Thanks for your clever tips, Merry Flyer.
I don't think I would try ANY of these tips
at Moscow or Prague or Budapest or Romania
Or Sofia or especially Beijing (I was harassed by no fewer than 55 cabbies. Although ride cheap, I don't like pressure.)

And in NYC maybe if you try these tips you
will be shipped out immediately. You know,
Mayor Rudy (not RUDI) Giuliani's "quality of
Life" campaign! CATMAN