Its not easy being Taxi Driver in Johor Bahru

Sometimes the direct route is to take if you are unemployed is to rent a car and a taxi driver. After all, if you are willing to work hard, you may be able to make a decent profit every day. Of course, providing we are willing to put in 12 hour shifts consistently, even on weekends.

In Malaysia (and especially in Johor Bahru), things get a little more complicated. And we list down exactly why it is not easy, a taxi driver in Malaysia.

First, if you are to the use of the device, your smile, roll their eyes in disbelief or passengers. The MR costs $ 2 departure, set 13 years ago, not even enough to buy you a plate of chicken rice. The additional fee of 10sen/200m is equally incredulous. cheap cheap!

And if you punish the most natural thing, something to turn off the meter and flat rate is, you can, if they are caught. In a particularly irritating day, you have a passenger from Singapore who missed it clear in the English rule and said: "Uncle, how can you not turn on the meter? Not deceive us, you need the meter!"

Price aside, there are the nagging questions that makes things even more difficult for a taxi driver in Johor Bahru.

There are few taxis in Johor Bahru away. You are taking a pause passenger side of the road. Suddenly someone knocks on your window - The man in white. The traffic police, the force of law or fact or a wink to you. However, you can be sure that your whole day is gone.

On clear days (when there is no man-in-White), undercover officers of the Council of Johor Bahru Transport Board can also give your car and do a spot check on you. If you do not wear a white shirt with long sleeves, or when taxi is not very clean, you risk a fine. Or, you can ignore.

And if people do not legitimate for you, you might have a chance with this kind of lawlessness. Johor Bahru unenviable about a crime.

Human factors aside, there's even more irritating questions that add to the difficulty.

The Proton Saga drive hardly seems like a good place to work, especially when you look across the street and taxi drivers in Singapore are the 2000cc engine Hyundai Sonata, Skoda and Toyota Camry the same. You get a terrible cramp leg of the clutch and back pain poor suspension. The windows are not tinted, and your right arm is similar to a driver of the trailer.

It gets worse at night. With the exception of the main roads, the roads are not lit well and work hard you really distinguish between a passenger in a Pontianak.

Once in 10 years, notes Mr. PJB Johor Bahru City Council or a big project. For example, the new CIQ Johor Bahru Wong Ah Fook Jalan throws all into confusion. You're confused, fear and helplessness. For a few days, ask for no passengers in sight. The only consolation? You are not the only one affected.

After mentioning that some of the bad things, a taxi driver in Johor Bahru, there is something positive to report. Mm .. Parking is expensive!