Jman888 Moderator April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 Cabby sacked after bullying woman driver The New Paper | Sunday, Apr 6, 2014 RAGING CABBY: A screengrab from the video showing the cabby scolding and gesticulating wildly at the driver of a white SUV (not pictured). SINGAPORE - An SMRT taxi driver has been sacked after he bullied a woman driver on Bukit Timah Road. The incident was captured on video by Mr Kenny Koh, who alerted The New Paper. Mr Koh, 29, a legal secretary, was on the first seat on the top deck of SBS Transit double decker bus 157 on Friday. He was on his way home at about 7pm when he saw a one-minute confrontation between the SMRT cabby and the woman driver of a white sport utility vehicle (SUV) in the bus bay along Bukit Timah Road near Hwa Chong Institution. "I started taking note of the incident when I noticed that passengers were coming to the road to flag the bus because the bus bay was occupied," Mr Koh said. He said the cab was parked beside the SUV and the cabby was standing on the driver's side of the car, gesticulating wildly at the woman inside. The taxi driver even tried to force open the SUV's door, but to no avail. "I could even see the car shaking as he did that," Mr Koh said. The woman driver stayed in her SUV. The cabby eventually got back in his taxi and both vehicles drove off. But barely four minutes on, he saw the cabby swerving suddenly from the middle lane into the left-most lane where the SUV was travelling. Both cars came to a stop, and the bus that Mr Koh was on also had to brake to avoid running into them. That prompted Mr Koh to pull out his phone to film the vehicles. "The two vehicles stopped within inches of each other. The taxi driver got out and started scolding and waving his fist into the SUV driver's face after she wound down her window," Mr Koh said. MIDDLE FINGER FLASHED He also noticed a female passenger in the cab flashing her middle finger at the SUV driver. This incident, which lasted a minute, caused the slow-moving peak-hour traffic to slow even more. Mr Koh said: "As a driver and motorcycle rider myself, I am aware that road users make mistakes, occasionally obstructing my path or delaying my progress in traffic. "Of all my years being a driver or rider here and overseas, I have never ever found the need to resort to aggressive behaviour on the road to convince others to drive safely and smartly," he said. Calling the cabby's actions "blatant bullying", he added that such incidents are rare in Singapore as drivers usually take to sounding horns or flashing lights. When contacted, SMRT said the driver involved in the incident had been sacked. A spokesman said: "Passengers are our priority. We have investigated the incident and found the hirer's actions to be a serious compromise of road and passenger safety." - See more at: http://ride.asiaone.com/news/general/story/cabby-sacked-after-bullying-woman-driver#sthash.diwvEU6e.dpuf white SUV in front of Hwa Chong Institute?? he didn't know who he is dealing with and dare to pull such stunt ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 Sacked? Just go to Transcab. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 NVNT......pix no count one sided story leh.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthrevan Supercharged April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 served him right for his misogynistic act Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator April 7, 2014 Author Share April 7, 2014 NVNT......pix no count one sided story leh.... actually is 3 side cos the one telling the story is a passenger on the bus, not even in the vehicles involved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdriver April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 We do not even know what happened to spark it off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoobie Supercharged April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 the female passenger in the cab showed middle finger to the lady in SUV?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthrevan Supercharged April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 We do not even know what happened to spark it off regardless of the cause..the person who initiated the act of road rage is wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvobrick Supersonic April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 In the bus bay? Then both also salah! Blocking the buses picking up passengers.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator April 7, 2014 Author Share April 7, 2014 (edited) the female passenger in the cab showed middle finger to the lady in SUV?? the cabby has put both the vehicle and the bus (and those behind) in danger with the stunt he pull, plus trying to open the car door violently, can't imagine what he will do if he manage to open the door. Edited April 7, 2014 by Jman888 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 the female passenger in the cab showed middle finger to the lady in SUV?? suv lady must have done something so piss off until passenger also buay tahan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naimed 5th Gear April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 the female passenger in the cab showed middle finger to the lady in SUV?? Maybe she is not a paying passenger? If I'm paying, I wont let the cabby do such stunts...as the meter is ticking away...haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator April 7, 2014 Author Share April 7, 2014 Maybe she is not a paying passenger? If I'm paying, I wont let the cabby do such stunts...as the meter is ticking away...haha. could be the mistress/girlfriend and the uncle want to show off in front of her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoobie Supercharged April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 Maybe she is not a paying passenger? If I'm paying, I wont let the cabby do such stunts...as the meter is ticking away...haha. probably.. but if that white SUV almost killed me too.. i won't mind to sarpork the uncle with a middle finger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naimed 5th Gear April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 probably.. but if that white SUV almost killed me too.. i won't mind to sarpork the uncle with a middle finger Two wrongs dont make a right mah. Teksi uncle swerve over and jam brakes? "But barely four minutes on, he saw the cabby swerving suddenly from the middle lane into the left-most lane where the SUV was travelling. Both cars came to a stop, and the bus that Mr Koh was on also had to brake to avoid running into them." I'd use my Kate Spade bag and wallop him... could be the mistress/girlfriend and the uncle want to show off in front of her Not surprising. I heard cabbies have a lot of time for CCAs. Especially those "semi-retired" uncles...haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoobie Supercharged April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 I'd use my Kate Spade bag and wallop him... that is part 2 ma! hahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya Supersonic April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 served him right for his misogynistic act no diff lah. sack from smrt cab doesnt mean his lesen gantung. he can simply go join another cab co tmrw and its business as usual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason016 Supersonic April 7, 2014 Share April 7, 2014 (edited) no diff lah. sack from smrt cab doesnt mean his lesen gantung. he can simply go join another cab co tmrw and its business as usual. That's true. Worse still, now he know you, but you don't know him. Edited April 7, 2014 by Mason016 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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