Taxi Chronicles: Passengers Freak Out As They Become Part of High-Speed Chase

• A TikTokker shared a few clips of himself and passengers in a taxi with the driver speeding away from the cops
• The concerned passengers pleaded with the taxi driver to stop the vehicle and let them get out
• Social media users found the clips hilarious and flooded the comment section with laughter over the passengers' reactions

It is well-known that most taxi drivers view the road as their own. One man behind the wheel gave his passengers the fright of their lives when he involved them in a high-speed chase with traffic officers.

A race to nowhere

TikTok user @mxllow7500 uploaded a throwback video of him and others pleading with a Cape Town taxi driver to slow down and surrender as he sped away from the cops.

In the short clip, the TikTokker is heard saying to the driver:

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"This can't be real. Oh, my God. My broer, relax. Where are you taking me?"

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App users requested a second part of the viral video showing the encounter between cops and the taxi driver, which the young man shared:

Cape Town man explains the high-speed chase

In a separate video, @mxllow7500 explained what went down on the day.

After sharing that he was supposed to take a MyCiTi bus to record a song at a local studio, the aspiring rapper stated he saw a traffic cop asking the taxi driver to pull over. Of course, he refused, and the chase began.

@mxllow7500 added in his account of the story:

"The taxi driver even made the music softer. That's when I knew it was getting serious."

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After dodging the cops and entering an unsafe area in Cape Town, the driver asked the passengers to exit the vehicle.

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High-speed chase entertains Mzansi

Social media users flooded the comment section with their laughter after seeing one of the clips of the high-speed chase.

@milkiestbar laughed and said:

"You are killing me with your commentary, and I wanted to be serious in the comments."

@leboogang.m shared that they found the clip hilarious, adding:

"You were straight panicking that you spoke English in four different accents."

@vickyrapha wanted excitement in their lives and wrote:

"Why do interesting things like this never happen to me?"

@zowisto told the online community:

"Taxi drivers doing madness is a part of the South African experience."

@natashambulo382 shared with the public:

"I'd invest in a car after this experience."

Taxi driver runs away from traffic cop

In more crazy taxi news, Briefly News reported about a traffic officer in Cape Town who made sure he captured a taxi driver who tried to run away from him.

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The two men ran in the middle of a highway until the cop eventually caught the driver on the side of the road.

Source: Briefly News