Yellow cab drivers have always been nasty arrogant fucks. They would almost always refuse to go to Brooklyn back in the day. Sometimes when I would go down to Clinton St to catch a cab to go downtown they would refuse to take me unless I was going to Manhattan. When you hail a yellow cab it was always a crap shoot. It could be dirty and smelly. He might not have air conditioning or even refuse to turn it on. The last cab driver we had fell asleep on the FDR drive and I had to slap him on the back of the head to wake him up.
The Post has an article about how the Yellow Cab companies are trying to destroy Uber because it is putting them out of business.
We have been using Uber lately and it is working out great. You just use the app on your phone and they come right to you and take you to where you have to go. They charge your card and email you a receipt. You don't have to fight with the cabbie if you want to use a card instead of cash. You don't have to worry about a tip since it is included. It is cut and dried. You pay a little more but you don't have to fight about the route where the cabbie might go roundabout to run up the tab.
The Yellow Cab is going the route of the horse and buggy. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of illegal immigrants.
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My wife has been traveling a fair amount lately, and uses Uber cabs. Loves them. Clean, nice, easy to pay, etc. Not at all like the filthy cabs from the distant past. Uber isn't perfect, but a whole lot better than the status quo.
I just took one to the doctors office. Worked like a charm.
Any concerns about safety?
None. The Uber drivers especially in the black cars are top of the line pros. You pay more but it is worth it.
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