Mini Cabs From HellWe've all taken a dodgy cab in our time. One guy asked me to give him a back-rub in exchange for letting me off the fare. I was like, "here's the cash mate." Another chappy claimed to be Paddy Patel - a child actor from UK TV series Tuckers Luck - he drove like a speed freak and regaled me with stories that "playing a black Irish boy. England wasn't ready for it." So go on - tell us your worst and we'll tell the world.
[edit: for those confused by the term mini-cab, London has two sorts of taxis: highly regulated, licensed and salt-of-the-earth black cabs that you see in films and a whole bunch of unlicensed, uninsured, random cars driven by nutters who aren't supposed to pick up from the street (you have to phone for them). They are universally rubbish]
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rob, Wed 26 May 2004, 21:44)
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Cairo CabbyFrom cairo airport on the beginning of a 2year backpacking trip - very naively caught a dodgy cab. Just outside the airport there is a check point to check for dodgy cabs. At this the driver mounted the pavement and drove around the checkpoint straight onto a motorway and great speed.
The passenger window fell down and when I tried to wind it up the handle came off in my hand.
The windscreen wiper fell off and when we got to central cairo the driver pulled into a dark alley - very scary.
Luckily he didnt attempt to mug us but when he pulled my rucksack out of the boot he pulled the handle off my brand-new Karrimor which then lasted the rest of the 2yr trip tied with string!
(, Thu 27 May 2004, 11:56, Reply)
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