Taxi stand for excellent drivers opens in Tokyo

Encouraging move.

 

rubbish...
give them more money instead

 

Ummm, actually, I think this idea DOES give them more money, because it gives them a separate line and thus allows them the chance to get more customers more quickly.

 

good idea, will they give stands to the worst drivers? the crusty old one who simultaneously drove me, checked the horseraces in his newspaper and talked to his friend about his betting over the (thankfully hands free) mobile phone for example? I took his name from the dashcard and reported him but was given the brush off. most of taxis I have used in Japan are very clean with reasonably polite drivers, there have been a few who shouldnt be allowed behind a wheel though

 

Why would such a thing be wasted in Shimbash?

 

So this means that these are a special breed of cabbie, able to slip under the radar of police when they, like the vast majority of taxi drivers out there, break traffic laws with reckless abandon, including cutting cars off to merge, not using signals when they do so, braking suddenly, making illegal u-turns, driving well over the posted speed limit when rushing to pick up a fare, but driving well under the posted speed limit to find an address, subsequently clogging up major arterials, sleeping in their taxis along major roads during down time, again, clogging up traffic flow, and generally assuming the rules of the road don't apply to them under most circumstances – because they're in a cab.

Kudos to the great and fearsome Taxi Warriors.

 

sounds like a great idea, but won't that harm the business of the taxis in the other line? who would pick the "crappy ojisan" lane rather than the "excellent driver" one? interesting to see how this move plays out.

 

I'll stick to 'Honest Takeshi's Illegal Daiko Service', thanks.

 

i`ll try to bargain for a cheaper fare with a crappy driver...