Taxi Stories

[minux]

Wondering if anyone has any scary taxi stories?

I have a few...

Been out drinking so decide to leave my car at my mates and catch a cab home. Anyhoo some indian guy picks me up and i could swear we were about to start Melbourne Grand Prix. each set of lights he would stall up the car and hammer it to the next set, weaving in and out of traffic...by the time i got near to home i was almost throwing up Anyways, coming up the last road to my place there are bike lanes...Mr Indian decided the car doing 70 in a 60 zone wasnt fast enough for him so decided to overtake him...however a car coming the other direction seemed to close, so the idiot has gone around him in the bike lane, mounted the curb and almost lost it, i was crapping myself when i seen the huge electricity pole go by my window just inches away. Needless to say i couldnt wit to get out of the car. I think in total he cut off every car he seen, ran 2 red lights, almost cleaned up 3 cars parked on the side of the road and tried to have a conversation with me while talking on his mobile......

Taxi drivers scare me, as of that night i have never caught another cab, i either walk home, or i hassle a mate to pick me up.

[matty88]

Yeah I hate taxis, they smell and the drivers speed everywhere, going over roundabouts...

A drunk gets into the backseat of a cab, and asks the driver, "do ya have any room in the front of your cab for a slab and some prawns?"

The taxi driver says yas, so the drunk leans forward and throws up

[jack.mc]

Yeah I hate taxis, they smell and the drivers speed everywhere, going over roundabouts...

A drunk gets into the backseat of a cab, and asks the driver, "do ya have any room in the front of your cab for a slab and some prawns?"

The taxi driver says yas, so the drunk leans forward and throws up

Bahahaha (apparantly thats not enough laugh to post) hahaha

[vkberlina]

I nearly caused a riot at a taxi stand at sydney airport there were about 8 cabs lined up and the 6th one back was a commodore all the rest were falcons or camrys,
so i hopped into the commodore well all hell broke loose the drivers of the 1st 5 drivers came over shouting abuse and going nuts.

I simply said if you drove a commodore I would travel in your taxi the driver of the commodore said well i cant argue with that but tried to convince me to take the other cab and I said its a commodore or no taxi so after a bit more arguing the commodore got the fair.

It was a pretty big fair it was from Sydney airport to The central Coast and work was paying.

[NORTI]

I nearly caused a riot at a taxi stand at sydney airport there were about 8 cabs lined up and the 6th one back was a commodore all the rest were falcons or camrys,
so i hopped into the commodore well all hell broke loose the drivers of the 1st 5 drivers came over shouting abuse and going nuts.

I simply said if you drove a commodore I would travel in your taxi the driver of the commodore said well i cant argue with that but tried to convince me to take the other cab and I said its a commodore or no taxi so after a bit more arguing the commodore got the fair.

It was a pretty big fair it was from Sydney airport to The central Coast and work was paying.

yep no law says you have to get into the first cab on the rank...... Hell people choose cabs for all different reasons.... company, car model/make, few years ago when SA still allowed coloured cars... they even picked a colour!!!! & ofcourse some people will look for 'aussie' drivers....


I get asked for these requests when booking too.... People ring a book a taxi & ask me if they can have a VY Commodore, or they specify must be ford.... they push for female drivers, or 'not an indian' etc.... *sigh* or the cheeky guys ask if I will be picking them up....



