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Taxi cab crashes down

Taxi and livery cab drivers find themselves in fewer serious crashes in recent years, statistics show, but the stereotype of a perilous cab ride lives on among riders.

Between 2003 and 2006, there was a 21 percent decline in New York City taxi- and livery cab-involved accidents with injuries, according to Department of Motor Vehicles data obtained by amNewYork. Of the total 9,736 accidents...

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