No bargaining: Woman jumps out of moving taxi in China after spat with driver over fare, shocking mainland social media


By Liya Su
Woman insists she takes taxi every day, knows driver’s price is too high. Threatens to report cabbie before leaping out of moving vehicle. — SCMP

A woman in China who leapt out of a moving taxi after the driver rejected her request to lower the fare by half to 10 yuan (US$1.40) has split opinion on mainland social media.

The unidentified woman, from Guizhou province in southwestern China, opened the door of the car immediately after her attempt at bargaining with the driver failed.

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