In the wee hours of Saturday morning, a 22 year old man was reportedly killed when he jumped out of a moving taxi. The incident happened along Bedok Reservoir Road, and it was reported that he was in the taxi with another female passenger.

Based on news reports, the young man allegedly jumped out of the cab after getting into a dispute with the woman. Police were alerted to the incident at about 4:04am on Saturday. "A 22-year-old man was taken unconscious to Changi General Hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced dead," said the police spokesman. SCDF were also alerted to the accident at 4:10pm at the junction of Bedok North Road and Bedok Reservoir Road, and took one man to CGH.

An unlucky taxi driver picked up 2 passengers at River Valley Road, but little did he expect his passengers to try and run away in the middle of the journey to avoid paying their fare!

I don't understand why is it that so many Grabhitch drivers are so cheapskate now that they want to hitch riders like us along with their family members? Chat they accept riders only when there's no one in the car? Riding with their family members make me feel so insecure! No privacy at all!

The number of private hire cars plying Singapore roads have apparently now soared by nearly 70 times since Uber and Grab entered the market in 2013. it is now reported that the number of private hires are 1 and a half times more than the number of taxis on the road.

This was according to numbers released by LTA. Before Uber and Grab entered the market four years ago, there were fewer than 500 such cars, mainly operated by limousine services. However, the number have now jumped to 41,297 units as at last month. The current total taxi population is 26,476.

With the high numbers of private hire cars, it is little wonder that many taxi drivers are complaining of a shrinking market for them. And, with numbers of taxis and private hire cars combined, these means that there are also more cars on the road now. The aim of reducing the number of cars on the roads might be dependent on car drivers giving up their cars to take these private hires or taxis. But how many actually have given up their car?

Another case of a TransCab taxi catching fire after an accident was reported in the press today. No details of the original accident were given, but the taxi, a Toyota Wish, caught fire in the aftermath of the accident that happened along Marymount Road near the junction of Sin Ming Avenue on Monday afternoon.

SCDF officers managed to put out the fire, but a 50 year old man, believed to be the taxi driver, suffered burn injuries and was conveyed to the Singapore General Hospital. The same model cab, a Toyota Wish, also caught fire at Buona Vista on April 30, where a viral video showed the cab exploded and injured four people.