Strict new rules went into effect for New York City cab drivers on Friday that ban drivers from using electronic devices while driving. The ban includes hands-free Bluetooth devices.
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From the monthly archives:
January 2010
NYC Media, the official TV, radio and online network of NYC, and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission announced the launch of an innovative voting campaign in the City’s 13,000-plus taxicabs that allows riders to choose new introductory content for the passenger information monitors (or PIMs) in taxicabs. “Be a Backseat Driver” invites [...]
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The time has come for gabby cabbies to hang up or pay up, as super-strict rules cracking down on Bluetooth-happy hacks go into effect tomorrow.
Taxi and Limousine Commission agents and NYPD officers will be on the lookout for drivers using any electronic devices while not legally parked, including iPods, GPS devices and satellite radios.
Officials are [...]
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Name: Solomon Neuschatz
Age: 37
Years behind the wheel: 11
Average shift:1pm–1am
Number of breaks: “A few, but they’re always just five or ten minutes.I multitask while I drive.”
Number of pickups in a 12-hour shift: “Ten to 14 when I’m doing airport runs; about 30 if I don’t go to the airport.”
Miles accrued per shift: 150 to 200
Money made [...]
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After a driver pulled his yellow cab to the curb on Cadman Plaza West near Middagh St. around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, the car burst into roaring flames and burned within minutes.
Firefighters from Engine Co. 205 and Ladder Co. 118 – one block away on Middagh Street – responded rapidly, soaking the car and sending clouds [...]
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It has been more than a decade since the last old Checker cab disappeared from the city’s taxi ranks and nearly three decades since the last new cab rolled off the production line.
And yet, as a quick visit to any shop peddling tourist trinkets will confirm, that boxy yellow taxi with the cartoonish styling and [...]
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Program aiming to cut costs through shared cabs was supposed to launch last month
A program designed to help city-goers cut expenses by reducing taxi fares for people who share rides was supposed to launch last month, but New Yorkers will have to wait at least until the end of January to take advantage of the [...]
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If you’re reading this post, you probably love trivia and game shows as much of the rest of us flossers. So chances are you’ve watched at least one episode of Cash Cab on Discovery Channel, right? And chances are you’ve wondered whether it was rigged or not.
Well, the short answer is no, it’s not rigged. [...]
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