Behind the wheel: New York Taxi Drivers | FULL DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Starting out from the heart of the city to discover its very soul. Journalist and film-maker Pierre Brouwers leads you through an exciting and uncommon visit to New York…
From one taxi to the next, discover cab drivers from all backgrounds and all nationalities, driving us across uncharted facets of a city known only to them: New York.
Documentary: Discovering the world - Taxi Drivers: New York
Directed by: Pierre Brouwers
Production: MEDIA 9
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Drove yellow cab from 1994 - 2018. It was a great experience. You see and learn so much, meet interesting people from all walks of life. The Taxi and Limousine Commission destroyed the taxi business that's why I got out.
never behind cab
only college cabs , buses are
yellow colour for school and polytechnics and universities buses in yellow
Nice probably the old Crown Vics that used to be common until 2015ish.
Taxi cab drivers are very interesting. I enjoy using their services. When I was in college, I met a taxi cab driver who was also a PhD student.
I've known cab drivers that were everything from pimps to professors and one that was both. I've had some crazy fares too. Jumped out of a cab at 55 MPH staring down the barrel of a sawed off shotgun.
Hope u PhD r wahhhever wdfc about u piece of paper this ent d 60s
Thou i began driving a cab purely an accidental beginning but loved the job and eventually continued in that profession for straight five solid years. Everyday on the job was like a new day on the job, met and became acquainted with quite a few among the numerous wonderful customers that i drove for.Driving a cab really gave me the element of freedom and to be a boss on my own.
I drove a cab for years. Drive by shootings were everywhere in the 90s. It's because of driving a cab that I watched people die on the street.
If anybody wonders when this documentary was shot. It's between 2007-2009.
Because that's when they built the Chelsea condo building at 15:00.
That's why there is no talk about Uber and nobody has any smartphone in the documentary.
Even the film looks Old ! Talk about Archival footage.
I knew it was old, thanks
Thank you, it’s good to know. Really good documentary.
Even the taxi medallion at 8:48 shows 2007-2009
1:37 I noticed the old Olympic Airbus A340-300. All 4 of the A340 fleet were retired in 2009, and that plane in particular (SX-DFA) was broken up in 2013.
For almost a year I moonlighted on weekends as a taxi driver in a midwestern city back in the early 1990's to pick up some extra cash so I could pay off some bills. Was an interesting experience, glad I did it, but the world is too crazy now for me to consider driving a cab again. I was single at the time and asked out a hairstylist who was a regular customer. She accepted, although the initial spark between us never went any further than a first date. With that in mind, I hope that Brett was able to find his true love. The young lady at 42:20 is a classic beauty and I am hoping they connected later in life.
41:53 is a beauty too but she had a look like, "WTF are you trying to do. Look up my skirt?"
You just confessed to a felony, genius.
New York is so multicultural! Thank you for taking us tour the city ❤
The city is ruined now. Just like London.
@@swinderbyI’m sorry to hear that.
Even though this documentary was supposed to be about NY Taxi/Cab it ends up presenting a whole new beautiful perspective about NY i have never seen in similar docs here on UA-cam. Thank you
I gad a part0time job driving a cab in Boston, The nature of the clientele really changed when the sun went down. And yes, like one of the divers in the video, I have had a knife to my throat. One night some tough guys in my cab wanted me to back into a dark, quiet street. Several plain-clothes cops came bailed out of a nearby car and foiled their plan. Thank you, Boston PD.
That's a really inspiring documentary for my delivery work. I love Taxi and New York City.
I was hoping this is modern but yes this is about from 2008, way before uber. I drove a cab in nyc from 2010 to 2019. Those were the golden years along with radio dispatch cabs because it was mostly all cash back then and the amount of rides you got was insane. I made more in 2010 and 11 then maybe 2018 and i had no experience then. Today this is nothing like this at all anymore. Garages want 1200 a week now for what used to be 700 a week crown vic. Back then you did not have to even get a weekly car because the business was 24/7 now you are pretty much dead empty after 12 30 to 1 am. Maybe fridays and saturdays are better but overall the money is no longer there. There is maybe 3 Crown vic still left and driving, i dont know how because it would of well surpassed the TLC's requirements.
