My (admittedly limited) experience in NYC taxis did involve a lot of rapid acceleration and speeding. This makes a lot more sense now. Might explain some of the

My (admittedly limited) experience in NYC taxis did involve a lot of rapid acceleration and speeding. This makes a lot more sense now. Might explain some of the NYC cabbies reputation for reckless driving if they are incentivized to be going above 12mph as much as possible.