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Video: Maverick NYC Cab Driver Drives On Sidewalk During Blizzard
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 21, 2014
Modified Jan 22, 2014
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And finally tonight, here's a rebel cab driver just doing things his own freaky way and driving up on the damn sidewalk in Hell's Kitchen. Sure, why not? New York is a crowded city and we all have to learn to co-exist in a very limited amount of space. And sometimes Xtreme situations call for Xtreme measures and screw your RULES man beep beep one side, people, the meter's RUNNING!
Isn't it about time we put all that wasted space on either side of the street to good use? As one Instagram commenter observed, "Best part is he's driving in established tracks, he wasn't the first & I'm sure not the last." Be sure to send us your video of cabbies doing donuts on the sidewalk outside Rudy's later!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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