I actually rode in the last crown vic left this past December and the driver was basically doing autographs
Yea I remember that good time when you cruise down 2nd ave at 5 pm. Ppl hailing left and right. But those days are gone
I drove in the 90s in Chicag, in the beginning years you make more money because you hustle a lot, after that you slow down. That’s also happened with me. In latter years I made less money
Then just join Uber.
What? I still see some crown vics as cabs
As an engineer I can't but help think about the abuse these cars go through. Running day and night, they never stop, in all weather conditions. The engines, the transmissions, the HVAC systems, the suspensions and wheels running over those potholes. Those Crown Vic's must be built like tanks. No wonder cops love them too.
and the abuse the driver go through from racist criminal pigs..
go to the third world. look at their cars. then you'll be impressed.
@@javedsultan4830why ya gotta bring that political garb into the engineers light and relaxing comment? Geez ya tryin to ruin his chill vibe? Delete your text and go blank a pig. 😆😆😆
@@bricknmotor
thats a reality you doggie
bark somewhere else
@@bricknmotor9😊😊I o o 90s Io...
I think a competition should be held between the Black Cab drivers of London and the Yellow Cab drivers of NYC
I don't usually leave comments but this video was hugely enjoyable, thanks
As a taxidriver this video is very interesting for me.I wish their success in nyc👍
Good night, interesting vlog, Roosevelt Island is accessed by 1) water taxi 2) subway 3) tram 4) taxi 5) bicycle 6) walking 7) scooter
There are quite a few options & RI is such a great place to visit 😊
WOW!! Amazing Docu Movie! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Its from 2008
Great documentary!
I love the crown Victoria cabs. My favourite way to travel in nyc.X💕🏴
From 2004 to 2020 when the Covid-19 hit then I moved to Dallas-Fort, Texas changed my DL to that state and start driving for Uber and Lyft didn’t like it also tried to work in warehouse hated that too but can’t have that old good day I miss NYC my yellow cab 🚕 job now I’m truck driver kind love more than Uber and warehouse jobs 😅but miss yellow cabs I visited nyc recently seen yellow cabs everywhere getting their business back makes me so happy but I don’t have the courage to leave truck and Dallas Texas even though I love nyc than anywhere now THIS IS HOME I ALREADY MADE DOWN PAYMENT FOR NEW HOUSE IN GRAND PRAIRIE TEXAS 🙏
It was fun watching, as well informative
For anyone wondering, the candy shop mentioned is Economy Candy. They are still in business and great!
NO country like America 🇺🇲 & NO city like Nyc🗽 ! Salut from Chicago !🍷🇺🇲
Chicago is the BEST
This is Pre Uber Doc. in the 70's - 80's if you own a medallion & work hard 5am - 9pm you can gross avg $ 400 -500 maybe more on Fri /sat & even more if you own a Radio calls pre black car & take home perhaps $ 350.00 x 6 days = $2100 X 4 weeks = $8400 a month / that's $ 100,000 yr. my brother did that.
Nicely done, its vibrant, energetic, optimistic, informative and kool!!!
Johnny Marks's photos are wonderful
New York City at this time was the liveliest, most exciting city in the world. I hope it comes back to that place
One of the drivers said there's no train to Roosevelt Island?
There is an F train stop on Roosevelt Island.
I think the Roosevelt Island station opened a lot later, than most other stations. Per a quick google, its station only opened in October 1989. Before then, the tram was the only transit method(besides bus routes) that went there.
Reminds me the days at Ohare airport waiting to get my fares in Chicago in 90s
Best tourist destination ever NYC taxis 🚕 ❤😂😊
Very nice video, have a blessed week! 💚✨
****** Watching this Video, better than a movie !! ********
HEY,. LOUIE Well Man really appreciate and enjoy your videos
And Marry Christmas and Happy New Year's
And congratulations on your 5000 subscribers
New York somewhere I’ve always wanted to see since a child, growin here in Australia it’s always fascinated me always, I’d go everywhere these taxi drivers recommend, I love the not so tourist places, underground entertainment is gold, love this docco thanx so much 4 posting 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍💯 I wonder if those underground places are still there? Or have they all gone commercial?
