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Cow Taxi.

By Alex in Car & Vehicle, Pictures on Oct 24, 2006 at 7:21 pm


Tired of being robbed all the time, Chilean taxi driver Juan Geraldo covered every square inch of his taxi with black and white spotted cowhides:

A Chilean taxi driver has come up with a new way to fight assaults: make your vehicle so conspicuous that nobody would dare try to rob you.

After being robbed several times, Juan Geraldo upholstered and covered every square inch of his car’s interior with black and white spotted cowhides, including the steering wheel and ceiling.

He then decorated the interior with stuffed toy cows, and added a horn that moos. The visual effect is even more impressive at night, when the black and white taxi interior is set off from floor to ceiling by a flood of neon light.

"The effect was immediate. They haven’t robbed me since," Mr Geraldo said.

Link – via Arbroath


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  1. ted
    Oct 25th, 2006 at 9:42 am

    How does that prevent robberies?
    Are people just too scared, even robbers, to get inside the car?

  2. Alex
    Oct 25th, 2006 at 11:06 am

    Cow prints just put people at ease and erase criminal thoughts from their minds...

  3. dr.phaser
    Oct 26th, 2006 at 7:51 pm

    i've seen this guy and his cab here in santiago, chile. i once read that he doesnt get robbed just cause of the cow-themed vehicle draws all attention. anyway, i dont know why he thinks so. doesnt seem to make sense.

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