When You Catch A Taxi...

I rarely catch a taxi, but whether I speak to the driver or not depends on which sort of cab it is. If it's a black cab, then as I sit in the rear I rarely talk. It's sort of difficult to have a conversation with the back of someone's head through a plastic screen after all! If I have to book a cab in advance though I always get a mini cab, and in those cases I prefer to sit in the front seat with the driver. I guess I feel better about taking a vab that way. If I sit in the back then I feel as if I'm trying to be royalty!! Anyway, in the front it's naturaly to talk, even if it's just rubbish about the weather and where you're going. I figure that life as a taxi driver must be pretty dull unless people chat, but it must get pretty repetetive talking the same small talk over and over all day.

I do.:) I think its courteous. And its also a security measure. You gt to talk to the driver, ask his name, where he's from. That stops holduppers posing as drivers from nabbing you.

The only time I have taken a cab was when we went to mexico. We had a large group with us in the cab so we didn't do much talking with the driver but I guess I would talk to the driver if I would be alone with them. Unless I was busy doing something else.

There's never been a choice for me. I think every taxi driver has been very outgoing and talkative. Even when I give short answers because I'm not feeling well or something it doesn't deter them from chatting up a storm!

Hello Malyck. Usually I love to chat with the driver whose taxi I am using. I am usually the one to start with a nice conversation to make the trip more interesting.If I am not in the mood, I will just sit silently all the way to my destination after telling him where I am going. Thank you.

I honestly have never taken a taxi. I did however used to drive one. That was interesting to say the least. You would be surprised at how many weird looks I got being that I was a women driving a cab.

I usually don't talk to the driver unless the driver talks to me first. Even then it depends...if the driver gets beyond a comfort level...then I reply in monosyllables so that he understands I'm not interested in talking. Most of the time in a cab, I'm thinking about something and don't like to be disturbed...so I prefer to keep to myself...or just reply to what the driver asks. I don't read or talk on the phone in the cab. My husband usually talks to the driver...so if we are together as a family....my husband is more often than not talking to him and not to us.

sometimes i did when the driver initiate the talking coz i think its rude not to respond back and all..but if not then i just sit there and think of other things..

If I get in a taxi with a friend then I talk to that friend. However if I am alone I chat to the taxi driver if he or she is a friendly person. I went for a weekend in the North East part of England. The taxi driver's wife saw I had a baby with me and asked if I wanted to use their daughter's car seat. The taxi driver told me many interesting things about the local area and he waited with me for the train to come because if it didn't come he would drive me onto Newcastle. When I was in Paris I talked French to the taxi driver so he would not overcharge me. I fell down a drain when I was in Malaysia and really hurt my leg. So I didn't feel my leg would get on well going on the local bus. So I found a taxi driver to drive me four hours across the country to the border with Singapore. I got a couple of other backpackers to join me. He was an older taxi driver that still did drive in a fairly dangerous way and he listened to music.

When I am thinking in the cab, I prefer keep silent:) Most of the time I'd like to think in the taxi.

Hello~ To me, if the taxi driver talk to me, I will reply it back and we will get into discussion on a lot of topics. It is quite fun to find myself talking to a totally strangers about school work, politics, government, kids, adult world, and many other topics. If the taxi driver just keep quiet and drive his taxi car, i will remain silent and do my own things like listening to my IPOD, reading my SMSes, read my book or even look outside of the cab. However, normally taxi driver tends to talk a lot and chatty, which is totally fine for me. I will chat with them, talk about my opinion on the subject. This is when i am alone in the cab with the driver. Same goes to if i having cab together with my friends. However, normally for friends, we talk to each other without the driver adding in. We will talk and talk till our destination arrive and we pay up and off we go. Or even, too tire to talk to the cabby and we just remain silent. Come to think of that, it is quite a amazing system where strangers are under a car roof.Sometimes i wonder is there any taxi motorbikes where only 1 person is behind the rider. i think it is faster and maybe cheaper.

yes, cab drivers are humans as well and its important for them to also be entertained. imagine sitting in a cab 8 or i dont know how many more hours in a day inside a car driving around and with no one to talk to that much. so they really need to have conversations sometimes with other people. and once you talk to them, some of the cab drivers really have nice things to say, or a lot of topics that are interesting to talk about. when i ride in a cab it really depends on my mood that day. there are times that i dont want to talk to the driver because i have to read and study my notes. but there are times that i just dont feel like talking that day. and there are times that i start up a conversation with them by asking 1 question. from that question leads to an interaction between 2 or more individuals in the cab. it makes the trip a more pleasant trip dont you thing?! sometimes when i have conversations with a vab driver it doesnt even end when we reach my destination. hehehe

yes, just to kill the boredom of riding the taxi...besides it will be good for them...because its pretty sure that most of the time customers doesn't talk to them at all..

well for me that will depend on th esituation, i'm not a very chatty person specially if i don't know anything about him/her.if the driver will start the conversation that the time that i'll chat or answer him but normally i don't talk or start the conversation. it also depend on the topic cause i don't want to open up any personal topics.

I always talk to the taxi driver as they are on thier own most of the time. I used to be a taxi driver myself and was always happier if the passengers made conversation to pass the time away. Have a great day from Deeeky.

I am a chatty person, so it really depends on the vibe that I get from the driver. If I feel that this person is friendly and good to talk to, I will strike up a conversation about just anything. Not often do I get this, but if the person seems preoccupied, disturbed about something, or just plain closed off, I will not try to pry in their business. There was one time that I wasn't as talkative to the driver, but he was determined to get a conversation out of me. I was getting a cab from the hospital with my daughter, she had been touched, so understandably I was upset. However, he kept prying into a conversation with me, and I gave short answers because even though I was upset, I didn't want to be outright rude. It did help a little, because it took my mind that much off of what was going on. He did ask what was going on with my daughter, and I told him I didn't want to talk about it. It all became clear to him when he pulled up to the house, and saw the police car in front. He made sure to say "Prosecute to the full extent of the law!!!" before bidding me farewell.

i have this habit of engaging into conversations with taxi drivers. some get rude but others rae really nice. its nice talking to them because i get a lot of insights about their lives. i also give advices from them regarding erligion, politics,government, poverty and even relationships. i dont see anything wrong with talking to them because they are aslo human being and they are no different from us.

I drove a taxi when I was younger so I can tell you that it's pleasant for passengers to make conversation. The only thing not pleasant is when they go on and on about how bad their romantic partner is or what brats their kids are. Drivers, like everyone else, enjoy uplifting and friendly conversation. I've had some people pour their hearts out and it really upset me that I couldn't help them. I enjoyed it most when people spoke about what great days they had or bragged on their kids or something else nice.

Hi There. Most of the time, I don't have a conversation with the driver. It is not because I don't want too but I am just really quiet when I am in the cab. I Just tell him where I want to go then that's it. Sometimes, the driver will talk to me if it is really traffic and that is the time that I will talk to him as well. Cheers!

most of time, i have no words to talk with driver when i catch a taxi to somewhere. i know if i could have a conversation with my driver, my journey would be more comfortable and the time would pass more quickly. So i have tried to get some common subjects that we are interested in, and sometimes it works well, while sometimes not. but talkint with driver would affect his driving, so i think i should keep silence till the end or just talk with friends by cellphone. my trip would be safer