Somebody pointed out this doco is about 20 year old footage, BU: Before Uber, New York is mostly a cesspit now full of refugees from the Mexican border who they can't afford to help but NY was most vocal about helping illegal border crossers. It's called grandstanding or white knight ingredients. People in NY pretend to care.
@@again5162 yea I saw it was old after I’d watched it all & that sux about everything changing, I’ve seen a few shows on the immigration nightmare, hope it all sorts itself out 4 you guys soon
I'm totally with ya as my dream has also been to see NYC since I was very young. I am currently studying Travel and Tourism and I hope my dream will eventually come true. I'm from the Mid North Coast in Australia. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024! I hope your dream also come's true.
So many cabs but never when you need one. Amazing they stack up at airports when there is so much need in town
Sometimes there is too much traffic on the way to back to the City, so it isn’t worth driving without clients
@@jamesfranklin2203 but sitting in an airport line for hours cannot be cost effective?
@@arribaficationwineho32 It depends by how many hours, but if working for many hours a long stop is worth while
Love the nyc taxis I took a taxi from midtown manhetten to bay ridge Brooklyn guy was super quick
3 days to get a license 😂 took me 4 years in London
Yes the map reading, that would be helpful..
Ive never been to NYC. Ive traveled around the country working but never there. Im not much on crowds but hope to see the city someday. Thanks for sharing.
great documentray. a million views soon for sure
Crown Vics are some of the best cars ever made. I love my 2011 ex Sheriffs car.
I had one. One of the best cars I've ever owned.
Cool car i love it. I need to buy one one day.
i got a 2009, bought it at 109k miles im at 118k and no probs. lots of things id like to restore tho,but cash straped, its my daily.
@@billy_doink the only thing I had to do was an intake manifold and brakes. I'm at 155k now and still drives great.
@@ericbivins8014 i check on my intake manyfold lots of times thru out the month. Seems like its been changed before on mine, but cant be certain id have to try and obtain its service records, but i need new brakes lol, also sadly starting to get a peel on the roof. Which ill prolly try and fix myself
Excellent documentary!
One of the best tourist attractions in NYC are the cabs. I visited NYC last year for the first time since the 1964 World's fair. The cabs are great! don't waste a bundle on those hop on/off buses. Those things take forever to come around. Take a cab and they'll get you anywhere in minuets for a few bucks. They drivers from all over the world are amazing. You ride in ten different cabs and you visited ten different countries. Ask where they came from and most open up and give a complete history of their country. Also, cabbies born here are better at NYC history, best things to see, how to avoid scams. All have their own story, it's one of the few reasons I would go back for another visit.
I love 2 vist but no visa
I miss the 2000s America 🇺🇸
OLYMPIC A340 🇬🇷💙🇬🇷💙🇬🇷💙
A July 2019 short documentary on the opening of the Japanese taxi industry to foreign drivers (via a video titled "Japan's professional taxi industry opens door to foreign drivers | ABC News" posted on the UA-cam channel of Australian public broadcaster ABC) was a surprising find as I hadn't thought the East-Asian country had had taxi drivers born abroad. I've started watching the documentary, but still have just over halfway to go before the end (the length being just over 3 minutes).
This makes me want one visit 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Will always remember that good times when yellow crown victorias were flying through the streets of nyc
I thought this was a recent 2023 documentary since it was just released on UA-cam but a number of closed businesses in the video like the Virgin Megastore made me realize it was older. The pay-per-view billboard ad at 48:55 is for a fight that happened in 2008. I was wondering why there was zero mention of Uber or other rideshare programs. 😐
Not recent
Ain’t gonna lie , this documentary makes me wanna drive a nyc yellow cab and I am a truck driver lol
In this captivating documentary, we delve into the world of New York City taxi drivers. Through interviews with seasoned drivers and insights from industry experts, we explore the unique challenges and rewards of this iconic profession. From navigating the city's notorious traffic to dealing with difficult passengers, these drivers share their stories and perspectives on what it takes to succeed in this demanding line of work, all while providing a vital service to the city's residents and visitors alike..
