TAXI drivers, long the target of gripes by commuters, have been more well-behaved of late.
Instances of touting, overcharging or refusing to pick up passengers have gone down since stiffer penalties - a $500 fine, 12 demerit points and a four-week driving suspension - for these offences kicked in last November.
The number of cabbies booked each month for these three offences has plunged since then, noted the Land Transport Authority (LTA): Enforcement officers booked just 46 cabbies out of an estimated 42,000 active taxi drivers last month, down from 81 last October.
Read K.C. Vijayan's full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