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[brownie82]

Funniest thing was in Brissy was going from Doomben Race Course to the City, pretty standard easy fair... WRONG!! got about 400mts down the road from where we were suppose to go and the driver rips a park and starts looking at referdex (days pre satnav) anyway where all goin "its just up the road keep driving and we will tell you when to stop, your on the right street just keep goin" nah not as easy as that (he was Indian not being racist) but were goin off at him hes goin off at us in his crazy indian voice. Next minute he turns round and says "get out,get out just get out, out out out" we looked at each other and said righto, went to give him the money and hes "nah just go dont want you go". Even better so free fair saved us bout $20-$25 laughin. If you want a free ride just try and cause a ruckus just before you wanna get out, works for me

[vnberlwagon]

Being on the road 4 nights a week I see sooooo many dipstik taxi drivers. Just a small selection of what I've seen, 2 taxi drivers fighting over who would get the fare (2 indian drivers), a African driver run a red light and t-bone a Ambo heading to the Alfred. The paramedic in the rear of the Ambo sustained head injuries as the forced of the impact forced him into the side wall of the ambo bus. I could go on for pages if I had the time. As for white taxi drivers they don't exist in Melb, the Indians and Africans have taken over.

[Shortstuff]

I used to work for a company that supplied replacement taxis while the customers car was being repaired after a smash. You wouldn't believe the state some of the cars came back in - sometimes after as little as two or three weeks! They could often be bashed about, full of rubbish, have burnt out clutches and worn out brake rotors/pads, or engines misfiring from where they had been driven so hard! A car that was 2 or 3 years old would be at the end of it's life. One guy did almost 10000 miles in a month!! And several cars were written off by the taxi drivers that borrowed them too.

[fourstar82]

Scariest ride I've had home, was after a very drunken night out in the city. There were five of us, all fairly drunk and talking crap like we usually do, the young taxi driver of indian decent decided it'd be fun to weave in and out of traffic to get onto the freeway, then once we got onto the freeway, he drove at excessive speed, fluxuating between 150km-200km/hr. Not fun at all when your drunk. We all got out as soon as we got off the freeway and called a mate to pick us up.

[Trewman]

We were at the airport once and my brother was half in the door and the driver took off..

Also friend of mine was in a crash cos a taxi driver took a curve to fast.

[Baritji]

When I was 8, I was used to live in Innisfail. Because there was nothing to do in that town except drink, my parents used to take us up to Carins every weekend. We were out the front of Mcdonalds near the beach, and a Taxi came flying around the corner, up the curb and over my toes! Suprisingly I didnt feel anything except a shitload of pressure, no pain until a couple of hours later! The driver was a young Indian fella, my dad swears he looked no older than 15! Understandably my dad opened the door after he stopped and gave him a few knocks to the face..... It even made the paper!

Cheers

[S Pack]

One busy saturday night on the town there was a line up like you wouldnt beleive and no one was budging even to share a cab. So i walked around the corner before the rank and held out $20 and the 1st returning cab pulled up. I abused the whole cab line as i drove past. I think a few cans were thrown at the cab.

[semi]

aahh that put a big grin on my face, not you being run over, but your dad chipping him one. Youre damn lucky to be able to post on this forum mate

[semi]

One busy saturday night on the town there was a line up like you wouldnt beleive and no one was budging even to share a cab. So i walked around the corner before the rank and held out $20 and the 1st returning cab pulled up. I abused the whole cab line as i drove past. I think a few cans were thrown at the cab.

god that shits me when people dont wanna share, when theyre going to the same place as you. You always get the blokes that think its an insult when you ask em where theyre going and try to start a fight too

[vlv8vic]

Wondering if anyone has any scary taxi stories?

I have a few...

Been out drinking so decide to leave my car at my mates and catch a cab home. Anyhoo some indian guy picks me up and i could swear we were about to start Melbourne Grand Prix. each set of lights he would stall up the car and hammer it to the next set, weaving in and out of traffic...by the time i got near to home i was almost throwing up Anyways, coming up the last road to my place there are bike lanes...Mr Indian decided the car doing 70 in a 60 zone wasnt fast enough for him so decided to overtake him...however a car coming the other direction seemed to close, so the idiot has gone around him in the bike lane, mounted the curb and almost lost it, i was crapping myself when i seen the huge electricity pole go by my window just inches away. Needless to say i couldnt wit to get out of the car. I think in total he cut off every car he seen, ran 2 red lights, almost cleaned up 3 cars parked on the side of the road and tried to have a conversation with me while talking on his mobile......

