predatory towing n.— «She gave the friend a sheet of paper to put on her dashboard with Matos’s name, phone number, and a plea to any tow driver that she would be leaving soon.… “It was only about 15 or 20 minutes—it was hard...
stepwell n.— «Compounding the vehicle’s irregularly-configured stepwell, a paratransit driver parked on an angle, on a sloped driveway, where his elderly passenger was forced to step onto a tiny triangle of curbing.» —“Defensive Non...
dipping n.— «Baeza’s passengers said Gonzalez’s van, which was alongside theirs, was “dipping,” a street term for a driver hitting the gas then braking and swerving to make it rock.» —“Man captured, admits killing father...
chimère n.— «“I have a mother, a wife, children, why would I vote? I could be shot by a chimere,” said Kapito, 40, an unemployed taxi driver who gave only his first name, using a pejorative term to refer to armed pro-Aristide...
shorty n.— «They call it “the lot” or “the pen,” although it is also sarcastically referred to as “the cabby country club” or less charitably as “taxi driver purgatory.” From the air, it is...
cabby country club n.— «They call it “the lot” or “the pen,” although it is also sarcastically referred to as “the cabby country club” or less charitably as “taxi driver purgatory.” From the...