[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Countdown before DeBlasio blames Simon for not wearing his seatbelt... 3-2-1

[headstamp 2]

These days you truly have no idea who’s driving your train, bus or car or taxi.

Professional driving has gone the way of the Dodo.

The car service company had better lawyer up pronto.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Hello limo company, don’t you vet your drivers even a wee bit?

[grania]

It's already been brought up that he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. In the same item that said he was trapped in the car.

I'd think not properly vetting the driver has to violate a law in NYC. There's a law for everything there.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: Simon’s black-car driver was a rookie with nine license suspensions ::

So, how is it that someone can be a “rookie” with a history of 9 suspensions?

Second, the editor is an ass for allowing the descriptive term above that would imply that an Afghan immigrant might be “black”.
Typical “black man chauffeuring around a white man” angle.

[WayneS]

The people criticizing the driver are a bunch of intolerant, non-inclusive, racist, unibrachiaphobic haters...

[Old Sarge]

had just one hand on the wheel because he had a “dead” left arm from a suicide attempt

Achmed the Dead Terrorist is moonlighting?

[Fresh Wind]

As I recall, they made a movie about NYC cab drivers. It was called “Death Race 2000”.

[isthisnickcool]

“Abdul Reshad Fedahi”

Uh, hey, um, hello?

[sipow]

It may just be me - but getting in a car driven by a suicidal afghani serial speeder doesn’t seem like the brightest idea.

Even if you get to your destination safely chances are he’ll just blow up the car when you get there.

[Carthego delenda est]

“had just one hand on the wheel because he had a “dead” left arm from a suicide attempt”

That’s a pretty botched suicide attempt if all he killed was his arm. I’m scratching my head wondering how he managed that.

[SharpRightTurn]

“CBS newsman Bob Simon’s black-car driver was a rookie with nine license suspensions who is suspected of speeding during the fatal crash — ... Abdul Reshad Fedahi, a 44-year-old Afghan immigrant who lives in a homeless shelter”

You just can’t make this stuff up.

[muir_redwoods]

I’m a registered limo driver in Boston. I had a complete background check and had to provide references and two forms of ID. It’s not like passing the bar exam but they do check pretty carefully

[Star Traveler]

He should have used UBER!

[Pilgrim's Progress]

He had a dead arm? Sounds just like Joe Nathan.

[arthurus]

Abdul Reshad Fedahi, a 44-year-old Afghan immigrant who lives in a homeless shelter

How may I count the ways?

[Jane Long]

Countdown before DeBlasio blames Simon for not wearing his seatbelt... 3-2-1

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This poor driver will be made out to be the victim in no time.