Real-Life Taxi Driver
March, 1982
James Pridaux is 26, but the lines beneath and at the sides of his eyes sugest an older man. He drives a yellow cab in Manhattan 70 hours a week, lives in the Bronx and hopes one day to own his own taxi.On a chilly recent afternoon, as Pridaux wheeled his cab around the corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue into Times Square. he inclined his head toward the back seat."You're new in town, ain'tcha?" he asked.The business-suited young man said, "Yeah, I am.""Ok by me. O...
