Taxi Ride

It's been a while, but the last time I rode in a taxi I had a close call. We had been traveling for a while with no conversation at all when I reached up and tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask a question. The driver screamed, lost control of the taxi, nearly hit a bus, ran up on the curb and stopped just short of a plate glass window. After collecting my senses I apologized but the driver said it was his fault, that this was his first day driving a taxi. He said, "I've been driving a hearse for 25 years."