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When you take a taxi where do you sit?

Front seat of course.
Back seat alone.
If it's me and someone else I'll tell him to go to the back and I'll take the front.
If it's me and someone else will both cram into the back.
I don't take taxis for that very reason - as I'm unsure what to do. ;)
Depends on the nationality of the driver.
I just hope the driver doesn't smell and I'll take the front.
Didnt you realize the driver has his front passenger seat pushed all the way up to tell you not to sit here?
If I go with 4 people then I have no choice and I will sit in the front glady.
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Author Topic: When you take a taxi by yourself where do you sit the front seat or back alone?  (Read 11928 times)

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Always had this question never knew what to do, sometimes it felt awkward just sitting in the front alone.
 Wonder what most of the DDF Community does as I'm sure they use taxis on every trip they take unless they rent a car.?
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Did you mean "in the back alone? "

In the front you're not alone.


And I personally usually sit in back. 
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Did you mean "in the back alone? "

In the front you're not alone.


And I personally usually sit in back.
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Just took a taxi last night had no choice but to sit in the front as he kept his back door locked.
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This is a BP or Williamsburg question only. The back is where a passenger belongs unless there arent enough seats. I find that frum people locally are just unaware and think its normal to sit next to the driver. It isnt.

This is from my personal experience of driving car service.
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This is a BP or Williamsburg question only. The back is where a passenger belongs unless there arent enough seats. I find that frum people locally are just unaware and think its normal to sit next to the driver. It isnt.

This is from my personal experience of driving car service.
Would this be any different while taking a ride with a מונית in israel?   
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This is a BP or Williamsburg question only. The back is where a passenger belongs unless there arent enough seats. I find that frum people locally are just unaware and think its normal to sit next to the driver. It isnt.

This is from my personal experience of driving car service.

My first time in a taxi alone (I was 15ish), the taxi pulls up I open the front passenger door, driver looks at me for a 10 beat and picks up the pile of papers sitting on the front seat and tossed them in the back. At that point I realized in a taxi, if you're alone, you sit in the back. It was a very awkward ride.

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The back, unless the driver states otherwise

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Of course you sit in the back.
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if you sit in the front ur basically asking the driver to give a class on all the reasons the economy is so good but business is so bad and how his 7 year old kid is the next president of america and  what he would do if he were in charge etc etc
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Chasidishe machla.
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The front seat is his office & kitchen

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The front seat is his office & kitchen
And when you sit there you are sitting on the dirty dishes piled up in his sink.
« Last Edit: December 06, 2017, 09:58:14 AM by aygart »
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Curious to know who voted front seat.

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What in the world?
Only reason to sit in the front is if there are 4 pax.
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I sit in front when we have 3 passengers. In Vegas they will open both doors for 3 passengers.
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Why is the poll "of course front" and not "of course back"? Sorry this didn't turn out as 2-sided as you may have expected, but a solo pax sits in the back.

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If I am taking a Via, I will sit in the front seat if it's open. IME, someone will get in after me and I will be shuttled into the middle seat or some back row halfway through the ride.

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What in the world?
Only reason to sit in the front is if there are 4 pax.
You're obvioisly not in Boro Park or Williamsburg enough. I cringe every time i see it.
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You're obvioisly not in Boro Park or Williamsburg enough. I cringe every time i see it.
Any explanation/theory why they take the front?
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Oftentimes the driver will offer me the front. Otherwise, absolutely back.
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