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NYC to Ban All Cabbie Phone Calls

Even hands-free devices will be a no-go under new rules limiting electronics

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(Newser) – New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission is cracking down on its drivers, proposing tough new rules today that ban the use of any electronic communication devices while on the job, hands-free included. "Every driver will be prohibited from even wearing a Bluetooth device on their ears and after three strikes will be out of our industry and off the road,” the commissioner tells the Post. About time, says one rider. "It pisses me off.”

The new rules are designed to keep this from happening.
The new rules are designed to keep this from happening.   (AP Photo)
A woman gets into a taxi outside Penn Station in New York.
A woman gets into a taxi outside Penn Station in New York.   (AP Photo)
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gonzo1390
Oct 16, 09 10:34 AM CDT
good riddens, a little more peace and quiet in the cab now maybe Reply
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Unaffiliated
Oct 16, 09 12:13 PM CDT
That's riddance.
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thudson
Oct 16, 09 11:10 AM CDT
next up - push through some basic hygiene standards Reply
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Fondue
Oct 16, 09 11:14 AM CDT
Dude, they're in a car all day.
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youngblood
Oct 16, 09 12:44 PM CDT
The Rider is pissed off?!!! II can't believe that at all because New Yorkers are very cool!! Propaganda put out by The Taxi and lImousine commission whose agency is manufactured for no other reason then to fine hard working drivers $100's of dollars for stupid so called infractions and the driver can't win, it's a kangaroo court! The jerk-offs and fat fucks who work at the TLC should go out and fine a real job! Fuck them all at the Taxi and Limousine Commission. You think they would be there to protect the driver, do you know how many drivers get killed by passengers sitting in their back seat and these hard working drivers with families who are just doing a job, get blown away with a shot to the head? happens every year, I had a friend of mine, a young actor, killed like this, very sad !! you think these assholes would do something to protect them but no way they don't give a fuck, let the drivers get murdered, you have a ride to Harlem or the South Bronx, can't refuse a ride, no way, and some of these people are scary who gets into your back seat, but you can't refuse them. TLC rule, these fat asses who work at the TLC, they would never pick some of these people up and go drive them to Harlem of the South Bronx or Flatbush at 3am. I use to drive a cab in NYC on weekends when i was going to college and it was a great job, driving at nights, parties invited to, The people you would meet were fantastic for the most part and the woman you would meet in the cab, and get dates with, I even married a beautiful girl I picked up in my cab, no lie, it was a great job in that respect but These fucking asswipes and the lowlifes that worked at the Taxi and Limousine commission made life difficult for drivers who would work a 12 hour shift and make little money. I quit driving on weekends because of them and it struck home when my friend was killed driving. Word....FUCK THE TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION and any money you stole from me in your kangaroo courts TLC!!! Reply
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