{"id":5967,"date":"2020-06-11T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/?p=5967"},"modified":"2022-11-16T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T22:21:07","slug":"is-it-safe-to-take-a-taxi-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/2020\/06\/11\/is-it-safe-to-take-a-taxi-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it safe to take a Taxi now?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2520\" height=\"1186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NYC_Taxi_Toyota_Camry.jpg\" alt=\"Taxi during coronavirus\" class=\"wp-image-5968\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With many states opening back up from Covid-19, we have been getting a lot of questions around whether or not it is now safe to take a taxi. While there is always some risk involved with leaving your house while the Coronavirus is still present we feel that taking a taxi is now fairly safe so long as you follow the below recommendations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Always wear a mask and bring hand sanitizer<\/strong>. While wearing a mask may seem like basic knowledge, it is extra important that you wear your mask while in a confined space such as a taxi. We also suggest that you use your hand sanitizer after touching anything in the taxi, such as the car door handle or the credit card machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sit in the back of the car.<\/strong> Again, this will feel like common knowledge to most regular taxi users but putting the extra distance between you and the driver right now is extra important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Load your own luggage and belongings<\/strong> into the car. At this time do not make your  driver get out of the car to greet you or load\/unload your luggage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Avoid riding in large groups.<\/strong> Try to only take a taxi with those who you have been quarantining with to reduce risk. The less people per taxi ride also reduces the risk significantly for the driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pay and tip on your credit card.<\/strong> We recommend paying and tipping via credit card to avoid hand to hand contact with the driver. Just make sure to either wipe down the credit card machine first and\/or use hand sanitizer after! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, do not take a taxi if you have any Covid symptoms or have recently been exposed to a person who has tested positive for Covid-19!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With many states opening back up from Covid-19, we have been getting a lot of questions around whether or not it is now safe to take a taxi. While there is always some risk involved with leaving your house while the Coronavirus is still present we feel that taking a taxi is now fairly safe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1539,1545,1540,1538,1544,1537,1541,1543],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5969,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967\/revisions\/5969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}