jglsong's Flickr It's actually against the rules for cab drivers to use cell phones while driving—even hands-free. But the restriction is routinely shrugged off, so yesterday the Taxi and Limousine Commission Thursday unanimously approved more severe penalties for scofflaws. Hacks [...]
A 75-year-old man was fatally struck by a SUV in Sunset Park around 11:20 p.m. last night. A cabbie told the Daily News that Hugo Janssen was "crossing against the light" when he was hit by a Chevrolet Suburban at 45th Street and [...]
Are city cabbies making "sun tea" in their vehicles? Of the 44,000 TLC drivers on the streets, most working 12 hour days, you can imagine how difficult it is for them to find a place they can relieve themselves. So many allegedly "resort to" [...]
Taxi culture is a big part of New York lore -- Jimmy Cagney, Robert DeNiro, and Ernest Borgnine are among the many memorable movie hacks -- but real cabbies don't get much attention unless they'...
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