Seattle Municipal Code 6.310.455 K & L
A friendly City of Seattle taxi official cleared up any confusion concerning cabbie liability, telling me that the law pertaining to prostitution solicitation applies to active participation inside the cab but not applying to the transportation of said suspected prostitute. This applies to all illegal activities, making it clear the City of Seattle prohibits any kind of illegal activity from occurring in the interior of a taxi, forbidding the cabbie from being, in any manner, an active participant in an ongoing crime. That makes complete sense, shielding the cab driver from any charges relating to criminal conduct directly tied to the passenger. For instance, if the cabbie transported someone to a bank, and told to wait but later finding out that same passenger robbed the bank, the driver would not be legally seen as an accomplice, instead having done what we all do, waiting for a passenger's return upon their request. Thanks for the information, Mister City Seattle, I appreciate it!
Beware of the Psychotic Passenger
It's hard to believe, two passengers attempting to leap out of my moving cab, one at 60 miles per hour, within two hours of each other. Damn the first one was scary, only having locked the doors preventing the young guy from leaping out to his death. Actively hallucinating, and now standing on the rear seat, shouting "I have to get out! Let me out!" I was finally able to pull over safely near the southbound I-5 Mercer Street exit. Jumping out, he ran down the ramp. Calling 911, I pleaded they send the WA State Highway Patrol in pursuit. Damn that wasn't any fun!
And then a bit later, the account passenger from Northwest Hospital opening the door of the moving cab, luckily on a city street, allowing me to stop as he jumped out screaming. He had been delivered to the hospital by the police, having some kind of drug related issues. At least he leaped out at the assigned drop-off, removing the problem of having to notify anyone. He was homeless and very upset, the hospital sending him off to a city park. One would think there had to be a better destination but I was only the cabbie doing the hospital's bidding. Again, no fun.
How many times do I have to state the obvious: Shelton to Macleary, Washington
Does anyone think any cab driver would deadhead all the difficult 81miles, 1 1/2 hours from Seattle to Shelton, Washington to serve a $50-60.00 prescription run? To the Philippines dispatch call-center it somehow made sense, asking for cabs to take this fare. Welcome to the nonsensical, to the dysfunctional, welcome to the Cebu-based Yellow Taxi call-center. What's 81 miles when you are nearly 8000 miles across the mighty Pacific Ocean? Why nothing of course. Also at that moment, there was only one dispatcher working on a busy Saturday night. Wonderful, oh so wonderful!
Figures from the Afghanistan War 2003-2021
What does this have to do with taxi? Only the many veterans I have picked up at the local VA Hospital, that's all. Here is some important info taken from an Associated Press article reported by Ellen Knickmeyer.
American service members killed: 2,448
US contractors: 3,846
Aid workers: 444
Journalists: 73
Afghan military and police: 66,000
Allied soldiers: 1,144
Afghan civilians: 47,245
Taliban: 51,191
Costs
Debt-financed as of 2020: 2 trillion dollars
Estimated interest payments on that 2 trillion: 925 billion
Estimated interest by 2030: 2 trillion
Estimated interest by 2050: 6.5 trillion
There's much more information. Google the article and read.
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First Cruise Ship of the Season set sail on Monday July 19th
The "Serenade of the Sea" took off yesterday from Pier 91 for Alaska. I am guessing this upcoming weekend will be busy.
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