tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post4575794937503110549..comments2024-03-19T19:48:17.585-04:00Comments on New York Daily Photo: Flailing and HailingBrian Dubéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12579167361224067819noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-58619774802200733692010-11-14T09:40:48.233-05:002010-11-14T09:40:48.233-05:00Not that the cab in this picture is the "thor...Not that the cab in this picture is the "thorny" combination - both lit. In this case, you will have to disclose your destination before getting in...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-61034902720447709472010-10-25T11:43:24.707-04:002010-10-25T11:43:24.707-04:00Thanks for the tips. I visit NYC on a regular basi...Thanks for the tips. I visit NYC on a regular basis now and didn't know some of the tips here. <br /><br />Though recently, I have to credit two New Yorkers with being very friendly and explaining that WHERE I was standing was preventing me from getting a cab. It turns out that there were designated taxi pick up areas near where I was that I was unaware of.<br /><br />Also, when I did get to the right place, several unmarked cars pulled up asking if I wanted a cab. I declined. I don't know who or what these unmarked cars were, but reading up later on tourist taxi etiquette and procedures, it was advised NOT to take these vehicles. It could be costly in more ways than one.<br /><br />Marked cab, numbers lit, off-duty unlit, right location. I got it. Thanks.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14263426902253079164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-33902929551344426612010-10-23T04:41:31.230-04:002010-10-23T04:41:31.230-04:00You are the best! Thanks a million! :)You are the best! Thanks a million! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-20386497953277721282010-10-21T17:34:58.613-04:002010-10-21T17:34:58.613-04:00As a NYC visitor I made sure to read up on the pro...As a NYC visitor I made sure to read up on the proper cab hailing rules years ago. I still find it funny, every time I visit, to see tourists trying to hail a cab when clearly they already have a passenger. I witnessed it with my own eyes last month, when my very own husband did it! I had to reach up and pull his arm down several times even after explaining to him the light rules that Brian mentioned.<br />However I didn't know that they had the option to pick you up if they felt like it, when they were off duty.Sally Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934892451361597201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-41024764627250240312010-10-21T07:53:20.598-04:002010-10-21T07:53:20.598-04:00Mary and Naomid - You both are correct. I avoided ...Mary and Naomid - You both are correct. I avoided getting into this dual edged sword. Affirming your rights in a taxi can be akin to having a resentful surgeon working on you. Sometimes the resistance ro traveling the outer boroughs is due to the driver not knowing his way around, in which case, offering to navigate may allay fears. As an attorney friend always pointed out, there's the legal answer and the business or practical answer.Brian Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579167361224067819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-29906120251750654572010-10-20T15:15:42.388-04:002010-10-20T15:15:42.388-04:00Okay, but if you get in a cab, and say brooklyn, o...Okay, but if you get in a cab, and say brooklyn, or the bronx then you better darn well know where you are going. I have been carried up and down borough streets for endless time resulting in higher fares. It does not seem to matter that they have navigation systems in their cars and radios, and friends in other cabs. No, you the passenger have to know. <br /><br />Its better to ask before you get in. They have to take you, but you don't want that ride if they don't know where you are going.Naomidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116374070462482669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-54734059460331247282010-10-20T14:03:37.894-04:002010-10-20T14:03:37.894-04:00Thank you for 'splaining this!!Thank you for 'splaining this!!Patricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-18722766792836156342010-10-20T01:50:49.744-04:002010-10-20T01:50:49.744-04:00What a public service, Brian! As a life long New ...What a public service, Brian! As a life long New Yorker, it never dawned on me that people do not know how to properly hail a cab, or what their rights are. <br />From experience, however, if you insist on a cab taking you to Brooklyn, even if the destination is barely over the Williamsburg Bridge, you will be treated to a ride long tirade. So if you have the option, find one who is a little bit willing...Mary P.http://clove99spice@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-35062658990989469032010-10-20T00:36:06.244-04:002010-10-20T00:36:06.244-04:00It drives me nuts, too, to see out of towners usel...It drives me nuts, too, to see out of towners uselessly hailing one unavailable cab after another, or those who think by simply putting up an arm a cab will magically appear out of nowhere! Countless times I have shouted out to frustrated innocents "Look for the cab with only the middle light on!"...and sometimes I even hear a "thank you." Wake up and smell the coffee.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769298443717603329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23925148.post-43267450293963785512010-10-19T17:22:01.118-04:002010-10-19T17:22:01.118-04:00Wow this is fantastic! After living in New York fo...Wow this is fantastic! After living in New York for 4 months earlier this year and having taxi drivers asking where we were going and refusing to take us we now know why and what to do! Thanks so much.<br />P.S. Love your site - missing New York and we enjoy lots of memories prompted by your photos.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335968000827111646noreply@blogger.com