Sentences with phrase «taxi drivers who»

Drivers in South Africa have faced many challenges, among them constant battles and harassment from meter taxi drivers who do not want them to operate.

I will investigate claims relating to negligence on the part of car, truck, bus or taxi drivers who have run a red light, negligently turned at an intersection or crosswalk or who had been speeding at the time of the accident.

In «Stalked Men» portraits we see, from odd angles, the Turkish taxi drivers who fascinate Harrison.

There are also usually a handful of taxi drivers who mill around town offering rides around Placencia, or you can opt to rent a bicycle or golf cart.

Bangkok can be a difficult city to navigate for independent travelers, but if you familiarize yourself with the train and boat system, and choose a hotel near them, then you'll easily make your way around the city's sights on your own, without having to deal with taxi drivers who don't speak English or tuk - tuks who try to scam you.

I wanted to be able to confidently order my ropa vieja and eloquently argue with taxi drivers who were trying to take advantage of us.

Zenner represents taxi drivers who oppose the expansion of ride - sharing into Upstate New York.

His proposal to temporarily cap the car - hail industry allowed de Blasio to side with organized taxi drivers who believe Uber's gig economics are undermining their profession, with transportation advocates concerned about congestion, and also with the yellow medallion owners who financed his campaign.

App - based drivers NY1 spoke with, along with yellow taxi drivers who are already struggling to compete, said they don't think it's a plan that will work.

I remember there were some cases some time ago of Muslim taxi drivers who refused to give rides to customers carrying alcohol with them, or Muslims working at supermarkets who refused to shelf alcohol.

Khairullozhon Matanov, a 23 - year - old taxi driver who lives in Quincy, Massachusetts, faces one criminal count of destroying records and three counts of lying to officials in a terrorism investigation, according to court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Boston.

The 24 year - old is no stranger to altercations with his boss, having been caught out smoking on three separate occasions, as well as having spat on a taxi driver who had refused to take him home when he was intoxicated.

No, he is a taxi driver who drives over 300 km per DAY.

Police are searching for a taxi driver who sped off after striking and critically injuring a 26 - year - old woman early Saturday in Wicker Park.

President John Dramani Mahama has thrown light on why he rewarded a taxi driver who foiled a robbery attack at Cantonments in Accra on Saturday with a house.

Also at 11 a.m., Assemblyman David Weprin and fellow elected officials stand with Harkirat Singh, a 25 - year - old Sikh taxi driver who was assaulted while on duty, Sikh Cultural Society, 9530 118th St., Queens.

Yaw Addo, a taxi driver who appeared before Mampong District court for stealing yams valued at GHC 3,000 said his step - mother has bewitched him.

One taxi driver who gave his only as Mustafa alleged that the suppliers are intentionally keeping the gas just to increase the price afterwards.

If you make the decision to start your vacation on a positive note — saying hello to the person next to you before you curl up to sleep on the plane, smiling at the taxi driver who picks you up from the airport, learning how to say «thank you» in a new language — you can set yourself up for a wonderful experience.

I wore this coat at the beginning of last year during Milan Fashion Week and was told by a taxi driver who had worked previously on the real fur industry (sadly), that he had thought at first it was real fur, since it was so well hand - crafted.

A former taxi driver who divorced 26 years ago and is now 65, Kawamura signed up with U.S. - based online dating service Match.com, part of Internet conglomerate IAC / InterActiveCorp.

Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) is a lonely, mentally unstable taxi driver who scours New York City every night where he becomes increasingly disgusted with the seedy cesspool around him.

The trailer continues its roll call with the return of Karan Soni as Dopinder, the good - natured taxi driver who makes the mistake first of befriending Deadpool, and then of taking his advice.

Phil (Timothy Spall) is a lackadaisical, uninspired taxi driver who starts working after morning rush hour.

The assassins stalking him certainly point to something sinister — and in his quest for answers, he unintentionally implicates Gina (Diane Kruger), the Bosnian taxi driver who set everything in motion by driving him off that bridge.

