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Two cabs try to occupy the same space at the same time in the South End, but fail
By adamg on Thu, 10/24/2013 - 12:10am
A roving UHub photographer came across this scene at Berkeley and Chandler in the South End, moments after the Sox game ended.
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How the fuck did this happen?
How the fuck did this happen? Looks like it took some determination.
One possibility
Jerel Novick, who also photographed the remains of the cabs, writes:
I was going to joke that they
I was going to joke that they were competing for a fare but didn't think they would be so stupid to be that aggressive. I'm more accustomed to cabs moving at a very leisurely pace, particularly when I'm behind one at a light and we've just gotten the green arrow.
Trust me
They are that stupid and aggressive - and completely without fear of getting tickets for routinely running red lights and driving in the bike lanes.
Impossible
The lower cab is a Boston Cab and the other is an Eagle Cab from Brookline.
That doesn't mean it is impossible...
It just means it's illegal...
Good thing those weren't Uber
Good thing those weren't Uber drivers or they might have caused a real public safety hazard!
I've seen Cambridge cabs
I've seen Cambridge cabs physically block Boston cabs from illegally picking up fares in Cambridge.
Hah!!
You think that matters? The Boston cabbie clearly rammed into the Brookline cabbie to keep him from stealing their fare. I've seen bats and tire irons come out in these situations.
Well, that Brookline cab
Well, that Brookline cab shouldn't even be driving in Boston unless it had a radio call or was dropping off. They're not supposed to pick up in Boston.
I'm surprised this doesn't
I'm surprised this doesn't happen much more often.
A new reality TV series
A new reality TV series coming 2014
Taxi in media done.
Amazing Race often features contestants in a race taking taxis. I wish the show had the stupid contestant parts edited out, leaving footage of interesting places around the world.
Time to resurrect another TV show named Taxi? Another movie named Taxi? Movie named Taxi Driver? a taxi driver like Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element?
Hmm.
I was in a taxi 2 nights ago where the driver was going extremely slow and then swerving a bit. I looked over the barrier - and he had been texting the entire time. I told him to stop texting immediately and that he needed to pay attention to the road. I made a note of the taxi number when I exited the cab (it's always printed on the outside of the cab).
Next day I phoned the cab company. Manager there said he was calling in the guy right then and there and prohibiting him from driving again (or at lest that;s what he told me).
I urge everyone else to jot down the cab number and complain in these situations where the driver is texting while driving.
Unusual
Most just seem to talk on the phone the whole time.
I always wonder
...what the hell those guys are talking about ALL THE TIME. Throughout an entire cab ride lasting upwards of 30 minutes. And on to the next fare...
Then this clarified it a little bit:
www.newyorker.com/humor/2013/04/01/130401sh_shouts_shulman
Hackney Office
It is against hackney rules (in Boston) for cab drivers to talk or text while they have a metered fare. Call the hackney office about this, NOT the cab company.
And the new phenomenon that's sweeping the nation...
People holding up red lights because they're looking at their phones! I now pull up to those people and those I see texting and ask them this: "If they're called smartphones, why are most of the people who use them fucking idiots?"
New cabin tech
I don't need to look at my phone - it freaking talks to me through my car's audio system! Somebody calls me, and I hit one steering wheel button and I and any passengers can chat with them. Ditto with the navigational directions from my phone.
I haven't figured out if I can have it read text messages to me and take dictation. I'm still all GEEWHIZHOLYCRAP about it two weeks later.
I think it will take a while for that level of tech to build up in the market and unstupidify the phone starers. Still freaks me out though - like goddamn night rider or something.