Gothamist: Speeding NYC Taxis

Hoofin

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:15:23 -0500

A matrix of giant lasers would fix the problem. When a cabbie starts speeding, a sensor on a high rise will pick up the offender, and a beam will be directed from the nearest mounted laser, to blast out the guy's tire. (they will have to account for speed and direction in all that). My last ride in one, where three people nearly got clipped, ended with me saying, "we weren't in that kind of a hurry." It felt like driving in the third world or something.

d fresh

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:39:13 -0500

You know how some people freak out over snakes? I feel this way about taxis. My gf and I were in one speeding through Morningside Heights on the way to a dinner in SOHO and the whole way through Harlem and to Times Square we were doing fifty, at least. We stopped at the destination and I said, "Jesus, man, you almost killed a couple of people back there." He said, "Oh, man, but it gets you here like a quick!"

John

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:22:08 -0500

I started buckling up in cabs after a Christmas party a few years ago--got a bit drunk, fell sort of asleep, and woke up one nanosecond after the driver had slammed on the brakes to avoid something, and one nanosecond before my forehead impacted the raised numbers (braille and standard) on the divider. It hurt like nuts and was an interesting wound to explain the next day. The driver, of course, just turned around, kind of smiled, and said "Y'okay?"

Jen

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:58:48 -0500

"The yellow ones don't stop!" --Buddy the Elf