And John Cusack will be the taxi driver who faces it in our stead.

The taxi driver who dropped him here didn't even look at him sideways.

His apartment in Vedado — another white - walled, art - filled space — is packed with a motley assortment of edgy Cubans: a cool young photographer, a physical therapist, a taxi driver who also doubles as a pot dealer.

Or, go out with the island's only taxi driver who will regale you with stories about the culture and history of the island's past: who lived in the now - abandoned old town of Port Boyd on the north side, and how one wealthy island resident even minted his own coins.

This is an actual resume example of a Taxi Driver who works in the Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs Industry.

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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.

The address was actually the headquarters of Montreal's taxi bureau, and the person behind the ambush was Hassan Kattoua, a local cab driver and one of many who are angry at Uber's presence in the city.

Hossam Yossri, who also works at McGuinness Management in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, told Gothamist that taxi drivers keep quitting, abandoning their vehicles to defect to Uber.

Founded in 2007 by Zimmer and co-founder Logan Green, Lyft's business model is fairly straighforward, even if it operates in a legal gray area: The company recruits and (background - checks) city car owners to become become part - time taxi drivers, who set the hours they wish to work.

Today it's also everyday consumers who produce media content, design products and invest in startups — not to mention those who also act as retailers, food critics, tour guides and even taxi drivers.

A Brazilian who'd been driving for UberX for two years, he was a taxi driver before that.

What made Uber such a valuable company when it began, in 2009, was that its founders figured out an ingenious way to connect drivers and passengers more efficiently (using a smartphone app) than taxi dispatchers (who used telephones) ever had.

Yet more affluent and cosmopolitan Chinese have flocked to Uber's service, attracted by fares that are on average at least 35 percent cheaper than taxis, with the cars generally more luxurious than cabs and drivers who offer free water and are typically more polite.

My taxi driver was a friendly guy who spoke with a slight accent.

That night, the man — who was a taxi driver and could not work without the use of both arms — asked God to reveal himself.

In a study of his earlier pictures, Kolker notes that «Scorsese is interested in the psychological manifestations of individuals who are representative either of a class or of a certain ideological grouping; he is concerned with their relationship to each other or to an antagonistic environment... [and finally] there is no triumph for his characters» (A Cinema of Loneliness [Oxford University Press, 19881, p. 162) The Jesus of the Last Temptation fits this pattern (as do Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Paul Hackett in After Hours) By eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followers.

He met several people who claimed to be psychic, including a middle - aged taxi driver named Swifty whose spiritual pilgrimage was being directed, so he said by Carl Jung and the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep.

«We offer aggressive promotions to people who work in the casino industry, the taxi, Uber and Lyft drivers,» Ellis explains.

The result, more than half a year later, is that sales of Smith's post-Olympic instant biography are negligible in England, and the book is not available in the U.S. Even in Ireland — even in Dublin, where Smith's family has lived for centuries — there are taxi drivers and nurses and bank tellers who will tell you that the accomplishments of Michelle Smith are a sham.

(These «other» attendants refer to any other person who delivered the baby - such as family members, emergency medical technician, or taxi drivers.)

You're the cleaners, the chefs, the taxi drivers, the teachers, the ones who give the best cuddles and the ones who alway know how to dry the tears.

The driver rammed his taxi - cab into a motor bike that was conveying two suspects away from a robbery scene where they had shot a female employee of Koala Supermarket, who was believed to be carrying money to the bank.

The taxi driver, who, at the peril of his own life, stopped two armed robbers in their tracks on Saturday in Accra,...

Also at 11 a.m., Assemblyman Ron Kim announces new legislative measures aimed at increasing punishment for individuals who assault taxi drivers, Flushing Town Hall, 137 - 35 Northern Blvd., Queens.

The taxi driver, Nana Yaw, who was given a presidential treat at the Flagstaff House on Monday was subsequently rewarded a house by President Mahama for his bravery and patriotism.