Originally posted by: Pastore
That video was sped way up. No way that was at normal speed. They made way too many turns that are impossible at the speed in the video.
Nope, thats them. I hate them. I swear I've nearly been run down by them at least 50 times. I'm more worred about being taken down by one of them than from a yellow cabby, who are quite possibly the lowest form of life on the road.
You need really, really thick skin to drive in NY. You practically need body armor to be a pedestrian. It's like I have this spider sense about it now from dodging them. You just have to learn to ignore them. The only way they are going to hit you is if you act unpredictably...pretend theyre not there, and theyll just fly around you.
Cabbies on the other hand, will threaten to run you down. It's funny to watch tourists run when theyre crossing the street. If the light turns solid red while theyre crossing, the cab in front of them will lunge at them as if they werent there, and usually they get spooked and try to dash. The problem is, the cab in the lanes around already took off, and they're stuck between a cab that wants to kill them, and two lanes of traffic flying by. You get used to it, and just ignore their little lunges. If you walk like you're a NYer, as oblivious to them as they are to you, the traffic WILL stop. Most of the time.
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