“Didn’t Have Petrol”: Johannesburg Woman Shows Taxi Driving in Reverse to Solve Fuel Problem

• A woman in Johannesburg, Gauteng, showed South Africans what she experienced travelling in a taxi
• The commuter shared that the taxi ran out of petrol, and the driver decided to drive the vehicle in reverse with oncoming traffic
• The TikTok video had many social media users laughing at what the woman had to experience

For months, South African social media users have posted videos to add to the comical series 'Taxi Chronicles' to show the bizarre events concerning these vehicles and their drivers.

One video took the cake after a woman showed a driver's unique approach to solving a fuel problem.

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TikTok user Yanda hopped onto her account to share a humorous clip of herself travelling in a taxi in Johannesburg. Providing more details about her trip, she said in her post's caption:

"The taxi didn’t have petrol, so we had to drive in reverse."

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The video showed Yanda, possibly sitting in the second row, getting a clear view of the cars approaching them as they faced the wrong direction. One woman even showed how stunned she was with the taxi driver's actions, her jaw nearly dropping on the floor.

The TikTokker, who used a trending sound for her post that had many app users laughing, added in her comment section:

"Joburg taxi drivers are something else."

Watch the TikTok video below:

Faulty taxi humours Mzansi

The video, which received over 1.5 million views on the popular social media platform, had thousands of internet users heading to the post's comment section with laughter.

Some people also expressed how they couldn't believe that the commuters had such an experience as they travelled to their destinations.

Local DJ Lamiez Holworthy found the clip comical and wrote:

"The mama in the black t-shirt’s reaction is how I react to every 'emathuneni sobonana' video."

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@sive_cebs laughed and said:

"I refuse to believe this."

A surprised @reighnay05 wrote in the comment section:

"Excuse me? If you didn’t have proof, I would believe this story."

@makabokamoso noted with humour:

"I now understand why we are so angry as a country. We are going through too much every day."

After watching the video and observing one of the passengers, @mary_anne_x pointed out with a laugh:

"It’s the guy that’s in the front seat that’s trying not to make eye contact with the oncoming traffic."

Yanda's clip had @_liyabonam saying:

"South Africa is a comedy show."

@cyandaxulu asked the public:

"So, the Department of Transport doesn't see these videos?"

3 Other stories about faulty taxis

• In another article, Briefly News reported about a woman travelling from Centurion who shared a funny but concerning clip of a taxi's gear moving at a 180-degree angle.
• South African online viewers laughed when they saw a man trying to close a taxi's sliding door and failed after it came off its hinges. Commuters feared for their lives.
• A video captured a group of creative men in Cape Town pulling a taxi's hollow body on a cart on a busy road. Their action had the internet in stitches.

Source: Briefly News