10 Important Life Lessons Learned From Every Movie Ever

2. You Can Always Find A Helpful Cab Driver

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The Big Apple is such a friendly, easy going place that if you step into the road and shout “Taxi!”, a cab will automatically appear, driven by a polite man of good cheer who proves remarkably helpful and knowledgeable.

If you’re following a suspect, he’ll gladly accept the challenge of tailing the other vehicle while remaining inconspicuous, and will have no trouble parking across from the building your quarry is visiting. He proves to be such a dab hand at surveillance, in fact, that even though you’re in a car without tinted windows in broad daylight, the other person will have no idea that you’re only a few yards away.

Should the need arise, he’ll even engage in a high-speed chase without prompting (note: you may have to tip extra for the privilege). New York traffic being what it is, he’ll probably have to mount the sidewalk to keep sight of the other car, but it’s okay – pedestrians will gladly jump out of the way.  

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'