http://gothamist.com/2008/07/04/cabbies_squeezed_dry_at_the_pump.php All comments for Cabbies Pushing for "Fuel Surcharge" en-us 2008 nyc_daveh Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:40:31 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://gothamist.com/2008/07/04/cabbies_squeezed_dry_at_the_pump.php#comment-1400081 http://gothamist.com/2008/07/04/cabbies_squeezed_dry_at_the_pump.php#comment-1400081 Comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:47:28 -0500 <p>'he tells the Post he’s had to make real tough decisions: "I choose eating, not smoking."' One will kill you if you do it, and the other if you don't do it. Sounds like a real tough decision alright.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/07/04/cabbies_squeezed_dry_at_the_pump.php#comment-1399944 http://gothamist.com/2008/07/04/cabbies_squeezed_dry_at_the_pump.php#comment-1399944 Comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:58:27 -0500 <p>Yeah, there must be something in the cab driver's manual that teaches every last one of them that the accelerator is an on/off switch without any variability. You must either be at 100% throttle, or 0% throttle.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/07/04/cabbies_squeezed_dry_at_the_pump.php#comment-1399921 http://gothamist.com/2008/07/04/cabbies_squeezed_dry_at_the_pump.php#comment-1399921 Comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:40:38 -0500 <p>They could save 50% of the gas they're burning by not accelerating to each light.</p>