Meet taxi driver and YouTuber "LazyCabbie"

Eddie Jui drives a Toyota Prius cab for a living and creates content about his trade

- Lee Nian Tjoe

The person behind the YouTube channel @LazyCabbie is anything but idle, because Mr Eddie Jui, 48, works day and night.

In between his daily 10-plus hours on the road looking for fares, he devotes time to film and edit videos, and respond to online comments.

LazyCabbie has more than 6,000 subscribers and 36 videos as at July 17, and has clocked over 360,000 views since launching in mid-April.

There is a certain cinematic quality to Mr Jui's videos. Each episode typically starts with a stylish introduction, such as a scene off the streets or a stroll through a garden.

He then walks into the frame to give insights on the taxi trade, share his reactions to recent news or offer food recommendations.

His style is casual and relatable, much like a friendly cabby talking to a passenger during a ride.

Mr Jui stresses that the filming is never done when he is ferrying passengers and "only during my lull period".

In the 2½ years he has driven his Toyota Prius taxi, he has covered more than 120,000km. This is the equivalent of nearly 10 years of mileage for a private car in Singapore.

The Prius has never missed a beat, other than on two occasions when it was rear-ended and had to be sent to the workshop.

The taxi still seemed to be in decent shape when Mr Jui drove to the interview with The Straits Times.

He made the switch to be a driver when he needed money urgently to settle business debts after winding down his intellectual property rights agency, which provides trademark services.

He drove a private-hire car for about a year before becoming a part-time taxi driver, renting a cab from other drivers. After that, he got his own taxi.

Mr Jui said he is still a newbie compared with senior cabbies with at least a decade's worth of experience.