I see a ton of them! They do not say Taxi, but come in a Taxi looking car? Are they skipping on the Taxi program and collecting their own money?
2007-09-17 20:40:05 · 5 answers · asked by Johnny Lincoln Park 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
You also need to make a distinction between the Yellow Cabs, Gypsy Cabs and the Black Cars.
Yellow Cabs are the medallioned cars authorized to make street side pickups.
Gypsy Cabs are illegal.
Black Cars are car services. Typically they are not supposed to make street side pickups, but are rather dispatched from a call center to make a specific pickup.
2007-09-18 03:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've been in plenty gypsy cabs; they are definitely safe. The other unmarked cars are from taxi services, but they will stop for a curbside pickup occasionally. Just make sure the license plate says livery on it.
2007-09-18 23:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by k. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In defense of the gypsy cab drivers ,they do provide a valuable service because they will go to parts of the city and at hours of the day that a yellow cab won't.
So if you're a woman living in the projects in Arverne and you got to get your baby to a hospital at 3:00 AM , you're going to use a " private car service " to get there, not a yellow cab.
2007-09-18 07:06:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're called "gypsies" and they're illegal. It's illegal to operate a taxi without a Hackney Carriage medallion (and license) in virtually every major city in the country and most smaller ones as well.
2007-09-18 05:46:45 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Any cab that is unmarked is a privately owned cab that is not a vehicle that I would trust entering. They are not answerable to anyone and nobody has to keep tabs on where they are and what they are doing................. get my drift?
2007-09-18 03:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by Kerrick C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