The New Yorker's Ben McGrath checks in with cabdrivers for this week's issue, and he reports that cabbies would prefer that you not:

• "[T]reat the car like [you're] slobs."
• Sit in the front seat and make radio requests.
• Put your feet on the partition.
• Smoke.
• Cross the street lackadaisically.
• Request multiple stops.
• Skimp on tips.
• Ask, "Where are you from?"
• Ask, "What is the relationship between Al Qaeda and the Pakastani government?"
• Throw up.

Oh, trust us, Mr. Cabbie: We'd so prefer we didn't throw up in cabs, too.

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