It's a Sunday afternoon. I'm suppose to be out but I'm home taking care of the family. For once I feel manly. Let me feed my ego for the next five minutes............. Okay times out. Now I just feel that I should talk about serious issues here.
Bought a copy of the Sunday Times and this is what I found.
Would you still take taxis if a fuel surcharge was imposed?
This demands an answer.
Yes and no. Yes if I'm forced to and no if there are other modes of transportation available for me to take. I think its ridiculous to have a fuel surcharge. It's already an expensive transportation and taxi drivers are having a big problem trying to make a living with a rise in their rental rates, petrol prices and if there was a surcharge imposed on passengers, probably 30% of their loyal customers would think twice about taking the taxi.
Let's put it this way, taxis are the most fastest mode of transport around Singapore. But with speed, of course there is a price. But we all think they make alot of money but in fact its really a hard job. Everyday, they need at least $95 to pay their rental. So let's assume a trip cost $10
a trip - $10
they need 10 trips to make $100
so lets assume it takes 15 minutes for each trip
so 10 trip makes it 150 minutes which is equivalent to 2 hours plus plus.
so now lets assume they take 20 minutes each time to find a passenger.
so that's 200 minutes which is equivalent to 3 hours plus plus.
so 6 hours plus plus is wasted making money for rental and getting customers.
and put in 2 hours of break so in a day, that makes 8 hours of work. But you see, in order to get back that money they need to go back to formula one and clock in another 6 hours. Oh and let's not forget diesel which has also risen and ERP.
So let's all do taxi drivers a favour and not add in more to their misery. Get rid of a surcharge and just take a cab if you have to..
.: CheeRs :.
