WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- A taxi driver killed a drunken
passenger when the man refused to get out of his cab, police said.

dreas wrote:
I am still a cabbie and have been one for twelve years. I have always been
able to get rid of drunk customers by [1] not letting them into my car,
locking
the doors and driving away,

Kinda ruins the whole "Don't Drink and Drive- Call a Cab" thing, doesn't it?

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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- A taxi driver killed a drunken
passenger when the man refused to get out of his cab, police said.

dreas wrote:
I am still a cabbie and have been one for twelve years. I have always
been
able to get rid of drunk customers by [1] not letting them into my car,
locking
the doors and driving away,

Kinda ruins the whole "Don't Drink and Drive- Call a Cab" thing, doesn't
it?

I have no problems with taking people places after they have had
a few drinks, but there are limits...

My basic rules of thumb are that if the customer can't give me an
address I can't go there; if the customer's yelling at me and being
insulting I don't have to take that customer anywhere; if the customer
is staggering and falling down, that customer is unfit to travel. There's
nothing wrong with being somewhat drunk, but unconscious and
puking are beyond my limits. It's always a judgement call...

-'dreas

On 9/11/04 4:46 pm, in article , "Jim
Ley" wrote:

Sure it does, if the drunk guy had had a gun, there's no way the
cabbie would've tried it on, it was his mistake in not carrying a
firearm that caused this.

Drunks can't shoot straight.

Because of this incident, all the drunk's heirs will now be rich, and the
cabbie, the cabbie's employer, the bar, the bouncer and their respective
insurance companies will now be bankrupt. Well, maybe not the insurance
companies.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:41:30 +0000, Sufaud wrote:

On 9/11/04 4:46 pm, in article , "Jim
Ley" wrote:

Sure it does, if the drunk guy had had a gun, there's no way the
cabbie would've tried it on, it was his mistake in not carrying a
firearm that caused this.

Drunks can't shoot straight.

Rats, we need to improve our drunken training, perhaps invent guns
that can compensate for the lack of co-ordination.

Come on gun makers, what are you doing to protect us when drunk!?!?!

Jim.

"Jim Ley" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:41:30 +0000, Sufaud wrote:
On 9/11/04 4:46 pm, in article ,
"Jim
Ley" wrote:
Sure it does, if the drunk guy had had a gun, there's no way the
cabbie would've tried it on, it was his mistake in not carrying a
firearm that caused this.

Drunks can't shoot straight.

Rats, we need to improve our drunken training, perhaps invent guns
that can compensate for the lack of co-ordination.

Come on gun makers, what are you doing to protect us when drunk!?!?!

Dude, already done: full-auto conversion kits! Blowing 15 rounds out in
under four seconds should more than compensate for wavering aim. Now
apologize to the gun makers and gun smiths.