[Yuan]

That cheapo comfortdelgro always like to cut cost one.... Heard from my dad who drives sonata cab that comfort now resort to using non-Hyundai parts in their sonata taxis. they still dare to get Hyundai engineer from Korea to investigate the fire incidents.....

 

This is news and in my opinion, is unacceptable.

Edited May 20, 2012 by Yuan

[Kimny]

Hi all I am currently driving the trial Sonata taxi, which is the highest spec version with 6 airbags. There are only 2 of them among the 10000 plus Sonata taxis running on our roads. As the Sonata is being bought to replace the aging Toyota Crowns and Nissan Cedrics, its understandable they do not want the highest spec version. But they should at least include airbag. Most cars nowadays all come with airbag. The only safety feature in the Sonata taxis is the ABS.

 

I think these 2 high spec Sonata taxi will be taken off the roads in 2 years time as they are already 6 years old. Most taxis are allowed to ply the roads for 7 to 8 years.

[Kimny]

That cheapo comfortdelgro always like to cut cost one.... Heard from my dad who drives sonata cab that comfort now resort to using non-Hyundai parts in their sonata taxis. they still dare to get Hyundai engineer from Korea to investigate the fire incidents.....

 

My cabby friends all said the recent fires involving Sonata cab started after they have switched to using compatible parts from china or taiwan. Very disappointed with them.

[Acerchan2002]

Hi all I am currently driving the trial Sonata taxi, which is the highest spec version with 6 airbags. There are only 2 of them among the 10000 plus Sonata taxis running on our roads. As the Sonata is being bought to replace the aging Toyota Crowns and Nissan Cedrics, its understandable they do not want the highest spec version. But they should at least include airbag. Most cars nowadays all come with airbag. The only safety feature in the Sonata taxis is the ABS.

 

I think these 2 high spec Sonata taxi will be taken off the roads in 2 years time as they are already 6 years old. Most taxis are allowed to ply the roads for 7 to 8 years.

 

So u either driving 6006 or 6009?