Have you ever been taken for a ride in a taxi ?

[StarG]

Hmm... I have some bad experiences with taxi drivers in Singapore.
But with the number of times I have been on a taxi in Singapore, these are just isolated cases:

- One dozed off while driving - I had to wake him up a couple of times by setting off my cell phone ringer.
- One almost crashed near Changi - he was talking on his cell to ask his colleague where Millenium Copthorne Hotel is (the hotel SQ STPC-ed me) after I said no when he insisted that I must have meant 'Ritz Carlton Millenia'.
- Several drivers tried to pad up the charges by pressing teh 'extra charges' button just before getting the grand total.

[SQFAN]

Oops, I misunderstood SQFAN's post, didn't I? You're right, at that hour, black cabs are unfortunately scarce. That's why I walked home.

Ha ha ha...It was the Hotel location that confused the taxi driver as he thought I wanted to get to a tube station of similar name.

[UMD]

I was taken on a ride twice last Decemer in Bkk. When confronted, the drivers just kept nodding their heads, and repeated something back in Thai....
Quite a frustrated situation.

By the way, I love "Jalan Tikus" in JKT business district especially during the rather pointless "3 in 1" periods of the day.

[AJLondon]

Once from Kowloon to HKG. Driver literally doubled the meter fare claiming "surcharges". A quick shout to the airport queue marshall brought him back to earth.


The city I really HATE for taking cabs is BKK. The arguments about getting meters turned on, especially when it is raining, just makes me so mad.