Fastest Taxi in the West!

[Onhell]

I found this very amusing....

Schumacher may be Germany's fastest taxi driver

Tue Dec 11, 2:33 PM ET

BERLIN (AFP) - Michael Schumacher may well be the fastest taxi driver in Germany after the seven-times world champion shocked a cab driver by taking over the wheel in order to be on time for a flight.
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Schumacher, 38, flew into the aerodrome at the Bavarian town of Coburg on Saturday and took a taxi to the village of Gehuelz, 30 kilometres away, to pick up a new puppy - an Australian Shepherd dog called "Ed".

But when the former Formula One ace, plus his wife and two children, caught a taxi back to the airport they were short on time and, after a polite request, cab driver Tuncer Yilmaz watched in wonder as Schumacher took the wheel.

"I found myself in the passenger seat, which was strange enough, but to have "Schumi" behind the wheel of my cab was incredible," Mr Yilmaz told the Muenchner Abendzeitung.

"He drove at full throttle around the corners and over-took in some unbelievable places."

Mr Yilmaz was well rewarded for the unusual journey - on top of the 60 euros (88 US dollars) fare, he was also given a 100 euros (146 US dollars) tip.

Schumacher's spokesperson Sabine Kehm later confirmed the story.

The German track ace, who now lives in Switzerland, retired from Formula One in 2006 after a glittering career and, despite test drives for his old team Ferarri, has insisted there is no chance of a return to racing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071211/en_afp/autopreixgerschumacheroffbeat_071211193311

 

[porcnoz]

The matter is that no one knows exactly how long it took to Schumi tu "run" these 30 kilometers, so there can't be organized a competition...

Happy Germans who have some highways free of any speed limit !

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, but Schumacher wasn't on a motorway, so he broke the law.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

If I understand this correctly, this "Schumi" was doing this in a city, right?
If so, all I can say is...

Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.

It's one thing on a racetrack, where the driver has a really good idea about where the other drivers are going.

It's entirely different in a city, where any other idiot behind the wheel can do something entirely unpredictable. Next thing you know, the race car driver causes a 9-car pileup with 15 deaths.

That driver should not be praised for his stupidity. He should be jailed, and have his license revoked.

 

[Anonymous]

That driver should not be praised for his stupidity. He should be jailed, and have his license revoked.

Completely and entirely with you. But since he's a German national hero, it won't happen.

 

[Onhell]

If I understand this correctly, this "Schumi" was doing this in a city, right?
If so, all I can say is...

Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.

It's one thing on a racetrack, where the driver has a really good idea about where the other drivers are going.

It's entirely different in a city, where any other idiot behind the wheel can do something entirely unpredictable. Next thing you know, the race car driver causes a 9-car pileup with 15 deaths.

That driver should not be praised for his stupidity. He should be jailed, and have his license revoked.

Doesn't that also speak volumes, not just of his stupidity, but also his skill?

 

[porcnoz]

If I understand this correctly, this "Schumi" was doing this in a city, right?

All his career long, he's been a dangerous pilote (Villeneuve - Jerez - 1997). Does anyone know where he did it exactly ?

I mean, if he did it in a city, that's really idiot.

 

[Onhell]

From what I gathered is he took a taxi from one town to another which were 30 Km apart... safe to say it wasn't in city. You folks never did word problems as school children or don't read very carefully...