Awesome!! :)
peae. yes.
damn man ted williams on tha radio. man went from homeless to bac on tha radio with that golden voice thats crazy
The best getaway car for a robbery in New York!
The vintage music is so funny😂
NYC is Hippie Town v.2 Berger and Claude would still love it in NYC today. 😂😂😂
I used to work in a taxi company in London .. the streets are not in a grid pattern as in USA so Sat Nav is a blessing. There are the official black London Taxis and the minicabs which are cheaper.
Most London cabbies find street and traffic conditions change so frequently that sat nav can't keep up. They often change their routes based on what they see ahead of them.
We don’t need sat navs
I read once that you have to be kind of intelligent to navigate London as a cab driver. Now they have a machine to think for you. Nice.
The crime level in New York is sky high at the moment , it's safer to go to Afghanistan and that's not a joke
🤡🤡🤡you definitely don’t live here
You could have done the prank at three in the morning 😂😂😂
It has always been my dream to visit New York. I just love big cities. 😍🗽🇺🇲
cairo egypt makes new york look like a tiny village - its around 15 times bigger
overrated
NYC is a fascinating City. It's a really ugly but also pretty. But it's overcrowded, too expensive, lots of dirty and ugly buildings, garbage in the streets, steam pips blowing steam! crazy traffic ect...
Don't bother, the rudest people on the planet !
It has a high crime rate. I wouldn't suggest visiting NY.
0:16 - I drive by some apps in a Brazilian city which has terrible pavement, and my car is a small hatch back equipped with stiff suspension bumpers. After three hours of driving my body still vibrates from the impacts caused by the rough and fully padded pavement. That is damaging for the eyes, brain, and back nerves.
Taxicab Confessions!!!
Taxi drivers has the darkest secrets from strangers 😂
The Ford Crown Victorias disappeared about 5 years ago. This documentary must be 10 years old.
I went there once 20 years ago , the taxi drivers would drop you off where they wanted not where you wanted , the rudest people ive ever met , hated the place and would never return !
I was there 30 years ago ad yep that's what they did to us too. I figured out they want only the high initial fare and then go get another one. They made more that way. Some of those cab drivers are goofier than hell.
Gave you a hands down taste of New York 😆
When was this filmed ?
😮1 st day driving cab in SAN FRANCISCO...
my 1st customer "Jodi foster*
Yop...from Mission \ Embarcadero
I was driving a Crown Vic " 🚕
She was beautiful..
Speaks perfectly French
Here in Australia, taxis were deregulated ten years ago and the price of a cab plate crashed from $300k to $100k as Ubers now can outnumber taxis. You also do not need a special license for a Uber and the money is better.
Most taxis and all Ubers will not take cash now and the fare is regulated on their app. Tipping is unheard of. Just don't expect the driver to lift your bags out of the trunk or open the door.
The most pay comes from owning your own Uber. You can drive it for 12 hours and rent it to to another driver for the other 12 hours. The insurance is more expensive but thats all. Renting one to drive or renting a taxi will send you broke.
Watching on tv is as close as I ever want to get to NYC
42:50 him: “smoking in the cab illegal”
Her: “Isn’t this illegal?”
She said Uno Reverse 😂
Anyone misses "The Checkers"..??😁
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
Reminds me of Sydney where no one that drives a cab is actually from there 😂
Think same in many western countries.
Here in England it’s a very similar situation.
@@DMWBN3 yeah I know Indian drivers become the majority drivers here in Sydney a decade ago, followed by Chinese and Arabs.
Aussies simply don’t drive cabs here anymore or do any service industry jobs for that matter.
45:33 Great Documentary
UBER is laughing after watching this video, completely mayhem, the target was achieved. All history respects all of you.
Any South African CAB drivers here? I will be in New York soon.
It's kinda sad how they said there were only limited options to reach roosevelt island, now there's dozens more options to get there, rideshare apps, citibike, renting a veichle like a moped or ebike...
How can I immigrate to America?
Try trucking in SoCal!
But this is a Taxi documentary…
Thank God I'm a small town guy
is this how real life is, am like watching a movie, all this is how it is. all taxi are real all over
13:44 That's no longer the case today with NYC cabs bearing the same license plate as its number.
