Grab/Ryde issues and charges

[Mercs]

Cabbies slam Uber for stealing their rice bowl as turf war erupts at Changi Airport-

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/this-urban-jungle/cabbies-slam-uber-for-stealing-their-rice-bowl-as-turf-war-erupts-at-changi

[Myxilplix]

Ahahah garment buay song liao.

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/transport/story/law-regulate-cab-booking-apps-introduced-parliament-20150413

[Jamesc]

I dare not.

 

I scared kenna raped

 

by a man.

 

[Mcf777]

no more private car allow?

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http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/transport/story/law-regulate-cab-booking-apps-introduced-parliament-20150413

 

SINGAPORE - A law to ensure that third party taxi booking apps operating here provide safe, reliable and efficient services was proposed in Parliament on Monday.

 

 

If passed, the bill will require app companies to register with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and adhere to a set of regulatory guidelines.

 

 

These will include making sure that only licensed taxis and cabbies use the app and that information on fares and surcharges are specified up front to commuters.

 

 

The proposed guidelines were announced by the LTA in November 2014.

 

Under them, flouting the rules could result in fines of up to $100,000 per contravention. In severe cases, the app companies could have their licences revoked.

 

 

Third-party cab booking apps have been around in Singapore for about three years.

 

 

Those currently available include GrabTaxi, Easy Taxi, Hailo, MoobiTaxi and Uber.

 

[oleandero]

GrabTaxi has launched GrabCar

 

http://grabtaxi.com/grabcar/

 

From their FAQ section, GrabCar is a private hire car booking service. They ensure that only vehicles and drivers with appropriate commercial licenses are allowed to register as GrabCar service providers so that we can have a peace of mind..

 

in this case, whats the difference between GrabCar and GrabTaxi?

[Nlatio]

Private car? Later u kena rape how? [sweatdrop]

 

In Singapore, its the very few in the world the driver afraid of passenger.... they scare they kena R&R....

[Jman888]

so many private taxi now like back to the 60s 霸王车！

[GrabCar]

GrabTaxi has launched GrabCar

 

http://grabtaxi.com/grabcar/

 

From their FAQ section, GrabCar is a private hire car booking service. They ensure that only vehicles and drivers with appropriate commercial licenses are allowed to register as GrabCar service providers so that we can have a peace of mind..

 

in this case, whats the difference between GrabCar and GrabTaxi?

 

 

Hi there, basically the difference lies in the name itself. GrabTaxi is for taxis and GrabCar is for private cars with valid commercial insurance.

 

For GrabTaxi, fares are based on normal meters while for GrabCar which ranges from GrabCar Economy ( 4 seaters ), GrabCar Plus Premium ( Luxury 4 seaters such as BMW and Mercedes ), GrabCar 6 seaters and GrabCar 13 seaters , fares are pre-determined distance based as listed in our website.

[inlinesix]

Yesterday, i took Uber Exec home. Sat in BMW 520d. Inside the car, there is no difference from petrol version.

[LiuDeHua]

SDP : More private Rides, more Ricebowls shattered

 

Yesterday, a Bill had been passed to regulate third-party taxi booking apps. While Minister Lui addressed some minor concerns regarding the third-party apps, he neglected to address the more important concerns regarding private limousine services provider like Uber Executive, Uber X, GrabCar etc. This makes it rather apparent that the only point that Minister Lui brought across is that, all limousine providers like Uber and GrabCar are allowed to operate in Singapore!

Have the government stopped to consider the dire consequences of allowing them to operate in Singapore?

 

The Pioneer Government successfully wiped out the pirated taxi services in the 1960s and 1970s, only to have Minister Lui reverse the good work done by the Pioneers now!

 

Passengers have always been voicing their confusion about the local taxi fare. Now with the introduction of these private Limousines that set their own pricing, wouldn't it be more confusing to the passengers? For instance, Uber had their price surge when their limousines were in demand; the fare for a single trip could cost as high as $200. While Grabcar, with their complicated formula, charges different prices at different timing; this is not transparent to passengers at all. All these services are theoretically using metered charges, but they are easily tampered with so this casts doubts on the accuracy of the metered charges.

 

These days, any app provider is able to create meter apps on mobile phones, so does this mean that the government deems this to be legal?

