SFist: Racing Taxicabs Crash Into Parked Cars

andyc

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:00:51 -0800

how bout that new george dubya memorial water tower? that's some nice water holdin', there.

MisterPlow

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:09:19 -0800

Wow, "nervous Nancys" AND "gossiping Gordons"!! Athan is bringing the heat!

jameth

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:39:23 -0800

after reading the blacklist cab thing, i am now thanking God that i live in a neighborhood where i can walk half a block and hail a cab within a minute

MalcoveMagnesia

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:43:34 -0800

Quality of cab drivers has gone down dramatically in the past couple years. It's like they've emigrated over from New York City.

Athan

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:43:18 -0800

What a bunch of nervous Nancys on here. "Ooooh, everything's moving too fast, oooh, someone might get hurt". Yap, yap, yap you gossiping Gordons. Move to some yokel town where nothing ever makes your blood rush and sit in the town square discussing the new water tower. There was a car accident and no one was hurt. Where's the story? This blog is bullshit.

RobInSF

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:06:01 -0800

They're just some good ole boys, never meaning no harm... Eh, sing the rest to yourself.

HHumbert

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:51:40 -0800

@icbalaam: The yellow cab drivers must look at you and say, "I'd hit that!"

wchase

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:56:48 -0800

i can just imagine that "oh shit, there goes my medallion" moment in the middle of the careen.

fizzandpop

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:58:55 -0800

I've been hit by Yellow (the guy was driving on THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD). Sent them a bill for my totalled car and they paid up in full without a question. I guess they're shit scared of being sued.

sf_bikebike

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:57:54 -0800

wreckless bastards! They also like to hit people on bikes...bonus points I guess.

eurotophobicme

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:56:11 -0800

maybe there was another cab involved, with the third hailing from green cab, but it ran outta gas during the race.

RinconHillSF

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:54:22 -0800

I say cab drivers speed excessively way too often in this City ... especially in the evening hours. The way they resent pedestrians, I'd prefer cabs be banned.

PRBurkley

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:45:05 -0800

I see Toyota Corolla is a sponsor. Maybe you can hook up the Toyotalled Corolla victim of "DeathCab2008" with a discount?

icbalaam

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:43:37 -0800

Since I've been hit three times by cabs in the last two years, all from the same company, I'm going to go with DeSoto.

Aventinus

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:43:10 -0800

You can see they're both Yellow in the video linked to in the contribute section.

PRBurkley

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:42:24 -0800

I am so over you, Shitty Taxi Service in SF! That video is RAW. They obviously weren't racing for a fare because YOU CAN NOT GET A F*CKING TAXI IN THE RICHMOND to save your life.

Jimbrowski

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:37:31 -0800

I seem to remember from the news that morning that they were both Yellow. I went by there later that afternoon and both victim cars were still sitting at Fulton and 11th. I couldn't believe how hard the imact was. It was like one big, almost half-circular dent that went from the middle of the back car to the middle of the forward car. I could have parallel parked inside that dent.