http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/07/seattle-passenger-in-pedicab-dies-in-3-vehicle-crash/ Operating pedicabs in Austin, Arlington and Houston Texas. Wed, 22 May 2013 23:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/07/seattle-passenger-in-pedicab-dies-in-3-vehicle-crash/#comment-1298 Leasing pedicabs is not like leasing apartments | Austin Pedicab News Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:55:22 +0000 http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/07/seattle-passenger-in-pedicab-dies-in-3-vehicle-crash/#comment-1298 [...] A pedicab business is something that can go from gang-busters successful to local pariah on wheels in a matter of minutes.  All it takes is for a passenger to get killed.  This can happen very, very quickly.  Take for example the death of Peter Dzioba in Seattle in August, 2008.  A pedicab was rented to a new operator, new to Seattle.  On his first day on the job, after less than 1 hour of training, the pedicab driver pointed the pedicab down the type of hill that he was told not to go down.  The brakes on his pedicab could not stop the pedicab before it, the driver and two elderly passengers ran into heavy traffic.  One 60 year old passenger was killed.  His wife was hospitalized along with the operator of the ped... [...] […] A pedicab business is something that can go from gang-busters successful to local pariah on wheels in a matter of minutes.  All it takes is for a passenger to get killed.  This can happen very, very quickly.  Take for example the death of Peter Dzioba in Seattle in August, 2008.  A pedicab was rented to a new operator, new to Seattle.  On his first day on the job, after less than 1 hour of training, the pedicab driver pointed the pedicab down the type of hill that he was told not to go down.  The brakes on his pedicab could not stop the pedicab before it, the driver and two elderly passengers ran into heavy traffic.  One 60 year old passenger was killed.  His wife was hospitalized along with the operator of the ped… […]

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