Taxi Cab and Livery Car Accidents

Q: Do you know the difference between a car and livery (medallion) yellow taxi?

A: Livery vehicles must be available for collection of drivers in a specific place. Yellow (medallion) taxis can pick up street dates.

Did you know? Livery cars outnumber yellow cabs more than 3-1.

You may think you risk your life riding in a New York taxi. We have all seen, taxi drivers shown on television and in movies like hardly speak English and ruthlessdrivers. But a recent study shows that York City taxi driver vehicles are less accident prone than New driver of the other. In New York State, according to a study that accident or falling prices were ... "Lower for livery cars and taxis than for other types of motor vehicles. So, and livery cab drivers and their passengers are fewer passengers are injured in a collision than in other types of vehicles.

Experts lead a better record of more securityin pay-for-hire cars to the greater experience of time and their drivers behind the wheel - some as much as 3000 hours per year. Records for this driver are observed by the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission and car insurance. Drivers with too many accidents or tickets to risk their license or insurance, and their ability to earn a living.

The accident rate per car for the yellow taxis are higher than for livery cars, but most of the yellow taxis aredriven around the clock, while most cars livery less than 12 hours driving per day.

Other findings:

Livery cars and taxis injure pedestrians at a rate lower than other cars, but taxis are more likely to cause injury than other types of vehicles, cyclists.

Tend passengers injured in a taxi to come to harm, or worse, injured as passengers in other vehicles.

Blame for these statistics are striking "Smack" in the interior of the partitionPassenger compartment of the driver, and the failure of most taxis and livery passengers use their seatbelts. The partitions have been added especially for the development of severe facial injuries tore the passengers - including facial fractures and eye injuries or broken bones, broken death, or cut lips known, and so on.

Days in New York City there is every thirty accidents involving taxis. Important Insurance Information: Licensed taxis and livery cars mustcontribute at least $ 100,000 of insurance coverage / $ 300,000, which means that each person may, by a taxi driver's negligence or painting up to $ 100,000 violated again. The maximum that the insurance company to pay people injured by negligence would be $ 300,000. In some cases there may be more opportunities to recover his money, a question asked at the best lawyer who is an experienced personal injury or negligence.

Livery cars have tried to poach the road for more hail yellow cabs meantenergetically than ever before, sometimes outside the popular shopping centers or cruise bus stops. Unlicensed Gypsy cars that even do not taxi or livery license plates are sometimes common in some parts of the city of New York. You may have no insurance or minimal coverage limits of $ 25,000 / $ 50,000. Hardly enough to protect the consumer from negligence of the driver in the event of a serious car accident.

Did you know? The New York City Police Department hasTaxi fleet, the undercover officer leads.

Also do you know? The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission has adopted a Bill of Rights for the passengers of the taxi (medallion) was adopted cabins and other Bill of Rights for drivers in livery vehicles. Blog post tomorrow for these Bills of Rights - which the car must be displayed in my see - and also for Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) about New York City's taxis.