 

Whenever someone witnesses a taxi getting involved in an accident, the first thinking would tend to be, “Taxi at fault again!” Actually, with the constant watchful eyes of the public and in-car video recorders these days, most of the drivers will behave while driving on the roads. This cannot be said for those limousine drivers as the public does not know if they are transport service providers or private-owned cars.

 

While taxi drivers are worried that the “Feedback” given to LTA or their companies would result in them losing their rice bowls, it is unknown how these “Feedback” will improve the service standard of the drivers overall.

 

Due to stringent safety standards set by LTA to the taxi companies (for example, the taxi companies are not allowed to exceed the number of accidents per 10,000km travelled), the taxi companies are to comply with higher maintenance, while no rules are set for the Limousine operators.

 

Taxi vehicles are allowed to be used up to a maximum of 7 years with one year optional extension, upon which the taxis have to be scraped; whereas the limousine vehicles are allowed for use up to the end of the COE expiry date, and worst yet, the COE may be renewed to extend the life of the limousines!.

 

It is foreseen that a trend might emerge such that people buy their own vehicles under a company, using them to fetch passengers as and when they like without being subjected to any form of regulations at all.

 

This will in turn flood the industry with excess of transport providers, posing potential serious threat to the rice bowls of the full-time transport providers.

 

Taxi industry has been allocated to Singaporeans. With the introduction of the private transport providers, PRs are now allowed to drive, so the taxi industry is losing its original grounds of being an industry reserved for Singaporeans only.

 

Taxi fares are set by taxi companies; and any increase in fares need to be approved by PTC. Ironically, fare adjustments by private transport providers do not require seeking of the same approval, hence fares may be adjusted at the providers’ whim and fancy.

 

Certainly, a bad bill has been tabled and throngs of taxi drivers will soon be out of a job soon!

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

William Lim

 

Constituency Secretary, SJP

Reproduced from : http://sgdemocraticalliance.blogspot.sg/2015/05/more-private-rides-more-ricebowls.html

[Porker]

Love the competition. It means more choices for consumers.

 

Love the way taxi drivers are being handed their a$$es. I am particularly peeved by how they all disappear when you need them the most and can only reach them via booking and yet you see one long line of empty cabs by the road waiting to pounce on their "prey" simply because the prey had no choice

[Bonafidestack]

I think the local cabs company need to revamp the whole system and make it more user-centric. private limousine have such advantage where the supply and demand is lesser as they are catering to their "members". The private limousine cars usually when i book will come faster and also very clear cut.

 

I dunno how the private limousine will affect the COE in singapore. I hope it doesn't.

[Jman888]

Love the competition. It means more choices for consumers.

 

Love the way taxi drivers are being handed their a$$es. I am particularly peeved by how they all disappear when you need them the most and can only reach them via booking and yet you see one long line of empty cabs by the road waiting to pounce on their "prey" simply because the prey had no choice

 

 

If it is a third party apps, user should do their homework and calculation to take one. Provide them more choice and faster service to get a cab.

 

Those who dun feel safe to taking one, join the queue.

[Mr_b20]

If I hop into a "taxi" and the driver is not Sgprean, I will get off immediately.

[Porker]

If I hop into a "taxi" and the driver is not Sgprean, I will get off immediately.

 

Don't bluff. PRC lady driver you sure "enter"

[Vinil]

This is good at least the blood sucking taxi companies will think twice now the poor passengers have more options.

last time there was only one surcharge midnight surcharge it was fare but now all kind of surcharge for 24hours it is ridiculous

 

After all these charges when we really need a taxi it is hard to find one ,they are empty but pretend as never see the passenger .

 

I am not just blaming the taxi drivers but taxi companies are surely sucking our blood so now more car pool and private taxi providers at least the ordinary Singaporeans have some choices .

 

[Mustank]

 

Don't bluff. PRC lady driver you sure "enter"

 

 

hahaha consperm!!!!

[Kangadrool]

If Singapore's population in general has very poor eyesight, then I think most taxi drivers have poor eyesight too.

 

It's very difficult to flag down a cab in the early morning, no rain, no haze day. All empty taxis will bypass me even though I frantically tried to flag them down. Those that stop so far, do emergency braking.

 

Maybe I should carry a luminous flashing stick.