6.07.2004

I always used to wonder how cab drivers tear around the city like maniacs and manage to avoid getting in accidents. Well this weekend I finally saw a cab in an accident and boy was it ever a stupid one. A big GMC limo was parked outside Bubble Lounge on the right side of a one-way street with one of its doors wide open. I'm assuming the door was open because the passengers were getting ready to climb out. All of a sudden a taxi comes driving down the street, not at break neck speed or anything but he completely misjudges the space between his car and the open door of the limo and practically takes the door with him. He stops there (as everyone outside the lounge goes to take a look and I snap a couple pics) and realizes he is stuck. He has munched the door of the limo with the right side of his car and can't drive forward any further without literally ripping the limo door off its hinges. To add insult to injury, the passenger in the cab gets out (of the left side of the cab) in a big hurry and hits a car on the other side with the cab door, thereby setting off the alarm. In the end, five guys pick up the back of the taxi and move it a few inches sideways in order to free it. The limo driver tried to shut his door but the damage didn't allow it to close properly. He's just lucky no one stepped out of the limo as the cab drove by.

1 comment:

Ben said...

Yeesh, and that was a silly accident. They're always in a rush to increase the profitability and get more churn, especially on a partying night. Serves him right. Hahaha ...