the cab ride... from heLL!

how gutsy can a cab driver get? owh... VERY, if you ask me. take it from someone who's had his share of politically (and ethically, if i may add) incorrect cab drivers who either think that they own the road or that they're above the law. i've seen drivers snake their way in between lanes at cruise speed... seen one other who tried to get back at a bus for holding up the traffic, only for the bus driver to get back at him, at which point, i was scared shitless 'coz that was my friggin' cab! then there are lots of them who think that traffic lights are no more than gallery light installations that serve only as aesthetic artifacts and no more... oh yeah, there's a lot of 'em out there. although quite tolerable in the wee hours of the morning, there are those who have the balls to beat the red light in the most unlikely of times... such as mid-day and even rush hour. however, these "road hogs" often just bypass the traffic system a couple of times, or three at the most. in my experience, there is one driver who stands out. i'd have to say he's either in his mid or late forties... may already have grandchildren... and has been a cabbie for a long time. straight out of makati, there was not a single red light that he stopped for. yeah! you heard me! not one! none! zilch! nadda! zipp! although it was about half an hour past ten, traffic in the CBD is still quite alive at that time. people coming out from the mall, employees who did overtime, others arriving in the area for their call center jobs, and so on. this driver really takes the cake. aside from his apparent immunity to traffic lights, he also has a knack for making sharp turns, swerving lanes, taking that left turn from ayala to gil puyat, underminding pedestrians, and (this just tops it off) taking me in without the aide of a taxi meter! guess he caught wind of who i am and purposefully didn't turn the meter on. (the nerve of that man!) so... if that impressive resume ain't enough, he also has the guts to implore the same laws he broke to his defense. owh ho ho ho! it doesn't get any better than that! he had the balls to be so smug about being in the highway to a truck driver, and to think he just ignored traffic lights not 30 seconds ago!!! i rest my case… wherever that cabbie is at this very moment of publishing… may the powers that be have eternal mercy on him…