Taxi Fare Hike

Singapore Taxi Fare Hike

Wake up and smell the coffee! Sometimes it is nice to wake up, blog and have some hot chocolate :) Unfortunately, my topic is the least positive one for your pocket.

Singapore Taxi drivers has been complaning so much that they don't earn much due to:
Increase in ERP charges
Increase in fuel prices
Increase in GST from 5% to 7%

Therefore what the taxi has done to cope with it beforehand is:
Avoid going to town to escape the ERP charges
Hiding in town so we will make bookings
Driving around buildings to skip the ERP charges
and the list goes on...

So what has the taxi companies done?

The fare hike goes like this:
Comfortdelgro decided to raise the starting price by 30cents.
From $2.50 to $2.80 and $2.70 to $3 for the higher end cars. Meter charges have also gone up from 10cts to 20cts for the same distance travelled and waiting time in the car. Midnight charges are going to be at a flat rate of 50%.
CBD charges from $1 to $3.
The other taxi cabs will follow suit by Monday or before Christmas.

Basically what I'm saying is everything is going up by 50%. Taxi driver's life is going to get harder now. Because no one would take cab unless necessary.

For example: You happen to take a cab in town during peak hour. Flag down 2.80 + peak hour 2 + CBD area $3 = $7.80
You pay that amount before the taxi even moves! Imagine if u book one... plus $3.50! This is way too steep.

May i say something mean? It's due to their lack of intelligence that they end up working as Cabbie's. They ask for a fare hike to earn more money. But who are the ones giving them their income?! We the loyal passengers! Dumb da da Dumb de da.

Now we the passengers are going to suffer while the taxi companies are smiling their way to the bank. How dumb can taxi drivers get?

Other solutions would have been:
ask for a decrease in rental
ask for the government to waive ERP charges for them since they are doing a business and not driving for individual use.
ask for their taxi companies provide cheaper fuel for them.

Isn't it common sense that their business will drop drastically from now on? People who take taxis are middle classes income people who don't drive because it's too expensive to drive in Singapore.

Everyone thinks all Singaporeans do are complain of every fare hikes in everything but take no action. Now we're going to take some action...... Not take cabs.

This way i can save close to $150 per month! And my pocket would be slightly happier taking crappy buses!

Singapore just sucks you dry financially.