Did you guys notice something?
No Smartphones. Just happy people enjoying the moment :)
curious how many drivers sell contraband. any one have an idea? was well known where I life that if you wanted extras with your ride it was readily available. remember a driver when I was in college. He always had big handles of alcohol and party favours in his trunk
1:37 Olympic Airways in the background??
I thought the US was open to only those with higher skills. I`m a Taxi Driver, living and working in the north of England. Would I chose to become a Taxi Driver in NYC ? Never ! Notwithstanding I like the job I have over here.
I speak English - I am English and so would be fairly well understood by New Yorkers in want of a Taxi, and I`ve been to New York. I just wouldn`t want to be a Taxi Driver there.
Us drivers over here all have a tail to tell. I`ve been used as a `get away` car, been Hi - Jacked, used as an ambulance..... I once picked up an Irish `girl` ( she looked as if she was about 16 years of age ) who wanted to be taken from a small train station in a small town in North Lincolnshire to Grimsby `s Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital. On the way I found out she was late for work - she being the Surgeon the theatre was waiting for.
Another time I picked up a Canadian Doctor who wanted to go to the same hospital. We began a conversation about the Mammalian Endocrine System and at one point she told me that she`d heard of every hormone the thyroid gland produced. So I asked her about 3`3`5 ( reverse ) Tri-iodothyronine.... She`d never heard of it.
So I thought the only decent thing to do was start at the begining with 3`5`3 reverse thyroxine and take it from there. Some of you will be old enough to remember a US Comic TV Show from the 1980`s called "Police Squad." It was pretty much like that, in my cab, on that day.
I wish every city would value their taxi's like New York does
I think those cabs are collectables now.
“And my body still vibrates from all the driving”…
Said no driver ever.
Unless it’s your first time in a vehicle, ever.
Hi! I would like to contact the Romanian cab driver. My wish is to guide me around of NY
That’s really cool NY taxi
Name of song at 1:30? 🔥🔥🔥
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Thank you so much for watching!
6:48 That part reminds me of GTA 4
I'd love to drive taxis in NY. My favourite city.
Really? Cause I myself, would rather (voluntarily) chew on shard glass.
Me too I'm a cabdriver I used to drive at Michigan State Lansing Michigan and will be put me out of business I would love to go drive in New York I think it would be fun
Heck no! 😂 Working in any customer service industry, people are so rude!
No you don't
Nyc is a shit show
Yup @10:31 if you don't throw the dispatcher $3-5 he will give you the worst car out there which only runs for a couple hours before it overheat or breaks.
u wanna go to a taxi company and just sit and listen to cabbies talking about 'strange fares' while waiting to get their cars, some of the most amazing hysterical and sometimes frightening stories you will ever hear
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@@mohdfahmi8841 ok
I was born and raised in Jersey just across the river from Manhattan. I currently work in NYC. Driving in Manhattan on a work day is extremely stressful, I try to avoid dosing so whenever possible.
Get ready to pay congestion tolls. Get out of there as fast as possible. Nyc keep sticking it to nj workers. Nj should charge ny cars that enter our shore areas!
@@JH-tg3qg Whaa Whaaa.... lol They do charge for the shore... they charge everyone. One of the only places in the world where you have to pay to enjoy the beach.
@inothome I mean any ny tag that comes over any of our causeway into our beach towns put a toll on ny tags only! Stay off our beaches and our neighborhoods we don't want nyc idiots in our state!
I would imagine that NYC has changed dramatically since the pandemic and this film was filmed before the pandemic. I have never been to NYC, but I would imagine that NYC is much more dangerous now than before the pandemic. In Las Vegas, Nevada the taxis are very different and there are a lot of taxis in the Las Vegas, NV. I have been to Las Vegas several times and seen the taxis all over the place.
I live in the area my whole 55 yrs. Nyc is a total cess pool and the people keep voting in woke liberal politicians! Last gd mayor was Rudy! Total cess pool
source: it came to me in a dream
You never been to nyc like you’d said . Safest big city in the world . 9 million people in the 5 boroughs . Don’t talk about things you don’t know about
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