In decades of taking NYC cabs I have never once seen a cabbie pissing in a bottle. Nor have I ever even heard a story of one doing so. I have also never had a c

In decades of taking NYC cabs I have never once seen a cabbie pissing in a bottle. Nor have I ever even heard a story of one doing so. I have also never had a cabbie not turn the meter on. In fact it doesn't even make sense because if a cabbie really wanted to scam you they would simply take an inefficient route and run the meter up. I'm sorry but those things are actually hard to believe. They're certainly not common occurrences. Taxi drivers in NYC have an informal network of places where they can use a proper bathroom. They're actually easy to spot if you know where to look. So there would be no reason to do what you claim. Also any taxi driver knows the TLC could revoke their hack license for a meter violation like what you mentioned so none of them are going to jeopardize their livelihood with such foolishness. Again this is very hard to believe and would indeed be very freak occurrences if they happened. Yes you will have the occasional dirty car or bad driver but getting scammed is not something you ever really need to worry about with yellow cabs in NYC. Even if you're a tourist. Yellow cab drivers are some of the hardest working salt of the earth folks and you're making them out to be something they're not.