The Effects of Driving a Taxi Cab

Rolando X. Reyes
The Effects of Driving a Taxi Cab
Effects of driving a cab can vary greatly. Meeting different kinds of people is a major factor when driving a cab. Being confined as a driver of a cab can effect health conditions. Car trouble can be a problem if the car is not taken care of properly. Violence can be the consequence of picking up the wrong kind of person. Lucky Miller (just an example) is 24 years old, part-time cab driver who explains how driving a cab has many different effects his life and health.
"Interesting, live and colorful people," as Lucky would say, ride in his cab; as a result Lucky meets many of them. One woman he picked up claimed her countrymen were being held captive on the O’Hare landing strip, and she would like to go there. He thought she was sort of wacky and knew she wouldn’t stay in the cab. He told her he could only take her as far as the terminal gate. "That’s not good enough," she told Lucky as she hoped out. Lucky often drives busines...