Taxis today, should you ride them?

Today i rode on a taxi, and I think I should start from the beginning.

I was itching for a ride and I know that I told myself that I would try it one day, and when was a better time to try it out then now when I was still itching to do so? So I went to the side of the road and raised my hand. Like magic, the taxi stopped right in front of me, and I hopped into the back seat. It was like a kiddy ride back on my planet. The sights outside the window were changing constantly and cars flashed past. In the end, I asked him to stop at a shopping center.

It was when I went off that the shocks came. The taxi driver asked me to pay him three dollars. That was a short ride ok? Well, I asked for a reciept, which I was quite entitled to do so. Hopefully that would make the ride worthwhile. How much did reciepts cost?

I think I should wrap the whole taxi thing. Without traffic jams, they move faster than almost any other Earthling transport I have heard of. But they don't come cheap.