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Driving Back A Cab After 3 Months

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I got to say that this first week back driving a cab in 3 months was tremendously gratifying. I feel like that time off to think about other jobs, and to dis-associate myself from cab driving allowed me some fresh perspective. It’s a funny job that way, how really when you come into it with new energy you actually better than when you have experience. But of course experience helps you do the job well when you get passengers and you actually know how to handle them and their destinations. The differences I feel in my tactics since the old me and the new me, is driving style: I know now that certain days and conditions will allow for me to drive in a very slow deliberate even pace to maximize fuel economy, as no other cars will aggressively cut me off and slow me down. And however there are many other times when an aggressive style helps to maximize time efficiency to gain each green light in a sequence and to pursue all empty taxi pick-up locations. I need not worry too much about...