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The Israeli Taxi System Is Advanced

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In NYC, when a cab is empty, it has its light on, so you know when you see it that it is available for you, and you can hail it accordingly. This does not seem to be the case in Israel, as whenever we go to hail a taxi, we find that the light being on or off has absolutely nothing to do with its availability. So, being intelligent, curious Americans interested in learning about this seemingly complex system, we decided to ask our cab driver how it works.

Us: “So when we see a taxi, how do we know if it’s available?”

Cabbie: “You ask.”

Oh.

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Taxi Cab Sex is the Least of My Concerns

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A friend just told me he read a Gawker article about the prevalence of sex in NYC taxi cabs, and he warned me to “consider the history of that seat” next time I’m in a cab.

Great. Let me add that to my list of taxi cab concerns, a list that already includes:

1. Bed bugs
2. Nausea
3. Contagious B.O. (you all saw the Seinfeld episode)
4. Accidentally leaving umbrella on cab floor
5. Fatal crash. Head detaches from body. Rolls into pothole. Resides for eternity with rats.
6. Stuck in middle of Puerto Rican Day parade. No way out.
7. Driver is actually serial killer; drives out of Manhattan without me noticing, as I’m not great at noticing things. Kills me in dark, deserted Long Island field. Dumps me on LIRR tracks. Body resides for eternity with rats.

Obviously those concerns are not listed in most-concerning order.

If that were the case, the umbrella thing would go first. That shit is the WORST.