COLORADO SPRINGS TAXI CAB! Hanging Out With A Local Taxi Driver! (April 2004)
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Woo-hoo! Today I spent some time with John,
a real-life Colorado Springs taxi driver in Colorado Springs.
Check out the vacancy taxi light and notice the bright headlight
in the left photo for ... this taxi used to be police car! :p) |
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A nice profile of the taxi - a bright yellow Chevy Lumina! |
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I got a shot of the dashboard. |
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John the taxi driver actually has a camera in his
taxi to deter criminals from robbing him.
Um, he told me of a few stories that were sort of troubling. |
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And check the bullet hole in his windshield!
John only works mornings and afternoons in Colorado Springs,
but on occasion, another driver was using his cab at night and
that's when it happened. Notice the interesting bottom photo - I was sitting
in the passenger seat and got the bullet hole skewing the view of the road at Fillmore & El Paso in Colorado Springs. |
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I want to say special thanks for giving me a ride around town. He actually stopped at one point to add more air to his tire. :) |
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John showed me some of the "behind the scenes" stuff with cabbies'
taxi zones with this Colorado Springs map.Here are some of my other Colorado Springs area pictorials:
Helen Hunt Falls, Pikes Peak Highway, Manitou Springs
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Town of Green Mountain Falls
Omelette Parlor, Rampart Range Road |
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Here's a shot of the rectangular box with the buttons that I kept pushing. John was such a great sport, but I did kind of tick him off when I kept pushing them. To watch that Quick Time video clip, click here! |
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So we drove around downtown Colorado Springs and ooooooh!, we spotted a couple of taxi vans! ;) |
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So what do you think? Should I rent some space to advertise Colorado Guy dot com? My business cards and bumper stickers seem to help out, but maybe I should do more! :p) |
