Sentences with phrase «cab driver for»

I wanted to do a game about being a hover cab driver for ages so I decided to give it a shot!

And leaving her unprotected six months later when her fuckwit partner, Erik Heinz, got caught on a cell - phone camera verbally abusing an Arab cab driver for cutting them off on Ocean Parkway, with Lourdes standing behind him, silent and embarrassed.

You'll never see a yellow cab accepting hails up there,» said Hamilton DeLossantos, 30, a livery cab driver for the past nine years.

Not exact matches

No matter what kind of transport business you're in or whether your fleet consists of taxi cabs, bicycles, or 18 - wheelers, safety for drivers, passengers, other drivers, and your load is of utmost concern.

For whatever reason, the cab driver appeared to be irritated by the mere look of me, rolled her eyes at the address I gave her and grumbled comments to herself that I could not understand.

Despite objections from industry rivals and local governments — who allege that Uber's reliance on non-professional cab drivers to shuttle passengers is both unfair and illegal — public demand for Uber's services is strong and continues to grow.

That said, the real muscle behind the pushback stems from disenfranchised cab operators, who must comply with a complex web of regulations and shell out for insurance, vehicle maintenance and exorbitant licence fees: In Montreal, cab drivers pay around $ 200,000 for a taxi medallion.

For Farber, it was a Toronto cab driver who revealed he owned a handful of pre-construction homes and planned to flip them.

The legal battle pitches one of the world's richest cities against a tech giant known for its forays into new markets around the world that have prompted bans, restrictions and protests, including by drivers of London's famous black cabs.

Telling the cab driver was the signal for Twyla.

When Comcast boss Brian Roberts was weighing up an offer for British broadcaster Sky, the knowledge of the London cab driver helped to make up his mind.

Mongi Bouabane, a taxi driver for 15 years, stood outside Future Shop trying to coax shoppers into his cab.

Drivers for app - based cab aggregators Uber and Ola started an indefinite strike across India on Monday, demanding extra pay as...

Unlike Uber, New York's yellow cabs prompt riders who pay with credit cards to leave a tip for their drivers.

In Colorado, the Department of Transportation worked with Otto for a number of months evaluating the company's technology and joining on test runs before agreeing to let an Otto semi roll along without a driver in the cab.

Immediately, accusations that the ride - hail company was attempting to profit off protesting cab drivers by making it cheaper for consumers to hail a ride began to crop up on Twitter.

For the cab driver had not been at fault.

John Worboys - who was a cab driver in the capital - was jailed in 2009 for assaulting 12 women but is suspected of attacking over 100.

We were promptly greeted by the heat, humidity, and a swarm of cab drivers all vying for our attention and negotiating different rates with us.

When the founders noticed many Muslim cab drivers in New York City were looking for a place to buy halal food in Manhattan, they created their first food cart that quickly grew into a leading destination for American halal fare.

Gattis arrived in spring training with a reputation for hitting epic home runs and the Bunyanesque new nickname a cab driver in Venezuela had given him: El Oso Blanco, the White Bear.

Personally, I like Americans for the reason that the majority of them like us, being London Cab Driver I can talk from experience also, I might add, they're the best tippers, can't say the same about Europeans.

Waiting in the cab, my wife doesn't want the driver to know that the house will be empty for the night.

The cab driver told Orland Park police that when he dropped Zabrodski off near the 9800 block of Cordoba Court shortly before 6:40 a.m. on May 6, Zabrodski said he didn't have money to pay for the ride and ran.

The company and its ride - sharing competitors have been stepping up its efforts to pressure Albany into acting on this issue, receiving some pushback from traditional cab companies who say they want an even playing field for all drivers and disability advocates who worry about access for all riders.

A 61 - year - old cab driver posted on Facebook early today that city and state politicians were to blame for his financial ruin — then pulled up to the gates of City Hall and shot himself dead with a shotgun, authorities said.

E-hail apps and burdensome rules for yellow cabs have made taxi medallions practically worthless, a driver suing NYC and taxi regulators told the Daily News.

A polling station organizer of the NPP in Suhum Krobea in the Suhum Constituency, Korsi Dogbe, has also revealed that cab drivers in the area and NPP supporters have vowed never to vote for the President Akufo - Addo in the next presidential election.

