(Rolling Out) — If you are black and live in New York, or plan to travel there, you may not be able to catch a cab. After another cab driver was shot and killed in New York by a minority, the spokesperson for the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers urged drivers to racially […]
(Washington Examiner) — District taxicab drivers frustrated with Mayor Adrian Fenty’s authority over their industry are taking their fight to Congress. Drivers have sent 1,000 petitions to Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., asking him to explain a provision he inserted into the 2006 District Omnibus Budget Authorization, which mandated a transition from a zone to a […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — In Oct. 27, 2008, a Lombard cop, chasing a speeder, was making a U-turn on Finley Road at 16th Street when another car broadsided his police cruiser. The cop went to the hospital. And his 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor was such a wreck that, even with just 25,602 miles […]