****ing taxi drivers

[badman]

was drivin my dads ute today, stopped outside the movies to drop my gf off, pulled out from behind this taxi, side swiped the **** accidentally, now theyre tryin to get me for leavin the scene of an accident cause i pulled over around the corner instead of straight away (this was the first legal place i could do it).. ****! so adding to the insurance excess i gota pay, i might lose my licence for 3 or more months

F.UCK!

[jbonevia]

I hate taxi drivers, I always avoid them on the road, because once one pulled out in front of my g/f and she could not avoid hitting the taxi in the side. Not only did they refuse to accept responsibility, they made up a fake witness to say that it was my g/f's fault, and threatened legal action unless we agreed to pay them out a few thousand dollars. We had only 3rd party at the time and luckily the insurance company refused their claim, but we never did get our car fixed, oh well it was only a 1978 corolla but it was still the principle of the thing!

[Cubes]

I doubt you will loose your license for 3 months for pulling around the corner unless you looked like u were going to do a runner by gunning it and trying to loose him hoping he went straight.

[badman]

yeh im just praying this guy doesnt be a dickhead about the whole situation... it would only make it worse

i duno how the **** im gona pay this and still afford my schoolies trip at the end of the year

[boostimports]

sorry to hear man... i doubt u will lose ur license too over an incident like this

[boostimports]

wats ur excess u being 18 i presume. will be like $1000 or $1500. ouch!

[Merli]

If I read that right, you hit the taxi?

Why is he a "****ing taxi driver" then? You're the one that caused the accident?

[Parag0n]

Merli, give him a break.

You learn from your mistakes kiddo

[Cubes]

My old man used to own a cab.

When the car is off the road due to an accident, they loose a hell of a lot of money.

It is an inconvenience for them more so than it would be for you.

Trying to make money in a cab these days is quite difficult.

There is not a lot of money at all involved.

But hell.. Don't worry about the fines etc.

Go to court and pay $5 per week and still save for your schoolies week or what ever it is.

[hippy]

i must admit .. no offence to your dad joel .. but i farkin hate taxi drivers with a passion LOL .. they piss me off all the time .. think they own the road ... just an hour ago going to the pizza shop to get food .. stopped at the traffic lights ... which was next to a petrol station .. taxi decides that he goes out of the petrol station and just squeezes in front of me just as the light goes green .. didn't even indicate or wait for me to acknowledge that i've seen him ... i've had so many incidences with them .. and my friend ... he got hit by one ... he was stationary .. u won't beleive what they try to do to get away from paying ... so many excuses ... he even try to say that there was damage on the car before he hit it ... how would he know?? did he go out and inspect my friends car before it happened??? but its what he did in the end which really pisses me off .. he ran away .. cant' be found ... wtf??

they all know how to get away from these things ...

[Cubes]

I have to admit they do drive pretty bad.

I some times laugh at my old man when driving with him and say "Can't half tell u used to be a taxi driver"

[badman]

Originally posted by Merli

If I read that right, you hit the taxi?

Why is he a "****ing taxi driver" then? You're the one that caused the accident?

get over it ay.

the only reason i side swiped him was i was strugglin to get out of my position cause he parked so damn close to my front bumper. therefore the angle at which i left the kerb was way too shallow to clear him

[Cubes]

Working last night one cab driver was just asking to be hit.

He could have avoided the situation.

A van was reversing away from where he put petrol in when a cab driver stopped behind him at a 90degree angle.

The Van reversed for 3 seconds heading towards the cab. I was wating for the Cab to select reverse and get out of there before he got hit. I could see the cab driver was looking straight at the van watching it coming for him.. BANG!!.. I couldn't help but laugh watching the whole thing. When the cab driver came in i asked why he didn't reverse as he had heaps of time.

He stated "I don't know"... Stupid idoit..

[hippy]

and the other night .. i was parked on the side of the road ... u can't park in front of where i was parkin because its the corner of the road ... what does he do?? he parks right close to me still in an illegal position ... when he sees me going into my car he just sits there like its his right to be there ... and another taxi double parked in front of me ... sees me get in my car ... just stays there ... i had to press my horn a couple of time before he got out so i could go ... man i see this shit every single weekend i'm out ... one day i'm just goin to loose it ...

[badman]

haah i think i opened the pandoras box of bottled rage towards taxi drivers! eek! cant help but laugh, even tho im hopelessly out of pocket now hahaaha

[akeenan]

some taxi drivers are cool though, but they are usually only cool when your drunk and in the backseat of one going home.

[franks]

im pretty sure you would've reacted the same way if the roles were swapped badman.

i hope you were being honest and pulling over where safe and that the police see it the same way.

i also hope your stereotypical attitude changes aswell.

[Merli]

Originally posted by badman

get over it ay.  

the only reason i side swiped him was i was strugglin to get out of my position cause he parked so damn close to my front bumper. therefore the angle at which i left the kerb was way too shallow to clear him

Me?? Mate, I think it's YOU that should "get over it ay"...

You caused an accident, because you obviously can't judge distances, and you call the innocent party a "****ing taxi driver"

[Hakujin1977]

LOL! fire up guys!

taxi's... at least their a nice yellow wif pretty stickers and you can spot 'em from a good distance and know to avoid 'em... don't ya wish cop cars had to have their lights running all the time?

[FuN bUs]

i think they just get lazy well driving!

i hit a son of a bitch right in the door with my first car. it was a silvia. Yes, i was speeding but he pulled out of a service station with out looking, i couldnt stop in time.... the dick didnt even realise i hit him he drove off 1km down the road them must come to his sensors and reversed back another 1km. i think he was lookin at a "people" mag cos i spotted one in his cab.

his repairs cost $2k i should have just driven off like nothing happened!!!