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Saturday, May 14, 2005Got tapped by a Yellow Cab tonight. The TurkeyGal and I were stopped at a red light. He went when the light changed, as opposed to when the traffic in front of him had actually advanced.No biggie. Happens all the time. Here's the weird part. We pulled over and said we wanted to exchange information just in case a problem came up. The driver did not want to exchange information. But if there's a collision, that's what you're supposed to do, no? He said that if we were going to get into that, he wanted the cops there to notice that our bumper wasn't marred. I said that I didn't care about the bumper, my neck was marred and I wanted his insurance info. He didn't have any. He informed us - and subsequently the police - that Yellow Cab drivers don't carry insurance papers. Says he, they're locked in a safe at central dispatch, which will reopen Monday. The nice officer who had to deal with several ornery and contentious people (the cabbie and I) got us a number to call on Monday to obtain the insurance info. Let me restate something here, just in case you missed it: According to this Yellow Cab driver, Yellow Cab drivers don't carry insurance papers!If this is incorrect, somebody might want to inform the driver, and the Campbell police officer who seemed remarkably unconcerned about a taxi driver - or many taxi drivers - cruising the streets with no discernible proof of whether or not they're actually complying with the state's requirement that all drivers be insured. Yellow Cab can let us know too. The e-mail's to the side, though we'll probably find out what's up when we call Monday. In any case, until corrected, let the record show that Yellow Cab drivers don't carry proof of insurance!Inspires confidence, eh? 
posted by gbarto at 10:59 PM |
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