Taxi drivers scare me, as of that night i have never caught another cab, i either walk home, or i hassle a mate to pick me up.

sounds like a few truck drivers ive seen/known.

[crazyspoon05]

Ah, so many stories about funny / horror cab rides....

One of my faves involved a elderly cab driver who was greek or turkish driving me home years ago after a bucks night, he spent most of the time trying to talk to me in really bad English (all this after we had an argument that Wantirna was over the Westgate bridge... I said Altona is over the bridge, I want to go to W-A-N-T-I-R-N-A, nowhere near the bridge. He answers 'You sure Wantirna not near Williamstown'...) and getting worked up and bashing the steering wheel when I disagreed with anything he said.

Trip comes to an end and he's there counting out my change from his coin holder thingy when my dog starts barking behind the front gate, the poor guy jumps nearly out of his seat and the coins in his coin holder thing end up all over the front seats of the cab....

For all the dodgy / scary cab rides I've had I have had one that was excellent, my girlfriend at the time and I hailed a cab in the CBD and the cab driver asks where we are heading, we reply Rowville and he asks which street and when we tell him he says 'My shifts nearly over and I live right near there, just give me ten dollars and we'll call it square'...

[TheForgotten]

cabbies are scary!
Where I used to live, dominoes did deliveries on scooters.
Anyhow, this cabby wasn't watching what he was doing and u-turned and splattered the pizza guy in the main street of town. he's still a cabby, no idea what became of the pizza guy

[_Mukas_]

he was the special sauce so many pizza places talk about yum!!!

[NORTI]

Yeah I hate taxis, they smell and the drivers speed everywhere, going over roundabouts...

A drunk gets into the backseat of a cab, and asks the driver, "do ya have any room in the front of your cab for a slab and some prawns?"

The taxi driver says yas, so the drunk leans forward and throws up

I told this at work.... & got everyone cracking up!! cheers!!



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[Baritji]

Hehe yeah, I dont think a 30kg 8 year old would fair to well if hit head on by a Taxi :S!! I know he lost and job and faced charges in court, so that one idiotic act stuffed his life up... But, I must say, I have no compassion whatsoever!!!

[>mayhem<]

Anyone in perth seen hothouse green VY SS taxi complete with lime green neons getting around?
i was out last night and spotted it, some blonde chick behind the wheel too!
my mate tried to get a pic, but couldnt get a clear one cos it was cruizin too quick, but its the sickest cab ive ever seen, even the light bar on the top looked different to usual..
I know what taxi ill be askin for next time im out anyway...

[killuminati]

Yeh every taxi i have been in usually speeds, runs reds etc...

One time i was in sydney and in a bus, it was doing its last ride for the night, and we would have been on the bus for like half an hour, and i have seen of heard of a bus taking corners like this one did, he was fangin the crap out the bus through sydney, it was the best ride i had been on in a while!!

[253@7k]

Ive seen that SS taxi getting around, theres also a supercharged 5L VT taxi that I've seen round Scarborough. Odd for a taxi.

Anyways one night my mate and I were a bit drunk and caught a taxi home from another mates place which is about one to two kays away from my place. Got out at my place after a 5 miniute ride and the cabby (who was a woman) said that will be $25. Why would she try to pull something like that? We were not that drunk and I could clearly see the meter. In the end I gave her $5 and she left.

[vn88calais]

hey i just saw that hothouse green tax wen i was cruising in the city, didnt get a pic cos it sped past me, but i saw it, looked basically like an ss haha and weird thing is the taxi sign on the roof was in the same color, has n e one else noticed theres no number on the sides or n e thing...seems weird haha

cheers, Todd

[Baritji]

There is a brand new V8 Statesman Taxi up here. Very very niiiiiiiiice, looks weird with the taxi sign on the roof tho!!!!

Plenty of nice private hire cars too.. lexus etc!