Choosy cabbies penalized!

[Zeus]

Oplan Isnabero’ nets 1,440 cabbies, operators


[SIZE=2]By PERSEUS ECHEMINADA[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The Philippine Star[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) have summoned at least 1,440 taxi drivers and operators in Metro Manila for various offenses, including refusing to convey passengers to their destination, a top official said Thursday.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]LTFRB chairman Thompson Lantion said they have summoned 190 taxi operators while LTO chief Reynaldo Berroya, through his executive assistant Fernando Quiambao, said they have also summoned 1,350 erring drivers under the government’s "Oplan Isnabero" campaign against choosy, trip-cutting public utility vehicle drivers.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Quiambao said Berroya has created a special investigation team to attend to all the complaints they have received through calls, text messages and letters.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The investigation team will be composed of expert investigators under the direct supervision of the Office of the Assistant Secretary and Berroya.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]According to Quiambao, the LTO receives 100 to 150 complaints per day, with drivers refusing to convey passengers and fast or defective taxi meters among the most common complaints.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Quiambao assured the public that the LTO is doing its best to resolve all the complaints filed by the riding public. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Lantion said erring taxi operators face a P3,000 fine for the first offense.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"The refusal to convey passengers and contracting are violation of their franchises. A fine of P6,000 will be imposed for the second offense and revocation of franchise for the third offense," he told The STAR.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) launched "Oplan Isnabero" to curb the incidence of taxi drivers refusing to convey passengers during peak hours.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The LTFRB and the LTO have set up complaint booths in key areas, including malls. In some cases where traffic enforcers are within the vicinity, taxi drivers may be apprehended on the spot and issued traffic violation receipts.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]However, in areas where there are no traffic enforcers, a complainant may take down the plate number and name of the taxi, time and place of the incident and report it to the LTRFB complaint booth along East Avenue in Quezon City.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"As soon as we received the report we will send summons to the operators. It’s a serious offense so they must appear for confrontation with the complainants," Lantion said. [/SIZE]

Source: ABSCBN News.com
Dec.28, 2007

Buti nga nakita ko noong isang araw sa SM Manila, haba ng pila sa taxi stand, daming dumarating na taxi pero halos lahat ayaw magpasakay pagkatapos makausap ang mga sasakay na pasahero

[BlueBimmer]

buti nga, lalo na ngayong traffic christmas season halos 90% ng taxi umaayaw sa pasahero.

hihingian ka pa ng +200 at least para pumayag at parang ayaw pa.

buti nga sa inyo hahahahahahaha

[jedi]

dagdagan mo pa ng mga batingting taxi, humihingi na ng dagdag, may daya pa ang metro...

madali lang mapansin ito... kalimitan nasa volume ng stereo ang pagcontrol kung gaano kabilis ang metro... mas malakas ang volume... mas mabilis patak ng metro, yung iba naman may tinatapakan sila... and yes... some operators sila pa mismo nagsasabi sa mga drivers to do it... and they can convert the taxi meter kahit hindi nasisira yung tag...

isa sa mga taxi nasakyan ko na may batingting eh yung WALLICE taxi...

taxis like BASIC, RE, EE so far ok naman... usually ang may batingting eh yung mga bagong taxi,,, mataas kasi boundery nila kaya bumabawi mga driver sa batingting.

mapapansin nyo difference if you or your wife ay regular taxi commuter, lalo na kung kabisado nyo rates from point a to point b... mlaki difference more than 30 pesos minsan ang patong.

sa mga nagpapadagdag... di na ako sumasakay kung ang bungad pa lang ng driver eh nagpapadagdag,,, kusa ako nagbibigay ng tip pag maayos ang driver

[fearless]

dapat lang talagang hulihin yang mga yan para magtanda,dapat pa nga diyan ipakita sa public yung name ng driver,name ng taxi at plate number ng taxi na gumawa ng offense, para mapahiya at wag nang umulit.

nakakinis diyan parati na lang katwiran sa iyo traffic o kaya pagarahe na o kaya tatanungin kung saan kayo papunta,dapat kasi diyan pagsumakay sa inyo, wala ng tanong tanong kung saan,kaya nga kayo nasa public transport eh.

[morrissey_05]

buti nga! sana madagdagan.

[mazingerZ]

naranasan ko na rin yan dati sa may glorietta, tinanggihan ba naman ako ng driver kasi bagtikan lang ako, malapit lang daw lugi daw siay sa pila. the nerve of taxi drivers. . . Pero i doubt kung me hulihan on a regular basis na mangyayari. Parati namang ningas cogon ang mga government officials natin kasi e.

[theveed]

... For How Long?

[Chip]

isa sa mga taxi nasakyan ko na may batingting eh yung WALLICE taxi...

Totoo ito. WALLIS taxi parating 30-40 pesos higher than regular taxi. Akala ko freak incident lang pero after being victimized 3 consecutive times, di na ako sumasakay sa mga WALLIS.

[jedi]

WALLIS pala yun hindi wallice... anyway... madami pang ibang taxi dyan na may batingting

[wewoy_romero]

haay asa pa tayo may mangyayari dito.


i don't think anyone would go through all that trouble to report these taxi drivers/operators. tapos pagkatapos man ireport, wala ring mangyayari.


just being realistic.