Comments on: Angry passenger tries to kick taxi driver

By: Marcello

Marcello — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:07:47 +0000

After almost getting rundown by a taxi driver going straight through the 止まれ sign tonight, I’d like to reenact this scene in his cab! Taxi and Bus drivers have to be the worst drivers in Japan!

By: Eddie

Eddie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:30:40 +0000

What a pussy kicking his feet around like a girl.

He didn’t use his fists because his matchstick arms would snap.

By: yoga boy

yoga boy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:14:22 +0000

It really pisses me off that his face is hidden by a mosaic. He is obviously committing a crime so why should his identity be obscured? Let the world see this childish asshole for what he is. Piece of shit scumbag who’s ass I would gladly kick back to last week.

By: ita-man

ita-man — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:17:28 +0000

The driver should have kicked his ass.

By: Roppongi Health

Roppongi Health — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:39:44 +0000

In Europe, I heard some taxis have electroshock installed in back seats. Illegal, but technology are there.

By: MC Okii Dokii

MC Okii Dokii — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:45:47 +0000

There are no shields because incidents like this are rare in japan as is most crime. (or at the very least unreported).

Therefore, it depends on the insurance plan of the driver and the willingness of his cab company to decide if it is more cost efficient to install one in every cab or is it cheaper to pay a single cab driver for being injured on the job.

By: Iago

Iago — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:24:04 +0000

Interestingly many, if not all, taxis do have a distress signal whereby if the driver presses a button in the cab a red distress light activates on the roof to attract attention. I saw a taxi flagged down by cops at a koban one time because, apparently, he had activated the emergency signal accidentally.

By: dreaming Artemis

dreaming Artemis — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:24:44 +0000

kudos to the driver that put up with such shit.

By: dreaming Artemis

dreaming Artemis — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:21:01 +0000

I heard they were also bullet proof

By: sublight

sublight — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:40:45 +0000

The police aren’t arresting him because it would mean having to actually get off their butts and do some work. The taxi driver should have stopped at the nearest koban with the guy still in the back (in his state he probably wouldn’t have noticed where they were) and asked the cops to deal with him.

By: sublight

sublight — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:38:02 +0000

He does have a shield right behind his head, but apparently not a very strong one, as the guy breaks it at the 1:00 mark.

By: ponta

ponta — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:37:27 +0000

Do foreigners in Japan tend to turn themselves in to the police?
Or is Japanese police intentionally not arresting this guy because he looks and speaks like Japanese?

By: Chaf

Chaf — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:35:27 +0000

Yeah, why don’t they have shields?
Also, if I was that driver I would knock the shit outta that guy and just dump him somewhere.

By: whocares

whocares — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:49:57 +0000

In Australia, most taxi drivers are enclosed in a thick plastic shield.

By: Frankie

Frankie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:43:52 +0000

If the customer was gaijin he would be in jail right now!!

By: イブちゃん

イブちゃん — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:40:30 +0000

Jeez, that driver has incredible patience. If that was America, the driver would have pulled over and kicked his ass before dropping his battered, drunken body on the side of the road.