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ROFL =))]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/
Also: if the city mandates all new cabs must be hybrids (not a bad idea), will the drivers not be forced to buy a new car every 3 years?

If so, I could almost convince my wife to let me buy one...

But honestly, I think this is great for 2 reasons: it shows that the city is serious about being green (even if it is not that much of a difference) and is as good of a field test a vehicle manufacturer will ever get... some of these cabs do 100,000+ mi a year...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/
At least that way when they inevitably don't know how to get somewhere you can tell them...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/
Those of you getting problems... are you giving addresses or store fronts?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/
i once got in a cab, and drove about 3 blocks before i got the cabbie to admit that he didnt know how to get there. i still wonder where he was planning on driving me.....]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/
What I WANT are the OLD school cabbies back. The ones that see yellow and SPEED up, green as flat out and red as apply brakes, if anyone is looking. The problem now, is that their all afraid of the INS.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/
I dont agree to this, the pedestrian part but not the biker part. Most bikers think they are pedestrians, when they are not. They have to follow the lights and stop for people. I can't tell you the number of times I see bikers go through lights and stuff nearly causing accidents and even hitting people (including me 1 time, if I wasn't so tall, the handlebars would have hit me right in the nuts).]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/
I hope someone does a study to see if air quality improves at street level when hybrids take over. I’m sure if will, but maybe not as much as removing the worst offenders from the road. It’s hard to say considering how much idling takes place.
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A cab used for double shifts has to be replaced every 3 years, 5 years for single shift cabs. "Alternative Fuel" vehicles get an extra 2 year extension.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/medallion/html/faq/vehicles.shtml]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/11/ford-hails-hybrid-taxis-in-nyc/Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM