Driving N.Y. taxi beats desk job, says female "hack"
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - She's a tough-talking, petite New Yorker who was fed up with her office job, so when Melissa Plaut was laid off she decided it was time for an adventure -- driving one of the city's famed yellow taxi cabs.
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New rules require New York City's yellow taxicabs to accept credit cards from passengers, but some drivers are balking, because of concern over credit-card processing fees and the prospect of smaller tips.
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When a cabdriver tried to get Matthew Daus to pay a fare with cash instead of a credit card, Daus knew that wasn't right. As the head of the commission that regulates city taxis, he would know.
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Drivers of New York's yellow taxis went on strike on Wednesday over plans to install tracking systems intended to provide information to riders but which strikers say will be costly and invade their privacy.
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Everyone she passes &amp;#151; each taxi driver, every man and burqa-clad woman &amp;#151; is looking at Sofia. The stares and glares are no surprise: She&#039;s female, she&#039;s driving, and she&#039;s just 14 years old.
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At least Prague's overcharging taxi drivers don't discriminate. Just ask the mayor.
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A woman who bills herself as the first openly lesbian Playboy Playmate sued a taxi driver, police and the city on Friday, claiming that officers needlessly roughed her up based on the cabbie's false accusation that she was armed and dangerous.
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Driving a race car takes more than good hand-eye coordination and the stomach for G-forces. It also takes a truckload of high-tech gear.
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Police who chased a car for miles along a highway at speeds up to 100 mph said the driver was drunk, hardly a rarity in this resort town. But there was more: When they looked inside the flipped vehicle with guns drawn, they found an 11-year-old girl at the wheel.
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Drivers who commute between New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are wasting more time and money sitting in traffic, according to a new study.
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LYNNWOOD, Wash. - A taxi driver found a wallet containing almost $6,000 in the back of his car, then raced to the airport in time to return it to his owner.  Vinod Mago, 55, says he never thought twice. The owner thanked him with $100, which Mago used to take his family out for dinner.
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New York City police have found a public relations boost in a two-wheeled scooter, welcome relief to a department criticized for suspected racism and excessive force.
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TechWeb - A software engineer says he accessed a New York City cab's video display system files after seeing an error message on the screen.
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Thousands of New York&#39;s taxi drivers on Wednesday put on the brakes with a 48-hour strike just as the US Open tennis tournament moved toward a climax and the city&#39;s Fashion Week started up.
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Plus: Taxicab chats threatened by technology. [News.com Extra]
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A bill by a state senator in New York would make it illegal to send or read text messages while behind the wheel.
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ATHENS -- Taxi driver Manuel Pircolos is fuming. At a dead-stop in traffic, he chain-smokes, drums his fingers on the dashboard, and sums up life behind the wheel.