Grab confirmed a text message was sent out to all Comfort cabbies on Sunday (Sep 3), spelling out deals if they sign up by Sep 15.
The incentives include a S$50 rental discount per day if drivers were to switch to any of its taxi partners - TransCab, Prime, SMRT or Premier.
A rental discount of S$1,688 per month is also being offered, if Comfort cab drivers switch to a private hire car rented from Grab and if they can complete at least 20 trips a week.
The discounted rental rates for both schemes apply for six months.
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GLAGOW
An accident on George Square caused traffic chaos after a collision between a coach and a taxi.
The incident took place at the junction of West George Street and George Square West - not far from Queen Street Station this afternoon (Sepetember 3).
Traffic was unable to pass through the junction, but the road has now been cleared.
Emergency services are on the scene attending to those involved.
Source: GlasgowLive
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COUNTY DURHAM
A BLIND woman has told of the moment a taxi driver drove off and left her when he saw she had a guide dog.
Emma Gilfoyle, 41, from Willington, County Durham, was with her golden Labrador-retriever cross when she went for a cab on North Road in Durham, at around 5pm on December 4, last year.
But when the driver, Muhammed Imran Ashraf, saw two-year-old Magic he left the rank.
Miss Gilfoyle, who had been playing blind cricket in Chester-le-Street and had missed her connecting bus to take her home, said: “I walked down North Road to the taxi rank using Magic to guide me. I approached the drivers’ side window of the first car in the rank and asked the driver if he was available and the driver replied ‘yes’.
“I said ‘come on Magic, let’s get in the car’. I started to walk round the car to the rear to get in the front passenger seat. Magic usually gets in with me and sits in the footwell. As I did that the driver drove away.
“I was confused because it had never happened before. I realised I better get off the road to make myself safe. That is when another driver got out and helped me.”
Ashraf, 44, of Chestnut Avenue, in Newcastle, was due to appear for a trial at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning.
The case against him, for failing to comply with a section 168 duty in relation to an assistance dog for a disabled person, went ahead in his absence when he failed to show.
Catherine Hazell, who prosecuted the case on behalf of Durham County Council, said: “The defendant faces one count of being a driver of a taxi which had been hired by a disabled person who was accompanied by an assistance dog of and a failing to carry the assistance dog and disable person.
“The driver must carry the disabled person’s dog and allow it to remain with that person and not make any additional charge for doing so. The driver commits an offence by failing to comply with this duty.”
Mrs Hazell told the court Ashraf had previously said he could not recall the incident.
He was not represented at the hearing.
The taxi driver behind Ashraf, who took Miss Gilfoyle home, and urged her report the incident to the council, also gave evidence.
He said: “I thought it was awful to leave the lady stranded. We are supposed to help the public, not leave them.”
Magistrates found the case proved and decided Ashraf would be issued with a £440 fine and ordered to pay costs of £711.
The court was told it is understood Ashraf has left the country.
After the hearing, Miss Gilfoyle said: “I am glad it has been sorted out. Magic means everything to me and means I have got more independence.
“She makes sure I do not bump into things and she even keeps me from sitting of people’s knees on the bus. She keeps me safe.”
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LONDON
‘Charge rage’ could soon be replacing road rage on London’s streets if the predicted demand for electric car charging points is not met, according to a new report.
Drivers in the United States have already been involved in heated disputes as they compete over a shortage of electrical points – dubbed ‘charge rage’ by US media.
Clearing the Air, by London Assembly member Shaun Bailey, found the installation of charging points in the UK is occurring at an unsatisfactorily slow rate compared with the uptake of electric vehicles.
Latest Department for Transport figures show electric car sales are increasing by 172% every five years. Current installation rates of charging points however means there will be just one available for every 15 electric cars on the road by 2031.
Many of the sockets currently being installed are either ‘standard’ or ‘slow’ chargers, taking between six and eight hours to fully charge a vehicle.
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