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People Share Times They Met Some Bold Taxi Drivers And Here Are 20 Of The Best Stories
We live in a fast world where most people are always in a rush and are looking for ways to reach their destination as quickly as possible. For this reason, a lot of us like to use taxi services for fast and comfortable transportation.
Driving a car requires a lot of attention, patience and carefulness, especially when the driver has some passengers with them. Having this in mind, Twitter user @sarahschauer started a thread by sharing her experience of taking a cab. The woman revealed that once when she was using the service, she was in a hurry and asked the driver to go as quickly as he could, to which he replied “I am from Russia.” The woman continued her story by saying that at that time she was quite sure that they were “about to break the sound barrier.”
So here are some more of the funny and wild taxi ride stories that people chose to share on the internet.
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It seems that people actually enjoy these “fast and furious” rides. This tweet encouraged people to share their wild ride experiences. What was interesting to notice is that a lot of these stories happened somewhere in Eastern Europe and the most prominent cases of fast driving were in Russia or by drivers who are from there.
This thread also sparked a debate on reckless driving and the possibility of these drivers costing someone their life. Some of the Twitter users admitted that they were afraid of such drivers, showing that they do not trust them completely.
Have you ever experienced something similar? Share your story in the comments down below!
According to the European Commission, the road safety statistics for the year 2020 show that the number of fatalities has slightly decreased in the European Union but still hasn’t reached the set goal. It is also known that the country where the most car accidents occur in Europe is Romania, with 96 people killed for one million inhabitants, according to the 2019 statistics.
He should've given you a lime and a coconut to help with your nausa
Recent information on road safety suggests that the EU has the safest roads and managed to decrease the percentage of road deaths by 36% in the span of 10 years (2010-2020). Of course, the pandemic also had an impact on the statistics. Even though the traffic slowed down because of the strict measures, the report suggests that those who did risk leaving their home had an “impact on the number of road fatalities.”
Worst experience was in Kairo. We came across a like 6-line street. I thought "this will take forever to get through " bc there were no traffic lights for the others to stop and no way they let us through. So the cab driver kept honking while driving straight across the street. We were horrified and I think my hair turned grey that very moment.
In Bangkok on a highway this taxi driver was flooring it. I said "that was our exit" as we sped by. He slammed on the brakes and reversed. On a friggin highway! My husbands fingernail marks are still in his dashboard, I just wanted a clean pair of undies.
Hi Caro. Week in India. Travelled in a bus for three days. People vomiting in the aisle, driver sitting cross legged, who's in charge of the accelerator?! Passed an overturned bus. Driver drove into full on traffic and then cheekily swerving at the last moment, what a thrill! But the smell of vomit. Oh, that smell.
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Worst was probably in Turkey. Motorway was snarled up, so he's blasting down the hard shoulder at 100 km/h, which might not sound that fast, but when there's stationary traffic in the next lane and someone suddenly decides they're going to do the same thing right in front of you. I was very glad when that ride was over. Best was in Denmark, where my boss decided he liked the driver's car (7-series BMW with air-conditioned seats!) and asked for his number, and he became my personal taxi driver whenever I went to Denmark - so nice havig a familiar face come and pick me up - interestingly, he was originally from Turkey!
In a previous decade we visited Egypt. We were confused by the height of the kerbs - seriously, they were knee high on me and I'm not tall! Then we saw that Every. Single. Car. regardless of age or make, had a noticeable ding, dent or scratch. Was finally confirmed when a taxi driver, clapping his hands in time to the music blaring from the radio instead of keeping them on the steering wheel, that the kerb height is to keep cars on the road instead of killing pedestrians. Four *painted* lanes of traffic, six *car formed* lanes of traffic. Oh, and on the coach back from an excursion we were cut up by a man on a bike with about twenty loaves of bread on a plank of wood on his head. (This was also the holiday where our hotel's breakfast box included a whole raw, unwashed courgette - it was a WILD five days!)
In Bangkok on a highway this taxi driver was flooring it. I said "that was our exit" as we sped by. He slammed on the brakes and reversed. On a friggin highway! My husbands fingernail marks are still in his dashboard, I just wanted a clean pair of undies.
Hi Caro. Week in India. Travelled in a bus for three days. People vomiting in the aisle, driver sitting cross legged, who's in charge of the accelerator?! Passed an overturned bus. Driver drove into full on traffic and then cheekily swerving at the last moment, what a thrill! But the smell of vomit. Oh, that smell.
Load More Replies... Worst was probably in Turkey. Motorway was snarled up, so he's blasting down the hard shoulder at 100 km/h, which might not sound that fast, but when there's stationary traffic in the next lane and someone suddenly decides they're going to do the same thing right in front of you. I was very glad when that ride was over. Best was in Denmark, where my boss decided he liked the driver's car (7-series BMW with air-conditioned seats!) and asked for his number, and he became my personal taxi driver whenever I went to Denmark - so nice havig a familiar face come and pick me up - interestingly, he was originally from Turkey!
In a previous decade we visited Egypt. We were confused by the height of the kerbs - seriously, they were knee high on me and I'm not tall! Then we saw that Every. Single. Car. regardless of age or make, had a noticeable ding, dent or scratch. Was finally confirmed when a taxi driver, clapping his hands in time to the music blaring from the radio instead of keeping them on the steering wheel, that the kerb height is to keep cars on the road instead of killing pedestrians. Four *painted* lanes of traffic, six *car formed* lanes of traffic. Oh, and on the coach back from an excursion we were cut up by a man on a bike with about twenty loaves of bread on a plank of wood on his head. (This was also the holiday where our hotel's breakfast box included a whole raw, unwashed courgette - it was a WILD five days!)