With expanding ride hailing on the docket for a potential special session this month, a consortium of traditional livery and cab companies have launched an anti-Uber digital ad that highlights the crimes committed by drivers.

At Kaneashie Korle Bu / Mamprobi taxi station, the cab drivers there could not hide their admiration for Mr Mahama whom they say, they were deceived to vote against him in the 2016 elections.

It is welcome news, however, to yellow cab drivers, who wore yellow cowboy hats in City Council chambers Thursday to show their support for the bill.

They also complained that the cab drivers are not made to pay for insurance and other road user fees the regular drivers are charged.

It was a very emotional day in court for a girl whose mother was killed in Bronx after a cab driver being robbed at knife point crashed his car.

Those in favor of the ban emphasized the bill would include efforts to find the drivers new jobs — including offering them green cab medallions, and including plans for job training and the introduction of potential replacements for the carriages.

Yesterday was a day of highs and lows for people hoping to drive for a living in Western New York, as ride - hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft went live in upstate New York, while veteran cab drivers braced for a major shakeup.

At a roundtable talk with cab industry officials and state Assembly lawmakers in Manhattan today, Uber faced pushback from its taxi and livery car competition over a bill they argue would allow less stringent driver background checks, rider safety standards and insurance coverage than NYC requires for the app's drivers.

NY1 video from the cab procession and memorial service held yesterday for the Bronx livery cab driver who was murdered on Sunday.

In November 2016, the City Council Women's Caucus rolled out its first - ever «legislative equality package,» which included bills calling for a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices; sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers; support for a state bill that prohibits employers from asking potential applicants for their salary history; and another state bill that gives domestic violence survivors access to breaking leases.

Advocates of a bill to allow livery cab drivers to pick up street hails in Upper Manhattan are clamoring for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's support.

An argument ensued between the cab driver (Ondre Wisdom, 34, of Stony Point) and three male passengers (Gilberto Ramos, 22, of Nanuet, Jaieem Webb, 22, of Spring Valley and Corey Major, 36, of Spring Valley) when the payment for the ride was requested upfront.

«So Mr. Vice President, today I announce that I will propose to the New York state legislature not just $ 15 for fast - food workers, because a fast - food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour, and home healthcare aides deserve $ 15 an hour, and taxi - cab drivers deserve $ 15 an hour, and every working man and woman in the State of New York deserves $ 15 an hour as a minimum wage - and we are not going to stop until we get it done!»

«We need to make sure that our transportation system works for everyone, including the city's traditional yellow cabs, for - hire drivers, and most importantly the riding public,» he added.

«32BJ is standing with its allies in the NY Taxi Workers Alliance, which includes Uber drivers, Taxi and Green cab drivers, against the legislation Uber is pushing in Albany to create on - off insurance for app - based car service drivers,» said 32BJ president Hector Figueroa in a statement.

He's never driven a cab before, but said he feels more comfortable now about being a potential driver for Uber after going to the job fair.

«He has a soaring affection among the youth and downtrodden with his Various empowerment programs and communities development projects which include Bursary awards and Scholarship, provision of Pipeborne water, provision of Electricity to rural and urban communities across the state, provision of non-higher price cab for taxi drivers, weekly empowerment of widows and aged.

The NY Post reported that during a vigil for 61 - year - old driver Douglas Schifter, a taxi union official revealed the suicides of two livery cab drivers in the Bronx.

The agenda, five months in the making, includes bills that call for the creation of a task force to assess the city university system's affordability, admissions and graduation rates, a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices, sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers, a street co-naming for the original Ms. Magazine headquarters and expanding the definition of employer under the human rights law to offer protections for domestic workers.

Solo is a Senegalese cab driver working to provide a better life for his young family.

But they're not alone in the tiny restaurant, not for long; quickly entering the fray are Sin - Dee's bestie Alexandra (Mya Taylor), smitten cab driver Razmik (Karren Karagulian), and the latter's outraged wife and mother - in - law — to say nothing of the exasperated Donut Time employee, stuck working alone on Christmas Eve and dealing with this shit show.

We have one protagonist, an unnamed cab driver played by Paul Dillon, who reprises his role from the play, as the only character to be in the film for the duration.