Malaysia Taxi Scare

So the Malaysian authorities are claiming that our "licensed taxis" are the safest? Here's what happened to me today...


I got on a cab from 1U this morning wanting to head to Sunway Giza for my doctor's appointment. As the cabs there are all queue based, I hopped on the next available cab when my turn comes.

The cab started to drive off the minute I got in, and I told the driver I wanted to go to Sunway Giza. The uncle turned around and asked me, "Which part of Sunway Giza?" to which I said "Giza Mall", since it's the closest to my doctor's office.

The he then turn to me and asked, "where is that?", which at this point I thought that this going to be another one of those drivers who wanted to make a detour. "The one near Kota Damansara?" Then the driver told me, "15 Ringgit."

"Excuse me?"

"The traffic there very jam right now. If you want to go there, RM15."

"Then it's fine. Just stop here and I'll get another cab." In an aggravated tone, the driver yelled at me, "No! You wanna go there then it's RM15!"

At this point, I said to him sternly, "Stop the car. I want to get out." The driver pretended that he didn't hear me and continued to drive. When I repeated myself, he continued to ignore me.

While the vehicle was moving, I opened the car door, and it was then that I got his attention. He ACCELERATED and told me in a pissed tone, "Ok ok ok, go by meter" and when I close the door, he had the central lock on. Probably to ensure I can't open the door again?

He then started speeding (since there wasn't any jam at all along the way, unlike what he predicted), and was cursing all along the way, mumbling that I was "lansi", that I could afford to take a cab but not willing to pay a measly RM15. I was really scared for my life. Part of me wanted to tell him to stop, but I'm also worried that if I ask him to stop again, he might pull another crazy stunt like accelerating even faster and kill of us, or hit me with a bat, or some shit like that. The calm side of me tells me that we're just less than 5 minutes away from my doctor's office, and I took out my phone, ready to call for help.

When we were around Pelangi Condominium, the driver suddenly stopped mumbling and shouted at me, "Where? How to go? You so clever, you show me the way."

I took a deep breathe and asked him to go straight, and immediately after the traffic light to turn to Palm Spring Damansara, I asked him to turn right to where the office blocks are instead of going further to where the mall is. The driver continued to mumble as he drove.

As we turned into the office area, I told him the mall is at the far end and I want to get off right where we are, and even told him (as though he really don't know the way) that it's easier for him to make a U-turn to get out of the area.

Thank all the forces at work for helping, the driver stopped without arguing, i gave him an exact fare, the minute I heard the central lock unlocks, I quickly got out of the car and dashed towards civilization.


Fuck all you fuckers who said that "only licensed taxis are save"!!!
FUCK YOU!!!!