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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A brawl between a cabbie and pedicab driver was caught on tape Monday by a local Fox 5 news crew.
While out shooting for a story on the rising value of New York City taxi medallions, photojournalist Al Daughtry stumbled upon the altercation right in front of the Ed Sullivan Theater where David Letterman films the [...]
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A cabby reportedly suffering a seizure plowed his taxi into a horse-drawn carriage near Central Park yesterday, landing him and the carriage driver in the hospital, police said.
The horse was not hurt in the noon crash at 60th Street and Fifth Avenue.
Witnesses said the taxi ran a red light and smashed into the stone wall [...]
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DRIVER TALKING ON CELL AS HE RUNS DOWN KID
A distracted cabby talking on his cellphone while speeding yesterday struck and killed an 8-year-old boy in Harlem — and then continued to yak away, oblivious to the carnage until a witness stopped him, cops and witnesses said.
Axel Pablo was hit by a yellow cab as he [...]
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Seven people were hospitalized, one in serious condition, after a taxi jumped the curb on an Upper West Side street and plowed into a pizzeria, police said.
The victims included both pedestrians on the street and diners inside Mama’s Pizzeria, they said.
There was no immediate explanation of what caused the cab to jump the curb shortly [...]
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