Taxis (should this be a new topic?)
I know a few taxi drivers and mostly nice guys. I can understand the feel of the horsepower as well as anybody else.
There are times however when they tend to play what I call 'The Game'.
I do not pretend that I know all the rules to this game, but it seems that you are supposed to get as close to something/someone as possible (without hitting it?) and keep going. If you hit someone's mirror like happened to Dorian keep going, if you knock someone to the side a little bit keep going.
The chances of being caught are slim, people are shocked and fail to see who did it.
The following is hereby proposed:
A safety complaint system be created for all certified taxi drivers.
First complaint = warning. Hey, yield you represent the country, island and yourself. 5 day suspended license.
Second complaint = Hey, are you paying attention? Behave yourself or you will not be able to drive a taxi. 10 day suspended license.
Third complaint = Look, no more chances, 30 day suspended license,
Fourth complaint = you lose the cab for 30 days.
Number 4 will probably not happen since most drivers lease their cabs and the owners will not lease to them with 4 complaints if they will have their asset impounded for 30 days.
BTW when my dog Coco ran under a taxi the driver stopped. We were on middle street by Social Security and traffic backed up quickly. It was not his fault so I signaled him to just go on. I do not know who it was.
On that point, taxis are supposed to have big numbers on them.
Just today I noticed many taxis, mostly yellow, with no numbers on them.
The traffic department should NOT, repeat NOT set up a checkpoint for this. Just ride around on their cycles and get this done.
Issue tickets to taxis without numbers front, back, and sides for $100. If they bring back the cab within 10 days with the numbers, no charge. If not, Pay the hundred dollars and 4 different pre-schools get to paint your number on your cab.