Last Updated on 2022-11-10 , 9:24 pm
Don’t usually check for your belongings before getting off your Grab?
Turns out your driver is supposed to check it for you.
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Taxi Driver Given Stern Warning for Not Checking for Passenger’s Belongings
On Tuesday, the Facebook page “Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road” posted a picture of what looks to be a warning letter issued to a taxi driver.
The letter was issued by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) with regards to the taxi driver’s appeal in relation to a prior written warning issued to him.
Apparently on 9 July, the taxi driver had failed to search his taxi for any property left by the passenger at the end of the trip.
Doesn’t seem like an offence, does it?
Well, I guess we’re all mistaken.
According to the letter issued by LTA, the driver was found liable for an offence of “Failing to search vehicle for any property accidentally left by the hirer”.
This was a rule under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licenses and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules.
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You read that right. If a trishaw rider failed to check his trishaw for any belongings that you left behind on the ride, he’ll be liable for an offence as well.
Under the rule, drivers of a vehicle are required to search the vehicle for any property left in the vehicle immediately before or on the termination of any journey.
Failure to do so constitutes an offence under the rules.
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The driver was previously issued a written warning by LTA on 28 September.
As LTA’s investigations revealed that the driver did not in fact check for the passenger’s belongings, hence his subsequent appeal to LTA for the warning to be rescinded was rejected.
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This letter has been making the rounds on social media. Many netizens are outraged at how unfair this rule is to drivers as well as how unreasonable it is.
Tin Pei Ling to Help Appeal a Second Time
The first time round, the taxi driver’s appeal was made in October through Ms Tin Pei Ling, Member of Parliament (MP) for MacPherson SMC.
Ah, the classic Singaporean method of recourse—asking your MP to write letters for you.
On Monday (7 Nov), Ms Tin appealed to LTA a second time on the taxi driver’s behalf.
This came after the taxi driver attended the Meet-the-People session on Monday, where he requested for Ms Tin’s help in appealing to LTA a second time.
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Guess we’d have to include one more “danger” of being a PHV driver: careless passengers that can get you into trouble. Watch this and you’d understand:
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