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The N.Y.C. Taxi-Driver Jihad

Posted on | March 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

If you can’t crash jetliners into their skyscrapers, at least scam the infidel dogs out of some extra cab fare:

About 3,000 New York City taxi drivers routinely overcharged riders over two years by surreptitiously fixing their meters to charge rates that would normally apply only to trips outside the five boroughs, according to the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission.
The drivers’ scheme, the commission said, involved 1.8 million rides and cost passengers an average of $4 to $5 extra per trip . . . costing New York City riders a total of $8.3 million. . . .
The commission said it began an inquiry after investigators, responding to a rider’s complaint, determined that a cab driver from Brooklyn, Wasim Khalid Cheema, had overcharged 574 passengers in just one month last year. Mr. Cheema’s license has been revoked. He could not be reached for comment. . . .

Probably because Wasim is now somewhere in a cave in Waziristan, teaching taxi-meter terrorism tactics to other al-Qaeda cabbies, who are no doubt dreaming of becoming Jamie Paulin-Ramirez’s next husband.

Category: Foreigners, New York, Terrorism

Comments

6 Responses to “The N.Y.C. Taxi-Driver Jihad”

  1. MrPaulRevere
    March 13th, 2010 @ 11:09 pm

    Mr. McCain, have you seen the video at the bottom of this article? It’s absolutely devastating. http://reason.com/blog/2010/03/12/david-brooks-obama-is-still-th

  2. MrPaulRevere
    March 13th, 2010 @ 6:09 pm

    Mr. McCain, have you seen the video at the bottom of this article? It’s absolutely devastating. http://reason.com/blog/2010/03/12/david-brooks-obama-is-still-th

  3. chuck cross
    March 14th, 2010 @ 12:41 am

    I KNEW IT.

    If it is raining, I’ll jump in a cab for my 15 block commute to my office. Apart from major traffic jams, the fare should always be within $0.40. Sometimes, the ride is an extra $1.00, and I want to ask, “Hey how’s your meter running?”

  4. chuck cross
    March 13th, 2010 @ 7:41 pm

    I KNEW IT.

    If it is raining, I’ll jump in a cab for my 15 block commute to my office. Apart from major traffic jams, the fare should always be within $0.40. Sometimes, the ride is an extra $1.00, and I want to ask, “Hey how’s your meter running?”

  5. Chris W
    March 14th, 2010 @ 1:00 am

    Like Native Americans are taking America back one quarter at a time in their casinos, NY cabbies are taking it one fare at a time.

  6. Chris W
    March 13th, 2010 @ 8:00 pm

    Like Native Americans are taking America back one quarter at a time in their casinos, NY cabbies are taking it one fare at a time.