Alan999 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Was at a wedding on sunday night then went into town after it with 3of my cousins. Anyway on the way home we all got in a taxi and it was raining. The taxi driver was doing about 80mph+ on 30mph roads so after he over took 2cars then just missed an on coming car i said to him, " could you slow down abit please pal because if you lost it now you would kill us all " But he just carried on so i said to him, " im not being funny but stop driving like such a dick " At this he said " i wanna get another pick up done before i finish in 10mins " Now for me that was it i lost it big time and had a right go at him. Anyway the taxi was half the price it usually is but when me and my cousin got out we didnt even get shance to shut the doors before he drove off! What a tit would have loved to have give him a kickin! So has anyone else got any taxi stories even doing a runner etc?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 A friend of mine from London booked me a taxi once... my mates a bit of a dodgy fella and so was the taxi... he actually took a corner through a red light using the handbrake at one point! Another time the taxi driver hid behind a van until it reversed into him and claimed he had been drunk the week before and had crashed so needed someone else to claim off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 You would think they would watch their speed seeing a ban or dangerous driving conviction would mean no job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Me and a few mates would play this game with taxi drivers. On the way home after nights out we would pretend to be returning home with some dirty bitches ready to make porn films. Our girl friends played the stars, I was the stunt-cock, another mate a director and so on.... Still makes me laugh thinking about the bull sh1t we said infront of the driver. LMAO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 when on holiday earlier this year. we were snowboarding. we got a taxi high up in the alps to take us to another part of the mountain. all the way along the icy roads, where all that was between us and certain death down the side of a mountain was a 1 ft tall crumbly brick wall, the taxi driver was txting on his phone, and overtaking way too much! when we got there he even did a hand break turn in the carpark! we shat ourselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffy Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 i was on holiday in antigua and ended up 5 of us + driver in a car, him doing nearly 80 on one of the crappiest roads i have ever been on, and then failing to notice the t junction ahead! luckily one of my mates shouted, after a lot of heavy braking, smoking tyres, and drunk people goin "ouch!" we made it round the corner wont forget that in a hurry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 LOL - You should try some of the taxis in Central America. None of them have matching wheels, tyres are usually made of canvas and one with more than 3 doors still on it is considered to be 'posh'!! Body panels (those that remain) are all different colours and often off different cars. And as for the drivers..........................!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffy Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 LOL - You should try some of the taxis in Central America. None of them have matching wheels, tyres are usually made of canvas and one with more than 3 doors still on it is considered to be 'posh'!! Body panels (those that remain) are all different colours and often off different cars. And as for the drivers..........................!!! so i should consider a stoned rastafarian driver a bonus then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Egyptian taxi drivers make this lot look like poofs. They drive in the middle lane mostly the lane in the middle between the actual lanes that is. They dive at any gap no matter the size, weave through oncoming traffic on the opposite carriageway, and even use the pavement if theres not that many pedestrians. Lunatics the lot of them. My best mate had a right old ding dong with a taxi driver once. He got in a taxi with about £5 in his pocket. He knew it wasn't enough to get him home so he said stop when the meter gets to a fiver I'll walk the rest as thats all I've got. Taxi driver said no worries mate I'll drop you at home for a fiver. My mate gets home and the taxi driver says that'll be £8.50 sir. WTF is the polite way of saying what my mate then said. Argument ensued about the agreement (the meter was off) Taxi driver threatened to call police as mate had gotten out and refused to pay at all now. Mate got a red rag moment walked up and lumped the taxi driver straight through the window in the chops to give him summat to call the police for. Waited for him to make good on his police call but taxi driver just drove off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I got a taxi in Dublin once from the airport. He set off, was doing 45 or so and then suddendly noticed a speed bump. We hit it about 40, all 4 wheels off the ground and came down with a big crunch. That was pretty funny, although I did bang my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan999 Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 Still amazes me that they get away with the way they drive and another thing i forgot to add about the bloke that was driving me he was near enough lay down and could only just reach the steering wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Never had any terrible horror stories like these, but was stuck with a country bumpkin type taxi driver taking us all the way into central London from somewhere in the west country (can't remember where). On the motorway one lane was closed, complete with big truck with huge flashing arrow on the top telling him to move over.... he must've had dodgy eyesight because he left it until the absolute last minute before locking the wheels and just about making it round The look on the workmen's faces was priceless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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